From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 00:01:05 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 416 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Wednesday 07 August 2002 Number 416 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: [os2genau] Site check ? : nickl at arach dot net dot au 2 Re: [os2genau] Site check ? : Jerry Garren 3 Re: [os2genau] Site check ? : Ian Manners" 4 [os2genau] OS: Updated device drivers : Ed Durrant 5 [os2genau] Calling all Developers: C & OS/2 jobs available : John Angelico" 6 Re: [os2genau] Site check ? : Kev Downes 7 [os2genau] Audio : Graham Norton" 8 Re: [os2genau] Audio : Daryl Pilkington" 9 Re: [os2genau] Audio : Ed Durrant 10 Re: [os2genau] Audio : Graham Norton" 11 Re: [os2genau] Audio : Ed Durrant 12 [os2genau] [Fwd: [VOICENWS] SW: Security vulnerability in Mozilla] : Ed Durrant 13 Re: [os2genau] [Fwd: [VOICENWS] SW: Security vulnerability in Mozilla] : madodel at ptdprolog dot net 14 [os2genau] Small cache of memorabilia : bob 15 Re: [os2genau] Small cache of memorabilia : Bennett B. Gaston" **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 23:01:53 +0900 From: nickl at arach dot net dot au Subject: Re: [os2genau] Site check ? Hi Ian. All seems to work OK. Looks good. Regards NICK In <200208062004.000042RS at server1.os2site dot com>, on 08/06/02 at 08:04 PM, "Ian Manners" said: >Hi all >Could I ask someone to check these URL's >http://www dot comkal dot net/ >http://www dot comkal dot com dot au/ >Just need to know they go were they are suppost to. >It should be obvious if they are ok :-) >Thanks >Cheers >Ian B Manners >http://www.os2site dot com/ >...only users lose drugs... > -- ----------------------------------------------------------- nickl at arach dot net dot au ----------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 09:45:11 -0700 From: Jerry Garren Subject: Re: [os2genau] Site check ? Both URLs took me to a place where there are penguins. OZ is an asset to OS/2. Jerry Garren - Los Osos, CA (Central Australia?) Ian Manners wrote: > > Hi all > > Could I ask someone to check these URL's > > http://www dot comkal dot net/ > http://www dot comkal dot com dot au/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 03:15:13 +1000 (EST) From: "Ian Manners" Subject: Re: [os2genau] Site check ? Thanks to all who checked Considering it all worked (except when I swapped a cable over as bob checked) as expected, I can rest easy :-) Cheers Ian B Manners http://www.os2site dot com/ [I am not stupid, I am not expendable and I am not going] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 4 ==========================** Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 06:51:23 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: [os2genau] OS: Updated device drivers IBM have updated and added several OS/2 device drivers in the last few days. Checkout http://www7.software.ibm dot com/2bcprod.nsf/DDPakByDate?OpenView For a list of recent changes. Cheers/2 Ed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 5 ==========================** Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 18:13:18 +1000 (EST) From: "John Angelico" Subject: [os2genau] Calling all Developers: C & OS/2 jobs available I have been approached by: ORA Pty. Ltd. 230 Toorak Road, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia 3141 Phone: (03)98265530 Fax: (03)98265531 www.ora dot com dot au with the following request: Our company wrote one of the first commercial applications in Melbourne for Vulcan at Bayswater. We are also a contracting house and desparately need a couple of OS/2 C developers. The clients (not Vulcan) need strong C and API (Presentation Manager) skills for a major upgrade to existing retail back end systems. The jobs are Melbourne based (either the city or Mulgrave - they haven't decided yet). Requirements are set out in 3 month rollovers. Anyone interested???? Please contact Michael Garlepp mikeg at ora dot com dot au quoting this email. --------------------------------- Mike does this explain the jobs clearly enough? Best regards John Angelico OS/2 SIG talldad at melbpc dot org dot au or talldad at kepl dot com dot au -------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 6 ==========================** Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 15:17:04 +0900 From: Kev Downes Subject: Re: [os2genau] Site check ? In <200208062004.000042RS at server1.os2site dot com>, on 08/06/2002 at 08:04 PM, "Ian Manners" said: >Could I ask someone to check these URL's >http://www dot comkal dot net/ >http://www dot comkal dot com dot au/ >Just need to know they go were they are suppost to. >It should be obvious if they are ok :-) >Thanks Yep!! They both work fine from here - using NS4.61 ========================= Kev Downes Windows is not the answer. Windows is the question. The answer is NO! We use and recommend IBM OS/2 Warp and Serenity System's eComStation. ========================= "Jesus Christ is the centre of everything and the object of everything; and he who does not know him, knows nothing of the order of the world and nothing of himself." Blaise Pascal ========================= ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 7 ==========================** Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 16:54:14 +1100 (EDT) From: "Graham Norton" Subject: [os2genau] Audio Hi all further to my recording audio voice files.... what about using an MP3 recorder and player and then if on the road, download the file and then play it on PM123 for OS2? that should work ? yes? The dr has a Windows PC and laptop and can either email or ftp the file to the OS2 office!!!! brilliant! any one see any hassles? Graham Norton Neurologist "when I need a hole in the head, I use Windows when I need a window on the brain, I use OS2!" