SCOUG OS/2 For You - July 1999

On the web, content is king. Far more important than glitzy graphics, content makes people come back again and again.

Let's see how this month's chosen web sites measure up:

Ratings			Info
Content	Links	Glitz	Type	Site (url) and Comments
A+	A+	B-	Music	OS/2 Music Software (http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/os2/).  The Shareware Music Machine supports OS/2.  CDs, audio, MIDI, recording and editing, synthesizers, hundreds of OS/2 titles.
A	A	B-	Database	The mSQL PC Home Page (http://blnet.com/msqlpc/).  Eagle-eyed Duck checks Links again, decides there's plenty.  The "Tutorials" page can take you to an education in SQL, and there's a full complement of mailing lists to join.
A+	B	B-	Computers	The Register (http://www.theregister.co.uk/).  We like to read a nice trashy paper every once in a while.  This one's about our industry.  Oooh, check the sidebar.
A	C	B	Hardware	Intel Chipsets (http://developer.intel.com/design/chipsets/linecard.htm).  It's not the processor on your motherboard, bubba, it's the chipset that makes everything work right.  See this chart.
B+	B	A+	OS/2	Pete's OS/2 Warp Home Page (http://web2.airmail.net/engstrv/index.html).  The unique animated logo makes this site worth a visit.  His "News & Information Links" intertwine OS/2 with general life and he's got a few opinions to boot.
A	D	B	Software	Christoph Bratschi's Homepage (http://www.datacomm.ch/~cbratschi/english/).  Christoph's home-built OS/2 software, including his latest file browser release (complete with screenshots) and his Mixomat Sound Mixer software which supports and controls Soundblaster cards.
B-	B	C-	Chemistry	Chemistry and OS/2 (http://www.geocities.com:80/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/7835/chemistryandOS2.html).  The Duck's pal Doug was a chemist back in college.  Doug made extra bucks creating "special stuff" in his dorm room, but of course no one would use these programs for that kind of activity.
B+	C+	D	Programming	Pipes for NetRexx and Java (http://www.cam.org/~tomlins/njpipes.html).  Too technical for The Duck, so it must be valuable.
C	D+	B+	User group	Toronto OS/2 User's Group (http://www.to2.org/).  Nice home page showcases their interests and those OS/2 vs Linux and Windows showdowns look verrry interesting!  Now, if they'll just update their web pages . . . and lose those pdf newsletters.
D	D	A-	Video	SciTech Display Doctor For OS/2 (http://www.scitechsoft.com/sdd_os2.html).  These guys need a good focus group to tell them what's wrong with their site.  The product might be a good one, and if they'd describe it better this Duck could quack about its benefits.