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August 20, 1996 Announcements

New Release of Conversion Pro Available.

The long-awaited next major release of the heralded, feature-rich, Conversion Pro for OS/2 scientific-engineering units conversion program is now available. Okay so I'm stretching it a bit, but true story. It's done and its now been uploaded to ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/incoming/cpwar15a.zip and also to CompuServe in the OS/2 User Forum Application quest library. The archive is named cpwar15a.zip. The latest is build 1.502. (Note: If you happen to run into cpwarp15.zip this is an earlier build without certain features).

This is (and has been) the only program of its kind for OS/2. If you are a scientist, technician, engineer, educator, student, or just an OS/2 junkie that can't satisfy their downloading jones, go for it. It's non-crippled shareware, and it's only $10 to register. I would remind previous registrants that they are automatically licensed for this version.

Thanks to all who previously registered Conversion Pro.
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WebGrab 1.0 Released.

WebGrab 1.0 has been released.

WebGrab is a web site mirroring utility. It can copy complete web sites including pictures, pages, software and whatever else you want to copy. WebGrab was designed to be used from batch.

WebGrab can be downloaded from the web.
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MyMUD 2.2 Available.

MyMUD is a multiuser adventure game in the TinyMUD style. As it works through a shared database system it is especially suitable for small network use like on a Lantastic or Novell network.

MyMUD has DOS and OS/2 executable, full Pascal source for Turbo or Virtual Pascal documentation and a few worlds to get started. Best of all, MyMUD is completely free.

MyMUD 2.2 can be found the WWW
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PMNEURO 1.0a Available.

PMNEURO 1.0a is now available at ftp.uni-stuttgart.de. Keywords: OS/2, PM, AI, ANN, Neuronal Network.

PMNEURO 1.0a creates neuronal networks (backpropagation); propagation results can be used as new training input for creating new networks and following propagation trials.
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MR/2 ICE v1.1 Released.

MR/2 ICE is a feature-packed Internet EMail client. Both POP3 and SMTP are fully supported. Configurability is taken to an extreme. MR/2 ICE lets the user select from many options, including optional pieces of the user interface. You'll find things like toolbars and status bars configurable, even to the point of hiding them.

Full 32-bit PM application, multithreaded, multi-windowed and includes support for 47 code pages and honors OS/2 Country settings. Unregistered version is fully functional with no funny signatures added. Use of the Right Mouse Button (RMB) abounds in index lists and inside the editor and viewer. Hot links to embedded URL's for Webbing and FTP'ing (configurable). Uses existing IAK settings, when found.

The MR/2 ICE Home Page has been enhanced to better accommodate users wanting information FAST. The new layout includes a concise table of contents right up front with links to screen shots, a FAQ, user comments, a list of ftp sites, a major feature list and more.

What's New in Version 1.1 (since v1.0)

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3D Minesweeper.

My game has been moved to another location, hopefully more permanent: ftp://ftp-os2.nmsu.edu/os2/games/mine3d.zip

It's a native OS/2 version of Minesweeper, with a few twists:

Each game is a different logic puzzle. It's shareware - so try it and let me know what you think.
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Icarusoft Releases New Screensaver.

Actually it has been available for some time now, but for one reason or another I'm just now getting around to letting everyone know about it.

Everyone who has wished for an OS/2 screen saver should have a look at ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/os2/wpsutil/wpsav20b.zip

This screen saver was specifically written with the OS/2 user in mind. Several features were added that are (as far as I know) unique to WPSaver (the Work Place Saver).

This program is shareware, with a price of US$16 for the full version. Currently, the only payment option is by snail mail, but there are plans to make it available through Peter Norloff's BBS, BMT Micro, Compuserve, etc if there is any interest. I'm especially interested in hearing what people think of the American Flag.
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Announcing Frobozz Investor 1.48.1.

The only OS/2 shareware investment application

Frobozz Investor is the complete investment package for the active OS/2 investor. The application contains modules for fund tracking, portfolio management and technical analysis. Investor also provides an extensive Rexx interface and download capabilities through CompuServe.

For a (not yet, but getting there) complete overview of the features of Frobozz Investor, hop over to the Frobozz Magic Software Company home page.

Frobozz Investor is available at these locations on the 'net.

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Drilling Billy Coming Soon.

Are you ready for total action? Then enter the world of Drilling Billy for a fullblown arcade experience brought to your home PC.

Trick the many different cute cartoonic baddies into the holes you dig, and drill or hammer them down the depths. Collect the special items and use them wisely, if you want to make it to the next level...

Features to include:

For more info check the World Wide Web for screen shots and, soon, a demo.
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Labelling Solution for OS/2.

Perfect Niche Software, Inc., publishers of the CRADOC CaptionWriter, the slide captioning solution for photographers (and other users of transparencies) for labeling 35mm slides has decided to create, from the ground up, a general purpose labeling program for OS/2. We have employed one of the great names in OS/2 software (to be revealed soon) to take charge of engineering, architecture, design and programming. It's a little too early to make estimates, but we would expect to have a beta version available about 3 months from the time we begin.

We need your help. We need to know what features you MUST have (the essentials), what features you would LIKE to have (the desirables), and what features would be "nice" to have (bells and whistles). Tell us, too, what you hate about existing labeling programs. We can't promise to incorporate everyone's wish list items, but we do want to hear what would make you buy such an application.

Please email responses to me at robert@perfectniche.com. It would help if you put the word "label" or "labeling" in the subject line.
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StarOffice 3.1 for OS/2 International Beta Available.

Star Division is proud to announce the availability of StarOffice 3.1 for OS/2 International Beta for the languages English, French, Dutch, Italian and Spanish.

StarOffice 3.1 is the revolutionary suite of office productivity applications containing StarWriter 3.1 (word processor), StarCalc 3.1 (spreadsheet), StarDraw 3.1 (graphics and presentation package), StarImage 3.1 (image manipulation) StarChart 3.1 (bar-, pie- and other charts). It offers much more features than traditional office productivity suites.

StarOffice contains a complete WYSIWYG HTML editor that allows drag and drop between the bookmark window and the edit window and offers upload capabilities for the pages via HTTP and FTP. It supports HTML 3.0, Netscape Plug Ins and other leading-edge technologies.

StarOffice makes heavy use of common code in shared libraries (60 percent), therefore using few resources compared to its functionality and offering high consistence across the applications.

StarOffice is based on the platform independent Solar Technology and is being developed for OS/2, Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows 3.x, Apple Macintosh, Unix and Linux. All document formats are compatible. No filters are required.

The beta version of StarOffice 3.1 for OS/2 can be downloaded from the HOBBES' archives at ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/os2/demo. (Please check out the incoming directory first.) The file so310000.txt contains further information concerning the beta release.

The international full version of StarOffice for OS/2 will be available in the third quarter of 1996. The pricing will be announced later. To receive regular news concerning the international version of StarOffice for OS/2 please send an email with the subject "OS2" to info-os2@stardivision.com. For more info see --Top--

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