March 2007
DOWNLOAD!
by Gary Wong
DFSee, which has been presented by Tony Butka at previous SCOUG general
meetings, is now at version 8.12 as of 03/05/2007. It is an FDISK,
display, analysis, and recovery tool for disks and filesystems. It
includes the ability to resize FAT and FAT32 partitions, and has JFS
and LVM support. One of its' newer features is a sector editor. Go to
http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/. Tony's tutorial on DFSee is at
http://www.scoug.com/os24u/2001/scoug012.dfseetutorial.html.
NOTES:
- You can also use search key dfsee on Hobbes.
- DFSee is shareware. Registration is at Mensys
(http://shop.mensys.nl/catalogue/mns_DFSee.html).
- There is a zip file version, and now a version that can be installed
using WarpIN as well.
From this month's "Paul Smedley has been busy file":
- MPlayer and MEncoder have been updated as of 02/01/2007. MPlayer
is a movie player, utilizing the FFMPEG library (like WarpVision),
and MEncoder is a simple movie encoder. Most MPEG/VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM,
VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, RealMedia, Matroska, NUT, NuppelVideo,
FLI, YUV4MPEG, and more are supported, as well as DVD playback. Go
to http://smedley.info/os2ports/mplayer.html.
NOTE: You will need
the GCC runtime (LIBC061.DLL); for that, go to
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.1-csd1.zip.
- PHP version 5.2.1 has been released as of 02/10/2007. It is a
widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially
suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML. Modules
supported include bz2, curl, dbase, gd, exif, filepro, gd, gettext,
mbstring, mysql, mysqli, openssl, pdo_mysql, pdo_sqlite, pgsql, and
sqlite. Go to http://smedley.info/os2ports/php5.html.
WPIView version 1.00 has been released as of 03/02/2007. This is a
utility to view, install, and extract WarpIN packages. Go to
http://members.aon.at/herwig.bauernfeind/wpiview/, or use search key
wpiview on Hobbes.
newLISP version 9.1 has been released as of 02/15/2007. This is a
LISP-like scripting language for CGI programming, system administration,
text processing, etc. Go to
http://newlisp.nodep.nl/newlisp2.html, or
use search key newlisp on Hobbes.
Personal Cards Manager has been updated as of 02/06/2007. This enables
you to store personal data about your friends, colleagues, and customers in objects on the desktop, offering your contacts in mail and applications.
Go to http://en.ecomstation.ru/projects/wpperson/.
SmartSVN version 2.1.4 has been released. This is a Java Subversion GUI
client, with features like built-in file compare/merge, Change Report
or Tag and Branch handling, and more. It requires Java 1.4.1 or higher.
Go to http://www.syntevo.com/smartsvn/.
DOSBox version 0.7 has been released as of 03/02/2007. This is a DOS
DOS emulator that uses SDL; it emulates XMS, EMS, CGA, EGA, VGA, VESA,
SoundBlaster, Gravis Ultra Sound, and more, for excellent compatibility
with older games. Go to
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/; more info is
at http://wiki.netlabs.org/index.php/DOSBox_Port.
TrafficVisor III beta has been updated as of 02/24/2007. This is a
program to collect and analyze TCP/IP traffic. Go to ftp://idenis.snc.ru/users/GreenPoison/tv3/.
Java Image Browser Sorter version 1.8.4 has been released as of 03/04/2007.
This program requires Java 1.4. Go to
http://img-browse-sort.sourceforge.net/.
PHPMyAdmin version 2.10.2 has been released as of 03/02/2007. This is a
set of PHP scripts to administer MySQL over the Web. Go to
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php.
DaniS506 version 1.7.10 has been released as of 02/20/2007. It is a
replacement for IBM's EIDE driver (IBM1S506), which features: support
for many chipsets (including Intel, VIA, SiS, CMD, Promise, Cyrix, AMD,
ServerWorks, NVidia, ATI, Broadcom, and others), SerialATA, PCCard
controllers, busmastering, Ultra33-DMA, Ultra ATA-66, Ultra ATA-100,
disk capacities up to 2TB, faster PIO due to 32-bit I/O, and much more.
