Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 17:17:08 -0400 From: Subject: [VOICENWS] General: [OS2Voice dot org Feedback] The eCSoft/2 weekly newsletter for OS2Voice ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice dot org ++ From: ecsoft2 dot orgDESPAM at DESPAMgmail dot com -------- THE ECSOFT/2 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FOR OS2VOICE ------------------------- Find in this digest all the records created or updated in the last week on the eCSoft/2 site https://ecsoft2 dot org. If you find something wrong and you want to report it, or if you want to contribute updating or translating to your language the records, or if just you want to write us, visit our Contact page https://ecsoft2 dot org/contact or drop us an email at ecsoft2 [dot] orggmail [dot] com This is a special edition of the eCSoft/2 newsletter created for OS2 Voice. NEW: ==== * Agena 2.15.2 https://ecsoft2 dot org/agena Agena is an easy-to-learn procedural programming language suited for everyday usage. * IMAP4 server for the Weasel mail server 0.1.12 https://ecsoft2 dot org/imap4-server-weasel-mail-server This is an IMAPD server designed to run in conjunction with the Weasel weasel mail server. *Features*: * QSINIT 14062019 https://ecsoft2 dot org/qsinit QSINIT is a replacement of OS2LDR created from scratch. * NewView 2.19.6 https://ecsoft2 dot org/newview A replacement for View.exe, the original OS/2 help viewer. * Configure Internet Applications 1.2.0 https://ecsoft2 dot org/configure-internet-applications This utility sets default internet application paths in the OS/2 INI file. * TEXTBUCH (Text book) 4.41 https://ecsoft2 dot org/textbuch-text-book TEXTBUCH (text book) is a double entry book keeping program (accounting program) only in german language. * SpamFilter (The spam filter for OS/2) 1.1.4 https://ecsoft2 dot org/spamfilter-spam-filter-os2 The SpamFilter is a free and Open Source software able to detect and reject e-mail messages containing unwanted advertising. UPDATED: ======== * FM/2 Utilities https://ecsoft2 dot org/fm2-utilities Bunch of free utils (including HPFS defrag) text mode only. * Links 2.19 https://ecsoft2 dot org/links A text-mode web browser, which is able to correctly display tables and frames, and to render correctly most pages, even if they include several graphical elements. * Oldschool PC Font 1.0 https://ecsoft2 dot org/oldschool-pc-font These scalable TrueType fonts reproduce the fonts used in BIOS and IBM PC DOS operating systems and clones. * Pascal Lite Compiler 1.00 https://ecsoft2 dot org/pascal-lite-compiler A full 32- bit Pascal compiler for 80386/486/Pentium Intel CPU's. * Free Pascal 3.0.4 https://ecsoft2 dot org/free-pascal Free Pascal Compiler. A free multiplatform 32-bit TP/BP/Delphi highly compatible Pascal compiler (OS/2, Linux, FreeBSD, GO32v2 and Win32 available). * Virtual Pascal 2.1 https://ecsoft2 dot org/virtual-pascal Virtual Pascal is the tool of choice for 32-bit cross-platform development using the Pascal language. * WDSibyl https://ecsoft2 dot org/wdsibyl A Pascal-Compiler which processes a language closely related to Delphi. WDSibyl now supports the following languages: English, German, Italian and Dutch. * SpeedSoft Sibyl 2.0 https://ecsoft2 dot org/node/245 SpeedSoft Sibyl is a high performance Visual Pascal Development Environment (VDE) for OS/2 Warp, Linux and Windows 95/NT. Sibyl allows you to create fast native code applications. * VirtualBox per OS/2 5.0.6 https://ecsoft2 dot org/virtualbox-os2 VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. * Graham Utilities 2.1 https://ecsoft2 dot org/graham-utilities The Graham Utilities for OS/2 are the largest, most comprehensive suite of disk, file and general utilities specifically written for the OS/2 Operating System. * IPF preprocessor 1.0 https://ecsoft2 dot org/ipf-preprocessor IPFC Preprocessor is tool to expand the capabilities of the IPF Compiler. * IPF Editor 2.12 https://ecsoft2 dot org/ipf-editor The IPF Editor is a 32-bit OS/2 2.x application and requires OS/2 2.0, 2.01, or 2.1. The IPF tagged files it generates may be used with any OS/2 application (1.x or 2.x). * bootAble 6.10.3 https://ecsoft2 dot org/bootable bootAble is an OS/2/eCS script to create a maintenance partition or a bootable CD. * Boot OS/2 9.26 https://ecsoft2 dot org/boot-os2 The BOOTOS2 program is a utility that allows you to build a BOOTable OS/2 V2,V3 or V4 system using an existing OS/2 V2, V3 or V4 system. * Bochs 2.2.6 https://ecsoft2 dot org/bochs Bochs is a highly portable open source IA-32 (x86) PC emulator written in C++, that runs on most popular platforms. * Doxygen 1.8.13 https://ecsoft2 dot org/doxygen DoxyGen is the best Unix tool for Documenting