Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 10:21:29 -0500 From: madodel at ptdprolog.net Subject: [VOICENWS] Event: SCOUG meeting Jan. 18: Open Source: Some Assembly Required From: "Gary Wong" The next meeting of the Southern California OS/2 User Group (SCOUG) will be this Saturday, January 18, 2003 at 9:15 AM PST, at the Fullerton Public Library, 353 W. Commonwealth Ave., in meeting room B. Open Source: Some Assembly Required Following Lynn Maxson and Bob Blair last month, Greg Smith is our next Open Source presenter. As Greg explains, the scary holidays are now behind us. No, not Halloween --- Christmas. And we all know the truly scary words of Christmas: SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED. This is the case with open source software. While we await the Esperanto of process specification languages, we are still cursed with the Tower of Babel in programming lanuagages. It is time to learn Pidgin - Savvy mon? Greg will give us a second look at the HP calculator program and compile it this time. Along the way we will visit the C compiler. We'll see what is needed to really use the compiler - the libraries. What is EMX and where does it take us? Will it get us to the land of POSIX? Then Greg will help us put it all together with another fun specification language, Make. We'll use the file system to divide things up for our own convenience, and try to put it all back together. Why do we need these stupid *.h files for our program? Will we get done in by the killer tab? Come to the meeting and find out! And remember, if you're having difficulties with something OS/2 related, be ready to explain your problem and get some answers and suggestions for solving it during the Q&A session. Donuts and coffee await you too. Help Desk chats are on Wednesday evenings at 7 PM PST. If you've got a problem with hardware or software, join the chat and ask for help. Info is at http://www.scoug.com/chat/index.html. OS/2 Help Desk and Networking SIG, Feb. 2th, 2003, 2 PM PST, Chapman University in Orange: SCOUG's in-person OS/2 Help Desk is held once a month at Chapman University, in room 203 of the Hashinger Hall Science building. SCOUG volunteers are there to help you work through your hardware and software problems. While you're at the in-person Help Desk, take a look at what the Networking SIG is doing. It meets at the same time and place, so it's convenient to do both. What a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon each month! How to get to the Fullerton Public Library: From the 91 freeway, exit Harbor Blvd. heading north. Turn left at Amerige Ave. The library is 2 1/2 blocks down on your left-hand side; the main entrance is actually on Amerige 1/2 block west of Highland Ave. From the 57 freeway, exit Chapman Ave (near Cal State Fullerton) heading west. After you pass Harbor Blvd., go 2 more blocks and turn left on Highland Ave. Go 3 short blocks south on Highland Ave. and turn right on Amerige Ave.; the library is 1/2 block down on your left. How to get to Chapman University: There are two ways to get directions: 1) Go to http://www.scoug.com/warpexpowest/sitemap.html 2) Go to http://www.mapquest.com/ and enter the address 400 N. Center Street, Orange, CA. You can park in any of the University lots for free on Sundays, but if you part on the street, watch the signs carefully or else risk getting a parking ticket. Come to Hashinger Hall Science Building, room 203. It's on the second floor and there's an elevator for you to bring up your equipment. Come and join us! -- To unsubscribe yourself from this list, send the following message to majormajor at os2voice.org unsubscribe news end If you have an announcement you would like posted to the VOICE News list, please send it to submit at os2voice.org. Please include a valid reply address and a real contact name. If you wish to comment on this post, please reply to feedback at os2voice.org