InnoVal Announces Post Road NetExtra Add-on for Netscape.
With the imminent release of Netscape Navigator for OS/2, InnoVal Systems today announced that it will release an add-on tool for Netscape's browser. The add-on tool, called Post Road NetExtra, provides a number of useful navigational functions for everyone who surfs the Web. These functions include advanced bookmarking of pages into nested folders, nicknamed page retrieval, a multiple-month history of all visited web pages, a persistent jump list that is carried forward from session to session, and a local agent for downloading a series of web pages to a user's hard drive. Downloaded web pages, called "wacked" pages, can be viewed very quickly, even while disconnected from the Internet.
InnoVal is also announcing a free subscription service called the "NetExtra Bookmarks of the Month Club." Each month, NetExtra users will be able to download folders of interesting new web pages. Periodically, InnoVal will also provide product additional agents for NetExtra. Some of the new agents will include automated scripts and filters for working with popular search engines such as Yahoo and Lycos, directory converters for converting links in directory pages into bookmarks, and scripts for downloading popular e-zines for off-line reading. Many of these agents will be delivered as Java applets and OS/2 REXX scripts. All of them will be designed to work with the Netscape Navigator for OS/2.
Post Road NetExtra will be released at the same time that the Netscape Navigator is released. The list price (MSRP) is $49.00 US. Site licenses are available. Resellers should write for price quotes.
NetExtra is a significant tool designed to save users both time and money. It is written with IBM VisualAge C++ for maximum stability and performance.
InnoVal Systems Solutions, Inc. can be contacted by telephone at (914)835-3838, by fax at (914)835-3857, and by email at innoval@ibm.net. InnoVal's home page is http://www.innoval.com/.
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Inet.Mail for OS/2 Released.
Hethmon Brothers is pleased to announce the release of Inet.Mail (tm) for OS/2 Internet Mail Server. Inet.Mail for OS/2 is a full featured SMTP/POP3 mail server for the OS/2 environment. It features a Presentation Manager interface for all functions and has been designed from the ground up to take advantage of OS/2's multi-tasking and multi-threading. Inet.Mail completely replaces traditional sendmail and takes the mystery and agony from configuring internet mail.
Features include:
Graham Utilities v2.00 Ready for Release.
The Graham Utilities for OS/2 is the larest, most comprehensive suite of utilities available. The utilities cover disk, file and general utilities. In total there are 74 programs and modules.
There are too many programs and modules to describe them here in any detail. So a LIGHT version has been made available for evaluation of the product.
The LIGHT version includes the file GRAHAM20.INF, which is the complete 423 page printed manual in on-line format. This enables you to fully research the product before purchasing.
What is new in Version 2?
Ticker/2 Available.
Ticker/2 is a PM utility that displays text and bitmaps in a tickerline on your desktop. A REXX interface allows you to select the source of the information. You could display stock quotes, news, sport results, your own commercials, whatever with only little knowledge of REXX programming. Ticker/2 comes with a set of example scripts. Especially useful together with utilities that read web-pages.
When you register, you will receive a softwarekey that disables the introductory shareware information screen.
For more information see our web page or send us e-mail. To download, see LEO.
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Certification Program for Warp 4.
IBM today announced a new worldwide certification offering for users of OS/2 Warp 4 (code-named Merlin), the next version of the OS/2 Warp client operating system solution to be unveiled Sept. 25, 1996. The IBM Certified OS/2 Engineer for OS/2 Warp 4 certification ensures IT professionals and resellers have the skills to install, administer and manage OS/2, plus the knowledge to exploit the new features in OS/2 Warp 4, such as built-in Java and speech recognition, that separate it from competitors' offerings.
From the second quarter of 1995 through the second quarter of 1996, certifications for OS/2, LAN Server and OS/2 Warp Server increased by 163 percent. The total number of certifications granted by the Professional Certification Program from IBM increased by 144 percent over the same period of time, with more than 21,000 candidates currently seeking certification on IBM products.
The 2,700 technical professionals who are already IBM Certified OS/2 Engineers for OS/2 2.1 or OS/2 Warp Version 3 are eligible for the "Update Path" to certification, which consists of one exam. This exam, which is available today, covers the new functionality in OS/2 Warp 4, including speech and multimedia support, Internet support, NOS connectivity, remote access, systems management, Java and plug-and-play support.
