Orange Hill Workplace Solution Sample Available.
The Warp 4 Application Sampler includes a copy of the Introductory Edition of The Orange Hill Workplace Solution (recently reviewed in OS/2 e-Zine! ). Warp 3 users who would like to try this innovative product can download a free copy of the same Introductory Edition on the following Web Site: http://www.earthlink.net/~ralamb
(This is the personal Web Site of the author of the review who has received
several inquiries since the review was published last week. He has graciously
provided this space so that Warp 3 users can try this product without having to
order a copy directly from Orange Hill Software. There is no charge for the
download. Thanks, Ron!)
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NEW ICAT Remote Source Code Debugger for OS/2 Site Available.
External Site: http://service.software.ibm.com/icat
There's great news for all of you OS/2 developers! We are proud to introduce a new remote debugger for you to debug source-level code for your OS/2 Warp device drivers, installable file system (IFS) binaries, and applications--all to increase your productivity during debug time. This might sound familiar if you subscribed to DevCon. We previously ran an article about ICAT when we shipped the original debugger on DevCon 11 and 12 around the release of Warp 4.0 and Warp 4.0 Server SMP, but a lot has changed since then. Now we have an external web site to deliver better service and updates.
ICAT Debugger Information
ICAT has the familiar IPMD/ICSDEBUG interface with new enhancements to allow remote debugging. This debugger is not a stand alone debug solution like IPMD. It requires a two system setup, e.g. like the kernel debugger requires today. ICAT enters the kernel as a super user so it can jump from process to process, same as the kernel debugger, without having to restart the debugger each time like IPMD for debugging. But the biggest feature of ICAT is the ability now to debug your Device Drivers, IFSs and applications in source.
Try it out an let us know what you think. Your feedback is what makes this
product better and is appreciated. If you would like to report problems, give
feedback, or request future enhancements you can use the feedback mechanism on
our home page.
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PowerBoot Released.
Power Boot is a System Commander(TM)-like utility.
If all you need is the ability to boot from different partitions, Power Boot is more versatile and much less expensive than System Commander(TM).
Features include:
- hide/unhide partitions on the fly as you boot up. There is no need to run
another program in order to hide or unhide partitions. OS/2 Users will not
have to run that horrible FDISK program to hide or unhide partitions.
- Power-Chain enabled: to link other MBR programs like The Z-pA
- Give names to your partitions like 'OS/2 Warp' or 'MSDOS 6.22' for easy identification
- Boot from any one of 64 partitions in any drive. Only limited by the ability of the OS to be booted from a drive other than C. E.g. Linux can be booted from any drive or partition. MSDOS must be booted from Drive C. OS/2 Warp can even be booted from a logical drive.
- Supports LBA mode for hard drive access in order to launch partitions in hard drives larger than 8GigaBytes.
- Once the operating system is loaded, Power Boot does not occupy any memory.
- Unlike OS/2 Boot Manager, Power Boot does not occupy one partition entry - limiting you to 3 primary partitions. Power Boot allows you the full 4 primary partitions per hard disk.
- One touch option to configure your system to update an Operating System.
- One touch option to configure your system to install an OEM version of an operating system e.g. Windows95 OSR2. Very often, these OEM versions will not install if they detect another OS on the system.
The evaluation version of Power Boot is available for download at:
http://www.netcom.com/~bluesky6.
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US Version of PGP Available.
This is to let those who are interested that I have made the US version of PGP 2.6.2 available for download from my web page: http://www.amaranth.com/~whgiii/pgpmr2.html
Just follow the links and answer the questions presented *TRUTHFULLY*. Please! I am doing this as a service so keep me out of hot water by not downloading if you are outside the US.
As soon as I have time I will compile a OS/2 version of 2.6.3 using the RSAREF
lib so it is legal for use in the US.
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I (Timur Tabi) sent email to Portland Software about a native OS/2 version of their Electronic Software Distribution (ESD) software, ZipLock. Currently, one OS/2 vendor (see below) uses their Windows app because, apparently, there are no acceptable OS/2 solutions available.
Portland Software said that they need to hear from OS/2 ISV's and users to consider an OS/2 port. If you are an OS/2 ISV and are interested in ESD, please email Nancy Kirkpatrick at Portland Software directly and ask her for an OS/2 port.
If you are an OS/2 user and would like to see your OS/2 software use ZipLock, please email your favorite OS/2 ISV's and ask them to email Portland Software.
About ESD:
ESD is a method of delivering software to end users electronically (e.g. over the Internet). Currently, there are companies which will do this for you, like BMT Micro and whatever Stardock uses. However, these services add an extra fee to the product. Using an ESD, the vendor doesn't have a per-purchase surcharge, so the cost to the end-user is lower.
ZipLock works by including the software to make the purchase _with_ the software itself. So you download the software, unpack it, and try it out. If you like it, you can initiate an online purchase. Once the purchase is approved, an unlocking key is sent to you.
Basically, it works a lot like conventional online purchasing, except that the
cost to the vendor is greatly reduced, and these savings are passed on to you.
Timur Tabi
Crystal Semiconductor
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