| Ratings |
Info |
| Content |
Links |
Glitz |
Type |
Site (url) and Comments |
| A |
A |
C+ |
Sound |
MP3 Software on OS/2 Warp (http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~malstrom/mp3.html).
Short and sweet: if you want MP3 sound, come here. Note the "dash" in the url. |
| B+ |
B |
A |
Games |
Kali (http://www.kali.net/).
Interactive online game playing against others on the 'net. Free OS/2 demo with 15 minute timeout per game.
Click to "News" and read Sept 9 '98 ABC writeup, then see the OS/2 games list on the Games..Games page. |
| A+ |
B |
A+ |
OS/2 |
The "Not Very Nice at All" OS/2 Page (http://home.kscable.com/notverynice/).
An OS/2 site with a definite attitude --- a refreshing outspokeness for those OS/2 users who are, well, not very nice. Duck demands you read the OS/2 vs WinNT page. |
| A |
C- |
A- |
DigiCamera |
Digital Camera Image Transfer Utility for OS/2 (http://users.uniserve.ca/~software/dcitu/).
Move those images from your digital camera straight into OS/2. |
| A |
A |
B+ |
OS/2 |
IBM OS/2 Warp Update Summary (http://ourworld.compuserve.com/Homepages/orick/warpupd1.htm).
This uniquely designed web site feels like a spreadsheet. Lots of info, kept up to date by Oliver Rick. |
| A |
C- |
A |
Utilities |
Filestar/2 and UniMaint (http://www.filestar.com/).
Yes, they're still around. Two long-time utilities that you really ought to try. |
| B+ |
B+ |
B+ |
OS/2 |
Land Of Beyond (http://www2.crosswinds.net/hartford/~os2/).
Software reviews ("Subterranean Fudge"), hints ("Nudge Nudge"), more if you're nutty enough to keep looking. |
| B+ |
B- |
C+ |
NetRexx |
NetRexx Ring (http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/3015/netrexxRing.html).
One dozen odes to NetRexx, if you can figure out where to click. (Psst -- try "NetRexx Ring Index"). |
| A |
D |
B- |
Servers |
ServerConfig/2 (http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~dm898/sc/).
Here's a setup utility for Apache, InetPowerServer, and IBM's TCP/IP Firewall. |
| A |
F |
B- |
OS/2 |
IBM Solution Partnership Center (http://www.spc.ibm.com/).
In particular, check out Seminars & Workshops --- great pricing. |
| A |
F |
C+ |
Programming |
SFX Installer for OS/2 Warp (http://www.pillarsoft.net/sfx.html).
SFX installs your software onto customer machines. It is slick. Go straight to the bottom and click on the screenshots. |
| B+ |
F |
B- |
Antivirus |
Command AntiVirus (http://www.commandcom.com/html/products/os2.html).
The Duck lives in the fast lane, and doesn't use antivirus software. But if you don't think it's a thrill to dodge shotgun blasts at 20 yards, take aim at this product. |
| A- |
B |
B |
OS/2 |
Fernando's Outpost (http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/fcassia/home.htm).
Some neat "stuff" if you poke around, especially in the Software & Other Stuff pages. Plus a sense of humor -- peek at his home page source code. |
| A+ |
B |
C+ |
Encyclopedia |
Whatis?com (http://www.whatis.com/).
A great resource. Go ahead --- look up "smileys". |
| B+ |
D+ |
B |
Music-MIDI |
Nota Musica (http://www.notamusica.com/).
Beautiful music charts and MIDI control. Click the British flag for English. |
| ? |
? |
B |
OS/2 |
Russian Underground/2 (http://www.os2.spb.ru/).
The intriguing thing on this OS/2 site is that the underlying urls on the left sidebar are in English. |
| B+ |
D+ |
C+ |
Emulation |
Bochs x86 PC Emulation Software (http://www.bochs.com/).
Bochs ("box") lets you run one operating system within another by "emulating" (don't worry about it) the hardware.
Go to the "What is Bochs" page, then follow the OS/2 links. And review the entire site --- for example, the "On the drawing board" page. |
| A+ |
F |
C+ |
Internet |
Netcraft (http://www.netcraft.com/).
These screwballs spend their time asking other web servers what software they're running. Click to "Web Server Survey" to see the results. |
| B- |
C |
B- |
Software |
Sergey I. Yevtushenko Home Page (http://www.naverex.kiev.ua/~evsi/).
Some nice programming efforts from Sergey. Duck likes the PU Monitor screenshot. |
| B+ |
D+ |
C+ |
Networking |
Delta Systems Engineering (http://www.deltasys.org/).
The "OS/2 Technical Support" page has a step-by-step for adding your network card. Also see his Y2K page and the software link off his personal page. |
| A |
F |
D+ |
3-D |
PoV-Ray 3.1e for OS/2 (http://w1.246.telia.com/~u24600028/).
PoV-Ray is a free ray tracing program for creating 3-D images. Jan Danielsson has compiled an OS/2 version. |
| A+ |
F |
C+ |
Servers |
OS/2 Web Servers (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/internet/www/server/).
Stuff from 1999, stuff from 1995, you'll even find Squid. |
| B |
F |
B |
Zipadeedoo |
RPF Zip Control (http://www.rpfsoftware.com/).
Stop that command line zipping! Just point and click. |
| B- |
D+ |
C+ |
OS/2 |
Paul Ratcliffe's Home Page (http://home.clara.net/orac/index.htm).
Let's see. You can choose "OS/2 DLL Entry Points", or "Miscellaneous Utilities" (heavy on the BBC TV there), or even "Why I hate CompuServe". |
| ? |
? |
B |
OS/2 |
Team OS/2pl (http://www.teamos2.org.pl/).
Team OS/2 in Poland. |