sources. * Flex (The Fast Lexical Analyzer) 2.6.4 https://ecsoft2 dot org/flex-fast-lexical-analyzer Flex (The Fast Lexical Analyzer). Flex is a fast lexical analyser generator. It is a tool for generating programs that perform pattern-matching on text. * WHOIS client 5.4.3 https://ecsoft2 dot org/whois-client A new whois (RFC 954) client rewritten from scratch. It is derived from and compatible with the usual BSD and RIPE whois(1) programs. * SysInfo/2 0.9.0 https://ecsoft2 dot org/sysinfo2 PM System Info tool - a self-made OS/2 clone of Symantec SystemInfo tool from NU for Win 9x/NT. See also System information package. * Sendmail 8.12.3 https://ecsoft2 dot org/sendmail A powerful mail transport agent. It is suitable for handling sophisticated mail configurations, although this means that its configuration can also be complex. * OS/2 & eCS drivers and software package https://ecsoft2 dot org/os2-ecs-drivers-and-software-package The product contains all the latest drivers for OS/2 and eComStation developed by Arca Noae taxonomy/term/651; in addition it gives you access to a large * JFS 1.09.06 https://ecsoft2 dot org/jfs Updated JFS for OS/2, journaled file system. eComstation instead, use a jfs filesystem completly rewrited wich is also bootable. * Cadvance 6.5 https://ecsoft2 dot org/cadvance It's a Re-release of CADVANCE Version 6.5, a CAD software system designed for Windows 3.1 and early Windows 95, but yet also runs on Windows 95/98 and NT, and Win-OS/2. * ZxMail https://ecsoft2 dot org/zxmail ZxMail Server is a full POP3 and SMTP server, free up to two users. * Fetchmail 6.3.12 https://ecsoft2 dot org/fetchmail Fetch mail by POP or IMAP, forward by SMTP to local system or elsewhere. SSL support enabled. * VNC Server and VNC Viewer 20190331 https://ecsoft2 dot org/vnc-server-and-vnc-viewer This package provides a VNC server and client for OS/2 Presentation Manager, you can connect to a VNC-server somewhere in the network and display its content in a windo * Client per http://DynDNS dot org 3.01 https://ecsoft2 dot org/dyndnsorg-client DDUP client v3.0.1 for http://DynDNS dot org . Supports the NIC v2.0 specification. * Maul Publisher 3.16 https://ecsoft2 dot org/maul-publisher Maul Publisher is aimed at anyone needing to quickly create pleasing and sophisticated publications, without the high cost of one of the industry leading packages. * WarpGoGo 1.10 https://ecsoft2 dot org/warpgogo WarpGogo is an easy to use frontend for the GoGo encoder, an MP3 encoder, which comes with optimizations for 3DNow! (AMD) and SSE (Intel) enhanced micro-processors. * ZOC 4.15 https://ecsoft2 dot org/zoc Telnet client and terminal emulator via Secure Shell (SSH/SSH2), modem and ISDN. * Qosmic 1.5.0 https://ecsoft2 dot org/qosmic Qosmic is graphical interface for creating, editing, and rendering flam3-flame-algorithm fractal images. * Flam3 - The Flame Algorithm 3.1.1 https://ecsoft2 dot org/flam3-flame-algorithm Flam3, a C library and related tools to algorithmically generate images and animations (Flames). * BlueCAD 1.010 https://ecsoft2 dot org/bluecad 2D CAD Application. No technical support is available for this BlueCAD version. * Virtual PC 5.1 https://ecsoft2 dot org/virtual-pc Virtual PC for OS/2 enables OS/2 users to run multiple PC operating systems simultaneously on a single machine, either as individual windows or as background tasks, without having to repartition th * Antiword 0.37 https://ecsoft2 dot org/node/274 Antiword is a free MS Word reader. Antiword converts the binary files from Word 6, 7, 97, 2000 and 2002 to plain text and to PostScript. * WeirdX 1.0.32 https://ecsoft2 dot org/weirdx Java XServer distribuited under GPL. * VFAT Netdrive plugin 3.0.5 https://ecsoft2 dot org/vfat-netdrive-plugin VFAT plugin for NetDrive netdrive. The plugin allows read/write access, including creation of long file names, to a drive with Microsoft Windows 95 VFAT file system. * Toronto Virtual File System (TVFS) 2.11 https://ecsoft2 dot org/toronto-virtual-file-system-tvfs Enhanced filesystem with links. * A sample of TVFS session*: * Generic audio driver for Win-OS2 3.1r2 https://ecsoft2 dot org/generic-audio-driver-win-os2 Generic Win-OS2 sound driver. * F, freeware file manager & standalone utilities 4.70 - 4.71b & 1.60 https://ecsoft2 dot org/f-freeware-file-manager-standalone-utilities Freeware multi-platform text-mode file manager with many features. Main F functions: * ProNews/2 1.60 https://ecsoft2 dot org/pronews2 Multithreaded newsreader for OS/2. Latest version includes, among other things, support for ISO-8859-15 and Windows-1252 codepages and high memory use: see README.TXT for more! * Dissociated Press https://ecsoft2 dot org/dissociated-press Simple REXX implementation