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December 13, 1996 Announcements

DragText v2.0 Now Available.

DragText is the Warp enhancement that lets you handle text as an object. Use drag and drop to copy, move, save, or delete text in windows, files, URL objects, and the clipboard.

Version 2 is a major update that uses a revised architecture and adds these new features:

In addition, you can now: DragText's Basic features (drag and drop text) are free. Its Extended features (File, URL, VIO, and Clipboard features) are shareware and require registration after your 6-week free trial ends. The cost is $15-20(US). International users are welcome to use a check drawn in any major currency for the equivalent of $20(US).

DragText v2.0 can be obtained from:

    http://www.usacomputers.net/personal/rlwalsh/
    ftp://ftp.bmtmicro.com/bmtmicro/drgtxt20.zip
For additional information, contact Rich Walsh.
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New Web Interface to whois.

IBM has opened a new Web interface to "whois," to allow you to find any IBM employee's Internet address simply by typing in a name.

Visit IBM's whois web site to try this new feature.
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ShadowSoft's Web Site Updated.

ShadowSoft's web site has just been updated to include some new info and screen shots from Trials of Battle, our upcoming OS/2-native 3D action game (published by Stardock Systems).

Trials of Battle uses all of the latest OS/2 multimedia technology including DIVE for advanced real-time 3D graphics and DART for real-time digital sound and music mixing (an OS/2 first!).

Please point your browsers to: http://www.neosoft.com/~shadsoft/.
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Type/2 Now Available.

IcaruSoft announces the availability of Type/2, the only typing tutor available for the OS/2 platform.

Type/2 is for people who either want to learn to type or want to improve upon their current typing skills without sacrificing the resources required to run a Windows application. It is also for people who wish to experiment with the Dvorak keyboard layout without actually switching to a Dvorak keyboard.

The program is very extensible; allowing additional text and additional types of text to be added simply by opening a file. Two separate advancement controls gives both the users and authors of lessons some measure of control over how fast the user moves through a file. This feature helps to insure that the user gets the most from each lesson.

Type/2 provides several layers of assistance so that everyone, from the novice to the expert, will immediately feel comfortable using the program. Key highlighting, as well as audible and other visual feedback help the user learn and improve their typing skills in the shortest time possible.

"What we have tried to do here," says Ernest Christley, the developer of Type/2, "is attempt to provide the OS/2 community with a program that will be effective as soon as its installed, but will also continue to grow with the user."

Type/2 is available now with a 'Beginner's' package. Additional packages are in the works and will be freely available before Christmas. The program also includes a utility that will allow users and other interested parties to create their own test files. The shareware version of the program is on HOBBES as type2v1.zip and the full version can be purchased from BMT-Micro for US$17.95.
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InterFTP v1.07 Released.

InterFTP v1.07 for OS/2 by Revolutionary Software is now available.

InterFTP is a PM FTP client for OS/2. It's features include:

InterFTP v1.07 is released in the form of a shareware version. This version is fully functional.

The program can be found on the following FTP sites:

       ftp://ftp.bmtmicro.com/bmtmicro/iftp107.zip
       ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/network/tcpip/IFTP107.ZIP
       ftp://ftp.ixworld.com/iftp/IFTP107.ZIP
Information and periodic updates can also be obtained from the Revolutionary Software WWW server.
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EXT2-OS2 v2.10 (32-bit Edition) Available.

WHAT IS EXT2-OS2? ext2-os2.ifs is a file system driver that allows OS/2 to seamlessly access Linux native partitions (ext2fs partitions) in both read and write modes. Once installed, Linux partitions appear as standard OS/2 drive letters, one per Linux partition. It is a port of the original Linux ext2fs kernel code.

ext2-os2 can even be used without Linux, as it can format or check ext2 file systems directly from OS/2. This can be useful for people who need huge cache sizes, for large compilations for instance.

MAIN NEW FEATURES SINCE V2.0:

You can find ext2-os2 mainly on the following sites (or in their incoming directory):
ftp://ftp-os2.nmsu.edu/os2/diskutil/ext2_210.zip
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Filesystems/ext2/ext2_210.zip
ftp://ftp-os2.cdrom.com/pub/os2/diskutil/ext2_210.zip
DISCLAIMER:

I'm developing this driver during my spare time: even if I work for IBM, IBM isn't implied in any way with this driver, I develop it at home.

Please feel free to contact me for any question on ext2-os2. You are also encouraged to give me some feedback on how it works on your system and what new features you would like... this helps me improve it! Both success stories and disasters interest me.
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