Use search key danis on Hobbes.
This month's new listings - Drivers:
Broadcom network interface card drivers for the BCM57xx chipsets have
been updated to version 10.03 as of 02/01/2007. Go to
http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethernet_nic/driver-sla.php?driver=570x-OS2NDIS2.
The Network Interface Card Pak (NICPak) was updated some time ago
(10/02/2006). This is a collection of various NIC drivers, and a tool
for detecting and installing them. Go to
http://www.os2warp.be/index2.php?name=nicpak.
This month's new listings - Applications:
The WarpZilla team has released Firefox version 2.0.0.2 as of 02/28/2007.
This has been demoed by Tony Butka at previous SCOUG general meetings.
It is a stand-alone browser based on Mozilla that does not include mail,
news, composer, IRC, and the other frills.
An announcement in 2005 said that there will not be any more versions of
Mozilla (as produced by the Mozilla Foundation) past the 1.7.x series,
so Firefox is now the Foundation's official browser.
Go to
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.2/contrib/;
the file name is firefox-2.0.0.2.en-US.os2.zip. More info is at
http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2/.
NOTES:
- Steve Wendt has a WarpZilla tips page at
http://www.os2bbs.com/os2news/Warpzilla.html.
- This is primarily a bug-fix release and does not have any new
functionality added.
- You must unzip the zip file yourself into a directory and then create
or update a program object accordingly.
- This version requires the GCC runtime; download that at
http://download.innotek.de/gccos2/runtime/libc-0.5.1.exe (a self-extracting executable). The EMX runtime is no longer required if
you don't already have it installed. The GCC runtime installer
defaults to x:\OS2\DLL (where x is your OS/2 or eComStation boot
drive); it may be preferable to put the runtime in the same directory
as the Firefox executable.
- This version requires an updated version of IPLUGINW.DLL for Java
support; go to https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=196271.
- Tony's notes on installing and running Firefox are at
http://www.scoug.com/os24u/2003/scoug310.mozilla.html.
The WarpZilla team has also released Firefox version 1.5.0.10 as of
03/01/2007. This has been demoed by Tony Butka at previous SCOUG
general meetings. It is a stand-alone browser based on Mozilla that
does not include mail, news, composer, IRC, and the other frills.
An announcement in 2005 said that there will not be any more versions of
Mozilla (as produced by the Mozilla Foundation) past the 1.7.x series,
so Firefox is now the Foundation's official browser.
Go to
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/1.5.0.10/contrib/;
the file name is firefox-1.5.0.10.en-US.os2.zip. More info is at
http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2/.
NOTES:
- Steve Wendt has a WarpZilla tips page at
http://www.os2bbs.com/os2news/Warpzilla.html.
- This is primarily a bug-fix release and does not have any new
functionality added. Version 2.0.0.2 (see previous item) has some
new features not available in the 1.5 series.
- You must unzip the zip file yourself into a directory and then create
or update a program object accordingly.
- This version requires the GCC runtime; download that at
http://download.innotek.de/gccos2/runtime/libc-0.5.1.exe (a self-extracting executable). The EMX runtime is no longer required if
you don't already have it installed. The GCC runtime installer
defaults to x:\OS2\DLL (where x is your OS/2 or eComStation boot
drive); it may be preferable to put the runtime in the same directory
as the Firefox executable.
- This version requires an updated version of IPLUGINW.DLL for Java
support; go to https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=196271.
- Tony's notes on installing and running Firefox are at
http://www.scoug.com/os24u/2003/scoug310.mozilla.html.