Technical professionals who are not certified as OS/2 engineers take the "Full Path" to certification, which consists of three exams on the following topics: Fundamentals, which focuses on planning and installation; Connectivity, which covers TCP/IP & Internet, NOS connectivity, remote access and host connectivity; and Advanced Concepts, which includes speech and multimedia, application support and system extensions such as Java.
All three exams will be available within 30 days of the OS/2 Warp 4 announcement on Sept. 25, 1996. Technical professionals can register for the exams by calling Sylvan Prometric testing centers at 1-800-959-EXAM. Each exam costs $100. Preparatory classes for each of the exams will be available through IBM Education and Training and the IBM Authorized Centers for Education (ACEs) at 1-800-IBM-TEACH.
Later this month, test objectives and sample tests may be obtained from the World Wide Web (select "Avenues of Certification" and then "Certified OS/2 Engineer for OS/2 Warp 4"), via fax at 1-800-IBM-4FAX, or by calling Sylvan Prometric testing centers. The OS/2 Warp Server Certification Advantage IBM is also extending a special offer for networking professionals who have already demonstrated their expertise with Novell Netware and/or IBM LAN Server. Certified Novell Engineers (CNE), Enterprise Certified Novell Engineers (ECNE), Master Certified Novell Engineers (MCNE) and IBM Certified LAN Server Engineers can now increase their level of IT services as an IBM Certified OS/2 Warp Server Engineer by passing a single exam instead of the three normally required.
To register for the OS/2 Warp Server Advantage exam, networking professionals may call Sylvan Prometric testing centers at 1-800-959-EXAM. The exam costs $100. Proof of prior certification must be provided.
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TVKit/2 v1.01 Now Available.
If you use OS/2 and own a Movie Machine II or FPS60 Video Overlay Board or think of buying one, you will need OS/2 software for it.
TVKit/2 contains native OS/2 software for these Video Overlay Boards. It supports watching TV with IBM's WarpTV, teletext (information broadcast by your TV stations) and video image overlaying from external video sources such as cameras or VCR's.
Download the DEMO from Compuserve (GO CIS:FAST, Library "3rd Party/misc", OS/2 Drivers/Teletext V1.01 File tvkit101.zip -or- GO CIS:OS2USER, Library "OS/2 & Hardware", Movie Machine II drivers File tvkit101.zip); or ftp from LEO; or check LEO's WWW page.
The DEMO is a fully functional version except for a 30 minute time limit. The driver will stop working 30 minutes after its first activation. You will have to reboot before you can continue to use the driver. Nothing else is affected.
For inquiries please write to us at kgs@kgs.lst.de and please visit our home on the net.
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Avarice: The Final Saga Released.
Stardock Systems, a leading developer of software for IBM's OS/2 announced that AVARICE: The Final Saga should begin arriving in the hands of customers today.
Avarice, designed from scratch to leverage the power of OS/2 is of the same genre as games such as Myst, 7th Guest, etc. Unlike those games, Avarice supports true 24bit color, multiple resolutions (up to 1600x1200x24bit), and a powerful object model that allows players to truly interact with the world.
It has been in development for almost 2 years.
Avarice is by far the largest gaming project ever undertaken for OS/2. The CD ROM game uses up nearly 600 megabytes of space on the CD while only using a mere 9 megabytes of space on the hard drive.
Avarice also has other characters in the game in which you can interact with. The game targets the a broad audience with an unofficial "PG" rating.
The background plot to the game is that you received a mysterious letter from your long lost uncle. He claims that the opportunity of a lifetime awaits you at his island estate. When you arrive, he is gone and you and the other guests must discover what happened to him and what this "opportunity of a lifetime" is all about.
Where Avarice truly breaks ground and demonstrates its unique OS/2 abilities is in its level of interactivity. No game on any platform has yet approached the way Avarice makes you feel like you're in the world. Players can pick up objects, manipulate virtually any object, etc. There is even a library full of real books that can be read from cover to cover.
Stardock will be placing hints and interacting with players via its web site.