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 8 ==========================** Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 21:01:19 +1000 (EST) From: "Daryl Pilkington" Subject: Re: [os2genau] Audio Hi Graham, I am making an educated guess the Olympus with its W2k software will save as MP3 format, then your suggestion below would be fine. On Wed, 07 Aug 2002 16:54:14 +1100 (EDT), Graham Norton wrote: >Hi all > >further to my recording audio voice files.... what about using an MP3 recorder and player and then if on the road, download the file and then play it on PM123 for OS2? >that should work ? yes? > >The dr has a Windows PC and laptop and can either email or ftp the file to the OS2 office!!!! > >brilliant! any one see any hassles? > Regards, Daryl Pilkington //// The PC-Therapist, Business Computing Integration O OS/2 Warp, Redhat Linux, DB2 IBM Certified Systems Expert email: darylp at pc-therapist dot com dot au Mob: 0425-251-300 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 9 ==========================** Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 21:49:18 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: [os2genau] Audio Or did Graham mean use an MP3 Windows recording program on the laptop with an external microphone ?? Ed. Daryl Pilkington wrote: > Hi Graham, > I am making an educated guess the Olympus with its W2k software will > save as MP3 format, then your suggestion below would be fine. > > On Wed, 07 Aug 2002 16:54:14 +1100 (EDT), Graham Norton wrote: > > >Hi all > > > >further to my recording audio voice files.... what about using an MP3 recorder and player and then if on the road, download the file and then play it on PM123 for OS2? > >that should work ? yes? > > > >The dr has a Windows PC and laptop and can either email or ftp the file to the OS2 office!!!! > > > >brilliant! any one see any hassles? > > > > Regards, > > Daryl Pilkington > > //// The PC-Therapist, Business Computing Integration > O \_/ > OS/2 Warp, Redhat Linux, DB2 > IBM Certified Systems Expert > > email: darylp at pc-therapist dot com dot au > Mob: 0425-251-300 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 10 ==========================** Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 21:42:38 +1100 (EDT) From: "Graham Norton" Subject: Re: [os2genau] Audio Exactly!!! or even the MP3 players that one can buy and plug into the PC.... On Wed, 07 Aug 2002 21:49:18 +1000, Ed Durrant wrote: >Or did Graham mean use an MP3 Windows recording program on the laptop with an external >microphone ?? > >Ed. > >Daryl Pilkington wrote: > >> Hi Graham, >> I am making an educated guess the Olympus with its W2k software will >> save as MP3 format, then your suggestion below would be fine. >> >> On Wed, 07 Aug 2002 16:54:14 +1100 (EDT), Graham Norton wrote: >> >> >Hi all >> > >> >further to my recording audio voice files.... what about using an MP3 recorder and player and then if on the road, download the file and then play it on PM123 for OS2? >> >that should work ? yes? >> > >> >The dr has a Windows PC and laptop and can either email or ftp the file to the OS2 office!!!! >> > >> >brilliant! any one see any hassles? >> > >> >> Regards, >> >> Daryl Pilkington >> >> //// The PC-Therapist, Business Computing Integration >> O> \_/ >> OS/2 Warp, Redhat Linux, DB2 >> IBM Certified Systems Expert >> >> email: darylp at pc-therapist dot com dot au >> Mob: 0425-251-300 >> > >> > > > > Graham Norton Neurologist "when I need a hole in the head, I use Windows when I need a window on the brain, I use OS2!" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 11 ==========================** Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 22:24:50 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: [os2genau] Audio On the OS/2 side I can recomend WarpAMP to play the MP3 recording. Ed. Graham Norton wrote: > Exactly!!! > > or even the MP3 players that one can buy and plug into the PC.... > > On Wed, 07 Aug 2002 21:49:18 +1000, Ed Durrant wrote: > > >Or did Graham mean use an MP3 Windows recording program on the laptop with an external > >microphone ?? > > > >Ed. > > > >Daryl Pilkington wrote: > > > >> Hi Graham, > >> I am making an educated guess the Olympus with its W2k software will > >> save as MP3 format, then your suggestion below would be fine. > >> > >> On Wed, 07 Aug 2002 16:54:14 +1100 (EDT), Graham Norton wrote: > >> > >> >Hi all > >> > > >> >further to my recording audio voice files.... what about using an MP3 recorder and player and then if on the road, download the file and then play it on PM123 for > OS2? > >> >that should work ? yes? > >> > > >> >The dr has a Windows PC and laptop and can either email or ftp the file to the OS2 office!!!! > >> > > >> >brilliant! any one see any hassles? > >> > > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Daryl Pilkington > >> > >> //// The