The WarpZilla team has also released Gran Paradiso alpha 2 (code name for
Firefox 3.0) as of 02/16/2007. This has been demoed by Tony Butka at
previous SCOUG general meetings. It is a stand-alone browser based on
Mozilla that does not include mail, news, composer, IRC, and the other
frills. An announcement in 2005 said that there will not be any more
versions of Mozilla (as produced by the Mozilla Foundation) past the
the 1.7.x series, so Firefox is now the Foundation's official browser.
Go to
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/granparadiso/alpha2/contrib/;
the file name is firefox-3.0a2.en-US.os2.zip. More info is at
http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2/.
NOTES:
- Steve Wendt has a WarpZilla tips page at
http://www.os2bbs.com/os2news/Warpzilla.html.
- As this is an alpha release, it is not intended for production use,
unless you intend to do testing and report or fix bugs. See the
previous items for versions 2.0.0.2 and 1.5.0.10.
- You must unzip the zip file yourself into a directory and then create
or update a program object accordingly.
- This version requires the GCC runtime; download that at
http://download.innotek.de/gccos2/runtime/libc-0.5.1.exe (a self-extracting executable). The EMX runtime is no longer required if
you don't already have it installed. The GCC runtime installer
defaults to x:\OS2\DLL (where x is your OS/2 or eComStation boot
drive); it may be preferable to put the runtime in the same directory
as the Firefox executable.
- This version requires an updated version of IPLUGINW.DLL for Java
support; go to https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=196271.
- Tony's notes on installing and running Firefox are at
http://www.scoug.com/os24u/2003/scoug310.mozilla.html.
Maul Publisher version 3.10 has been released as of 01/31/2007. It is
billed as "the world's first professional desktop publisher for OS/2
Warp". It will automatically take care of page numbering in folding
booklets, reversal of margins for facing pages, page numbering offsets
where you don't want to start from Page 1, reversal of margins for top
bound booklets and top folding booklets, centering margins on printers
with odd margins, and multi-way folding sheets and maps. In addition,
you have full control of column, row, gutter, and center gutter guides,
including the automatic adjustment of page offsets when a number of
sheets are bound into a folding booklet. Go to
http://www.manglais.com/, or use search key maule on Hobbes.
NOTE: There is a language translation toolkit, so that anyone interested
can provide translations for their native languages; for that, use
search key maulettk on Hobbes.
K Movie Player version 0.2.1 has been released as of 03/03/2007. This
is a movie player based on FFPlay, without SDL dependencies and support
for WarpOverlay. Use search key kmp on Hobbes.
JAlbum version 7.0.3 has been released as of 02/06/2007. This is a web
photo album generator that runs on Java. Go to http://jalbum.net/.
JRescuer & JUne (JFS Unerase) have been updated as of 02/08/2007.
JRescuer is a tool to rescue files from a JFS volume which cannot be
mounted. Go to http://en.ecomstation.ru/projects/jrescuer/.
NesCafe version 0.706 has been released. This is a Java Nintendo
Entertainment System emulator, which includes the source code under the
GPL. Go to http://www.daviddn.com/nescafe/.
Which version 2.1.5 has been released as of 02/11/2007. This is a
clone of the Unix "locate" command, allowing you to locate files. Use
search key which- on Hobbes.
An OS/2 port of InfoZip's Zip, version 2.32, has been released as of
02/11/2007. It is a compressor/archiver utility that is compatible with
PKZIP. Use search key zip2 on Hobbes.
NOTES:
- You will need the GCC runtime (LIBC061.DLL); for that, go to
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.1-csd1.zip.
- UnZip version 5.52 is also available at Hobbes with search key unz5.
An OS/2 daytime client has been released as of 02/10/2007. This program
synchronizes the date/time of your PC with the NIST (National Institute
of Standards & Technology) atomic clock. Go to
http://www.idkcomp.com/daytime.html.
Cameraderie version 1.2 has been released as of 02/16/2007. This is a
GUI downloader and organizer for PTP digital cameras, such as those
from Canon and Kodak. Use search key camera on
Hobbes.
NOTE: Source code is also available.
