From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 00:00:42 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1304 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Thursday 01 June 2006 Number 1304 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Short mention of OS/2 Warp in Australian PC User June 2006 edition : Ed Durrant 2 Re: Short mention of OS/2 Warp in Australian PC User June 2006 edition : Chuck McKinnis 3 Aussie Mobile Internet for OS/2 - eCS : Ed Durrant 4 Re: Aussie Mobile Internet for OS/2 - eCS : Ian Manners" 5 Re: Aussie Mobile Internet for OS/2 - eCS : nickl at pacific dot net dot au **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 07:48:01 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Short mention of OS/2 Warp in Australian PC User June 2006 edition Although this is a "historical" (200th edition) look back at computing over the last 10 years or so, it's good to see that OS/2 at least gets a mention (pages 109, 101 and very short comment on page 76). This is an interesting magazine edition for various reasons - it also lists lots of hidden code in various products, my favorite is the starwars game in Open Office 2.0. - Yes it works when running OO 2.0 via ODIN on OS/2. (its actually in the Linux and Open Source section of the "top 200 secrets" articles on page 112) - open a new spreadsheet - type in =game() you will get a response - "say what?" - type in =game("StarWars") and press enter and you have an "invaders type" game running WITHIN Open Office ! They also demonstrate running Windows XP on one of the new Apple MAC (intel based) laptops - slight problem when you don't have a right mouse button though ! - Anyone willing to try eCS/OS/2 if they happen to have one of these systems ?? Cheers/2 Ed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 16:15:15 -0600 From: Chuck McKinnis Subject: Re: Short mention of OS/2 Warp in Australian PC User June 2006 edition Ed Durrant wrote: > Although this is a "historical" (200th edition) look back at computing > over the last 10 years or so, it's good to see that OS/2 at least gets a > mention (pages 109, 101 and very short comment on page 76). > > This is an interesting magazine edition for various reasons - it also > lists lots of hidden code in various products, my favorite is the > starwars game in Open Office 2.0. - Yes it works when running OO 2.0 via > ODIN on OS/2. (its actually in the Linux and Open Source section of the > "top 200 secrets" articles on page 112) - open a new spreadsheet - type > in =game() you will get a response - "say what?" - type in > =game("StarWars") and press enter and you have an "invaders type" game > running WITHIN Open Office ! I tried this on Open Office 1.1.5. Got back the "say what?". Tried = game("StarWars"). Got back "oh no, not again!". Interesting, to say the least. > > They also demonstrate running Windows XP on one of the new Apple MAC > (intel based) laptops - slight problem when you don't have a right mouse > button though ! - Anyone willing to try eCS/OS/2 if they happen to have > one of these systems ?? > > Cheers/2 > > Ed. > > > > -- Chuck McKinnis Covenant Solutions http://www.7cities dot net/~mckinnis/os2/ 505-286-3191 Daddy, if President Clinton can lie, why can't I? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 10:35:10 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Aussie Mobile Internet for OS/2 - eCS Some idiot has written an article that may be of some interest to Australian OS/2ers in this months Voice newsletter, here: http://www.os2voice dot org/VNL/past_issues/VNL0606H/feature_1.html Cheers/2 Ed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 4 ==========================** Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 11:33:23 +1000 (EST) From: "Ian Manners" Subject: Re: Aussie Mobile Internet for OS/2 - eCS Hi Ed >Some idiot has written an article that may be of some interest to >Australian OS/2ers in this months Voice newsletter, here: Gee, I think the authors sort of ok :-) Cheers Ian Manners http://www.os2site dot com/ WINERR 005 - LONG FILE NAME ERROR; TAPE ERASED TO MAKE ROOM FOR FILENAME ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 5 ==========================** Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 21:05:16 +0900 From: nickl at pacific dot net dot au Subject: Re: Aussie Mobile Internet for OS/2 - eCS Hi Ed. In <447E363E.9050008 at bigpond dot net dot au>, on 06/01/2006 at 10:35 AM, Ed Durrant said: >Some idiot has written an article that may be of some interest to >Australian OS/2ers in this months Voice newsletter, here: >http://www.os2voice dot org/VNL/past_issues/VNL0606H/feature_1.html What a great article! I have a friend who works for Motorola, here in W.A. I know he would be interested. Could I please pass it on? I would send it to my sister who lives "up the road" from you, but I don't think she would understand. :-) Thanks NICK >Cheers/2 >Ed. > ----------------------------------------------------------- nickl at pacific dot net dot au ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------