Avarice: The Final Saga lists for $69.95 and is available at most OS/2 resellers. You can also purchase it directly from Stardock by calling 1-800-672-2338 (you can also order it directly from the web site). Stardock Systems can be reached at 313-453-0328.
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The HOBBES OS/2 FTP site now has a web server running. You can access ver 0.9 of our new web page at http://hobbes.nmsu.edu.
Please send comments to cewing@nmsu.edu. We are running IBM's Internet Connection Server for those who like to know those things. The page design was done by Curtis Ewing on our staff and he developed the code to use the '00index.txt' to make directory listings more informative. Please share your thoughts on this new service.
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New Post Road Mailer Coming.
With the launch of IBM's OS/2 Warp 4 operating system, popularly known by the codename "Merlin," and the impending release of Netscape Navigator for OS/2, InnoVal Systems today announced that it will release an enhanced version of the Post Road Mailer for the new version of OS/2.
The Post Road Mailer, a popular email client for OS/2, is available in two editions:
* An Internet/intranet edition, Post Road Mailer Pro, for business and personal email that uses the standard Internet protocol, TCP/IP.
* A PROFS edition, that provides offline and online mail processing for users of IBM's OV/VM mainframe email system. The PROFS edition is also called the Blue Edition.
Enhancements to both editions of the Post Road Mailer, Releases 2.5, will include integration with the Netscape Navigator and support for an enhanced version of SpellGuard, an add-on spell checker which includes British-English, Dutch, French, German and US-English dictionaries. The upgraded version will also include an optional feature for sending messages to and receiving replies from SkyTel 2-way pagers. It will also be enabled for IBM ARTour wireless Internet Technology.
The Internet edition, Post Road Mailer Pro, is the premier email client program for OS/2. It supports multiple accounts, nested folders for message organization, multiple address books, mail filters, built-in FTP, newsgroup postings as mail, and programmable user exits.
Post Road Mailer Pro also works with FaxWorks Pro and PMFax, popular OS/2 faxing software. This enables small businesses and mobile workers to forward faxes from a fax phone number to an email account and receive faxes anywhere. Faxes can also be sent through the Internet rather than as point-to-point calls.
Full-function demonstrations of both editions of the Post Road Mailer are being included on the Sampler CD packaged with OS/2 Warp 4. The Internet edition of the mailer is also being preloaded along with OS/2 Warp 4 by distributors of computer systems preloaded with OS/2, including Indelible Blue of Raleigh, North Carolina, and Simply Intelligent of Austin, Texas.
The enhanced versions of the Post Road Mailer will be available in October.
InnoVal Systems Solutions, Inc. can be contacted by telephone at (914)835-3838, by fax at (914)835-3857, and by email at info@innoval.com InnoVal's home page is http://www.innoval.com/.
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Voyager Frequent Flyer Upgrade In the Mail.
Beginning today, all currently registered users of DeScribe 5.0 Word Processor in the USA will be receiving the long awaited Voyager 5.0.5 upgrade, named "Frequent Flyer Upgrade" CD. The extra good news is: it is free of charge and it is a full-featured product with all dictionaries, filters and operating system options for the single-user desk top environment. All new features released since 5.0 was first introduced, and improvements and code updated up to May 31, 1996 are included in this upgrade. Registered users residing outside the USA, will be mailed their copy within the next two weeks.
Go to the DeScribe Web Site for more details.
Please note, due to the size of DeScribe's registered user database, it is not possible for the company to respond to individual inquiries as to whether or not a free Frequent Flyer Update CD was sent. All U.S. and Canadian Frequent Flyer CDs were sent Aug. 28-29. All other international destinations were mailed Sep. 3, via the US Postal Service. Please anticipate the usual transit times for U.S. Airmail.
If you expected a Frequent Flyer CD but do not receive one, it may be due to a variety of reasons including, obsolete addresses and/or postal codes.
If you are an owner of DeScribe Word Processor you may, prior to September 30, 1996, re-register via DeScribe's Web page and receive the Frequent Flyer Update CD through the mail. The cost of re-registration is $9.95 in the U.S. and $14.95 International (including Canada). This charge covers re-registration, shipping and handling of the Frequent Flyer CD.
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