PM123 version 1.40 alpha 2 has been released as of 02/19/2007. It is a
MP3, WAV, and CD audio player, which is now open-source. Some of the
features include sharing of the sound card, playlist with drag/drop
support, HTTP streaming, and the use of "skins" (including some cool
WinAmp skins) to change the program's look. Use search key pm123 on
Hobbes, or go to http://www.maazl.de/project/pm123/index.html#pm123_1.40.
NOTE: Version 1.32 beta 1 is available at
ftp://ftp.ptv.ru/pub/glass/pm123/; source and skins are also available.
Keep in mind that version 1.40 is in alpha status, so you may want to
stick with version 1.32 beta 1, or version 1.21 (available at
http://www.step.polymtl.ca/~guardia/pm123.php), if version 1.40 alpha 2 causes you problems.
PhotoRec version 6.6 has been released as of 02/17/2007. It is a file
data recovery application designed to recover lost pictures from
digital camera memory or hard disks. Go to
http://www.fbakan.de/photorec-os2.htm.
z! version 2.8.t3 has been released as of 02/12/2007. This is a text-
mode MP3 player that can also handle Ogg, streaming audio (Shoutcast),
and has Normalize support. Go to http://dink.org/z/.
More from this month's "Paul Smedley has been busy file":
- Perl version 5.8.8 has been released as of 02/12/2007. It is a
stable, cross-platform programming language. Go to
http://smedley.info/os2ports/perl.html.
NOTE: You will need the GCC runtime (LIBC061.DLL); for that, go to
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.1-csd1.zip.
- Paul has made a build of UNIAUD32.SYS from the Universal Audio
project. This is based on the GPL ALSA Project from Linux and
provides drivers for various sound chipsets. Go to
http://download.smedley.info/uniaud32.zip.
- Samba server version 3.0.25pre1 has been released as of 03/02/2007.
It allows you to mount SMB or CIFS shares on OS/2 without the need
of NetBIOS (IBM LAN Manager or IBM Peer). It is freely available
under the GNU General Public License; you can download the full
source code from NetLabs CVS. Go to
http://smedley.info/os2ports/samba.html.
p7zip version 4.44 has been released as of 02/20/2007. This is an
archving utility with better compression ratios than many other
archivers. Go to ftp://weird.da.ru/moveton/.
DOSBox Front End version 4.3 has been released as of 03/04/2007. This
is a GUI front-end for launching games using DOSBox. There is also a
conversion tool for migrating scripts from older versions. Use search
key dosboxfront on Hobbes.
PMView, the indispensable graphics viewer, is now at version 3.40 as of
03/01/2007. Version 3.x has several new features, including EXIF
support, scripted batch conversions, lossless JPEG rotation, and flyover
image info. Registered users can get their updates by following the
download instructions received with their original purchase. Go to
http://www.pmview.com/; the change log is at
http://www.pmview.com/os2new.html.
JExpress Professional version 7.0.5 has been released. It allows you
to create Java-based multi-lingual installers and auto-updaters. An
easy-to-use Swing interface lets you design your installers quickly
without requiring any programming. It can also select the exact
classes your Java app uses, build your directory tree, and produce JAR
files. Go to http://www.denova.com/.
FreeType/2 version 1.21 has been released as of 02/26/2007. It is based
on version 1.3.1 of the FreeType library. The FreeType/2 TrueType
driver replaces the one that comes with Warp 4, (or adds it to Warp 3
and lower), and provides for better-looking TrueType font rendering.
Use search key ft2 on Hobbes.
Kon version 2.10 has been released as of 02/23/2007. This is a
programmable text editor with syntax highlighting, regular expressions,
hex editing, column selection, and more. Go to
http://www.koneditor.com/kon.html.
There are some fixes for the new start/end dates of Daylight Savings
Time available for eClock, Java 1.3.1, and Java 1.4.2. If you are a
registered eComStation user, go to
http://www.ecomstation.com/; after
logging-in, click on "Download the latest software and updates"; then
enter "timezone" (without the ") in the search box.
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