From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 00:02:06 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1134 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Wednesday 29 June 2005 Number 1134 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: ecomstation dot com dot au -(was: Fwd: eComstation Australia) : Ed Durrant 2 NewsForge: Why Linux needs Rexx : Robert Traynor (BobT)" 3 Java 142, AOI and Aggressive shutdowns : Gavin Miller 4 Lexmark E230 Mono Laser Printer : Dennis Nolan 5 Re: Lexmark E230 Mono Laser Printer : Paul Smedley 6 Re: Lexmark E230 Mono Laser Printer : Ed Durrant **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 06:31:24 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: ecomstation dot com dot au -(was: Fwd: eComstation Australia) Mike O'Connor wrote: >> > Hi Ed, > > Using IWB 2.0.4 full-screen is no problem, but I have the width [on > 1024 x 768] reduced to about 85% of full, so I can toggle desktops > quickly, and that's where it shows up. > Ok, I just reduced Firefox to aprox 85% and at which point the screen scaled, no problem and then I reduced to about 50% and I had to scroll to see everything, but still not problems. So, unless I have misunderstood the problem, it seems to be a problem that has been fixed in Firefox but not IBM WB 2.04. Unfortunately I can't run IBM WB now that I have installed Firefox, to test further. By the way, you do know there is now an IBM WB 2.05 (= Mozilla 1.75) don't you ? Cheers/2 Ed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 12:59:13 +1000 From: "Robert Traynor (BobT)" Subject: NewsForge: Why Linux needs Rexx NewsForge: Why Linux needs Rexx Tuesday June 28, 2005 (09:01 AM GMT) By: Howard Fosdick Rexx is a scripting language that was invented at IBM years ago. The Linux community has largely ignored Rexx, but I believe it could play an important role in Linux's challenge to the Windows desktop. How can a language many in the Linux community have never even heard of be valuable in Linux's fight for the desktop? In many ways Rexx is a predecessor to the open source scripting languages that play such a prominent role in Linux. Like many of those languages, Rexx is free, portable, widely used, and standardized. Rexx runs runs anywhere, from handhelds to desktops to servers to mainframes. It enjoys a strong international standard, so scripts run across all these platforms. Rexx has a world-wide user community that offers good support, hundreds of free tools, and nine different Rexx interpreters optimized for various platforms and purposes. Rexx books, resources, and forums come in a wide variety of spoken languages. So what, you say? That's all well and good, but it's nothing different from what languages like Perl and Python offer. What distinguishes Rexx is that it blends ease of use and power through a host of specific techniques. Ease of learning and ease of use are why Rexx came bundled as the scripting language of the Amiga OS and OS/2. Many thousands of developers and end users learned the language through these desktops of yesteryear and still remember it fondly today. Rexx has a proven track record as the driving language for major desktop systems. Rexx's power has enabled it to be the dominant scripting language on mainframes for two decades. To this day no other scripting language challenges it on any mainframe operating system. Linux needs an easy-to-learn, easy-to-use scripting language for desktop users and casual programmers. It has to be a language that users can learn quickly but that they won't have to abandon for lack of power as they become proficient. It has to be a language they can script from memory, without complicated syntax or tricky linguistics. It should be a language with deep reach into other platforms and cross-systems compatibility to support Linux's integration into IT. And it should have great international support. Rexx fits the bill. More on Website... ,-._|\ Robert Traynor (BobT) / Oz \ email rtraynor at removeme.optusnet dot com dot au \_,--.x/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 13:43:57 +1000 From: Gavin Miller Subject: Java 142, AOI and Aggressive shutdowns Hi All, I don't s'pose any one out there has been playing with Art Of Illusion; a java 3d rendering program? I been having some trouble with my system powering off when it comes to rendering a scene. I conceed that 3d renderers are system intensive, but I don't concider what I've got to be so low spec that it chucks a fit and dies. What I've got is: Athlon XP 2700+ (2.1 Ghz) 256 Mb (pc2700) 8x AGP ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 256Mb Innotec Java 1.42 on Ecs 1.1 35 Gig partition where Aoi runs (84.5% free) Any ideas? Cheers G ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 4 ==========================** Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 17:38:38 +1000 From: Dennis Nolan Subject: Lexmark E230 Mono Laser Printer I just got one of these for $169, only downside is no OS/2 drivers, however at that price it's a bargain. If anyone is interested in a good cheap laser printer, it's worth considering. I got mine at Landmark Computers, I've also seen them on the Harris Technology web site for $204 or so. ps I'm churning to aaNet tomorrow, hopefully, when I get home from the march tomorrow I'll be able to reconfigure my modem and painlessly change everything. Regards -- Howard's "Fair Dismissal" means it's fair for sleaze-bag bosses to sack anyone who rejects their sleazy gropings. How will you explain that to your daughter. Dennis Nolan ETU Shopsteward. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 5 ==========================** Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 17:15:29 +0930 From: Paul Smedley Subject: Re: Lexmark E230 Mono Laser Printer Hi Dennis, Dennis Nolan wrote: > ps I'm churning to aaNet tomorrow, hopefully, when I get home from the > march tomorrow I'll be able to reconfigure my modem and painlessly > change everything. Good luck with the churn. I just switched from Bigpong cable to TPG ADSL. At least I was able to keep the cable connected until I knew the ADSL was working :) Cheers, Paul. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 6 ==========================** Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 18:14:45 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: Lexmark E230 Mono Laser Printer Paul Smedley wrote: > Hi Dennis, > > Dennis Nolan wrote: > >> ps I'm churning to aaNet tomorrow, hopefully, when I get home from >> the march tomorrow I'll be able to reconfigure my modem and >> painlessly change everything. > > > Good luck with the churn. > > I just switched from Bigpong cable to TPG ADSL. At least I was able > to keep the cable connected until I knew the ADSL was working :) > > Cheers, > > Paul. > > > Try the E220 Driver from: http://downloads.lexmark dot com/cgi-perl/downloads.cgi?ccs=229:1:0:401:0:0&os_group=OS/2&target= Cheers/2 Ed. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------