PC-Therapist, Business Computing Integration > >> O >> \_/ > >> OS/2 Warp, Redhat Linux, DB2 > >> IBM Certified Systems Expert > >> > >> email: darylp at pc-therapist dot com dot au > >> Mob: 0425-251-300 > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > Graham Norton > Neurologist > > "when I need a hole in the head, I use Windows > when I need a window on the brain, I use OS2!" > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 12 ==========================** Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 22:29:26 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: [os2genau] [Fwd: [VOICENWS] SW: Security vulnerability in Mozilla] Apologies for those who also monitor the Voice newslist, but for those who don't and who use Mozilla, this is important. I also don't see the problem running Mozilla 1.1beta. Ed. [attachments have been removed] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 13 ==========================** Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 09:05:26 -0400 From: madodel at ptdprolog dot net Subject: Re: [os2genau] [Fwd: [VOICENWS] SW: Security vulnerability in Mozilla] In <3D5112A6.4A2C6D39 at bigpond dot net dot au>, on 08/07/02 at 10:29 PM, Ed Durrant said: >Apologies for those who also monitor the Voice newslist, but for those >who don't and who use Mozilla, this is important. >I also don't see the problem running Mozilla 1.1beta. >Ed. >[attachments have been removed] Here is the whole post. Since the IBM Web Browser is based on an old build of Mozilla, is that vulnerable to this exploit? Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; U; Warp 4.5; en-US; rv:1.0.0) Gecko/20020602 tested and found vulnerable: + Overview: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mozilla allows running Malicious Scripts due to a bug in 'FTP view'. If you click on a malicious link, the script embedded in URL will run. * If the ftp server and the http server are the same address, it is dangerous. Because the cookie may be modified by the attacker. + Demonstration: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley/1667/advisory03e.html Frank Bures, [Moderator note: The site states the work around is "Use the latest version of Mozilla 1.1 Beta or disable JavaScript." I'm using a recent nightly drop of Warpzilla so the exploit demonstration doesn't work for me. So I am passing this on without verification.] -- From the eComStation Desktop of: Mark Dodel Warpstock 2002, Come to the home of OS/2 - Austin, Texas http://www.warpstock dot org For a choice in the future of personal computing, Join VOICE - http://www.os2voice dot org "The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic State itself. That in it's essence, is Fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group or by any controlling private power." Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Message proposing the Monopoly Investigation, 1938 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 14 ==========================** Date: 07 Aug 2002 21:24:52 +0800 From: bob Subject: [os2genau] Small cache of memorabilia I've just unearthed a few pieces of OS/2 memorabilia that should be shared around. I have 5 of each of the following: Sticker 28.5 x 7.5cm Red on white OS/2 bubble logo (7.5cm d) white on black text "If my car ran on OS/2 I'd be there already!" Sticker 11 x 10cm White b/g Red text " I surfed the internet at the IBM stand" and "OS/2 warp" plus some groovy looking lines etc. Pencil cup 25 x 11 cm packed flat assembles to 11h x 8d cylinder, black b/g multi-colour OS/2 "champagne bubbles" Text "operate at a higher level" (I have used one of these as a pencil holder since ~'93, still working, just like OS/2 :). If you'd like something from the above for the cost of postage let me know. (SASE or COD, though COD will cost you more). -- bob Cave canem...te necet lingendo. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 15 ==========================** Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 09:44:44 -0400 From: "Bennett B. Gaston" Subject: Re: [os2genau] Small cache of memorabilia Dear Bob, I would be most grateful to get one of each. However, I know the demand may be quite high, so if I had to just pick one item, it would be the pencil holder. I will be happy to cover all expenses incurred with shipping to me in the US. Please let me know how you would like to receive payment, PayPal, VISA, MC, check, etc. Thanks! Yours truly, Bennett Gaston At 09:24 PM 08/07/2002 +0800, you wrote: >I've just unearthed a few pieces of OS/2 memorabilia that should be >shared around. I have 5 of each of the following: > >Sticker 28.5 x 7.5cm Red on white OS/2 bubble logo (7.5cm d) white on >black text "If my car ran on OS/2 I'd be there already!" > >Sticker 11 x 10cm White b/g Red text " I surfed the internet at the IBM >stand" and "OS/2 warp" plus some groovy looking lines etc. > >Pencil cup 25 x 11 cm packed flat assembles to 11h x 8d cylinder, black >b/g multi-colour OS/2 "champagne bubbles" Text "operate at a higher >level" (I have used one of these as a pencil holder since ~'93, still >working, just like OS/2 :). > >If you'd like something from the above for the cost of postage let me >know. (SASE or COD, though COD will cost you more). > >-- >bob >Cave canem...te necet lingendo. > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------