of a well-known algorithm to make very amusing rubbish out of a document. * WPA Supplicant 2.7GA https://ecsoft2 dot org/wpa-supplicant This is a backend component for controlling the wireless networking connection. Wireless Lan Monitor wireless-lan-monitor component. * Undot 08032012 https://ecsoft2 dot org/undot Undot.cmd is a Rexx procedure to replace one or more dots, commas, spaces, brackets and braces in filenames by an underscore character, except the last dot: *the* * RootDir https://ecsoft2 dot org/rootdir LongnameEA.CMD uses RootDir.EXE to list the names, and then adds a .LONGNAME extended attribute to each file with a deadname. * DVD/CD Toys 1.07.01 https://ecsoft2 dot org/dvdcd-toys CD/DVD Toys is a set of utilities to burn CD and DVD disks (Blu-Ray, HD-DVD). The utilities support creation and burning of ISO-images. * eCo Essentials subscription https://ecsoft2 dot org/eco-essentials-subscription eCo Essentials is a one-year subscription providing a set of very useful utilities for OS/2 from eCo Software taxonomy/term/162. It contains: * SIO2K serial drivers 2.03 https://ecsoft2 dot org/sio2k-serial-drivers SIO2K is shareware communication drivers and utilities for OS/2 developed by Ray Gwinn. * Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.13.03 https://ecsoft2 dot org/netwide-assembler-nasm Assembler compiler. * TiMidity++ Player (ex TiMidity MCD) 2.13.2 https://ecsoft2 dot org/timidity-player-ex-timidity-mcd TiMidity plays MIDI and Module (.MOD) files. It does it in software without depending on any hardware MIDI support your soundcard might have. * Smart Cache 0.94 https://ecsoft2 dot org/smart-cache Smart Cache is a full-featured proxy caching server with some SPECIAL features for faster, increasing privacy and offline web browsing. Good replacement for badly designed browser's cache. * VTeX/2 8.44.2 https://ecsoft2 dot org/vtex2 VTeX/2 is a TeX program for OS/2 that generates PDF or PostScript output immediately from the TeX source file. * Mesa 2.3 https://ecsoft2 dot org/mesa Mesa 2 is a spreadsheet for OS/2. * Lynx 2.8.9 dev. 9 https://ecsoft2 dot org/lynx Lynx is a text web browser with SSL support, now packaged as self installing exe file. Port by different authors. * Feature Install 1.2.5 https://ecsoft2 dot org/feature-install IBM OS/2 Feature Install Version 1.2.5 is a browser-based installation utility that is used to install some IBM Software Choice features. * Web/2 1.3x beta5 https://ecsoft2 dot org/web2 Web/2 is a powerful and unbloated web server: easy to setup, lots of features including cgi, ssi, aliasing, virtual domains and more! You can also use the CGI PHP module. * Night Vision 5.2 https://ecsoft2 dot org/night-vision Night Vision is a "planetarium" program for OS/2, and will display the heavens from any location on Earth. * cc65 2.16 https://ecsoft2 dot org/cc65 cc65 - a freeware C compiler for 6502 based systems. It make programs for C64, C128, C16, plus 4, Pet, Apple II and Atari 8Bit machines. * cFos 3.82 https://ecsoft2 dot org/cfos cFos is designed for all those, who intend to use modem software with ISDN / DSL and it is made for those expecting high performance of their data transfer. * Watcom C++ & Fortran 11.0c https://ecsoft2 dot org/watcom-c-fortran Patch for the Sybase Watcom C/C++ and Fortran compiler products V11. * ZipStream Secure 2.0 https://ecsoft2 dot org/zipstream-secure ZipStream is the Next Generation data security and disk compression Software for OS/2. * LX-Lite 1.3.9 https://ecsoft2 dot org/lx-lite Freeware OS/2 LX executables packer. * RSJ CD/DVD Writer 6.03 https://ecsoft2 dot org/rsj-cddvd-writer Copy files to CDs just by drag and drop - using your favourite file manager (i.e. * CDRDAO/2 1.2.1 https://ecsoft2 dot org/cdrdao2 Enhanced OS/2 port of cd writing program in DAO mode. The package includes ASPINKK.SYS driver, a user level (ring 3) to OS2ASPI routing driver. * CDRecord/2 2.00 https://ecsoft2 dot org/cdrecord2 The programs in this package are capable to write singlesession and multisession CD-R/RW in various formats. Creation of CDs in TAO and DAO mode. * Scitech's Multi-platform Graphics Library (MGL) support package https://ecsoft2 dot org/scitechs-multi-platform-graphics-library-mgl-support-package This device driver is needed to run MGL apps, even on systems that don't have Scitech's Display Doctor scitech-snap-graphics installed as their video driver. * Advanced Joystick Driver 0.2 https://ecsoft2 dot org/advanced-joystick-driver Enhanced joystick driver supported by SNES9x, Retrocade and SDLMAME. * DjView & DjVuLibre 4.10.6 & 3.5.27 https://ecsoft2 dot org/djview-djvulibre Standalone viewer for DjVu files. Features include navigating documents, zooming and panning page images, producing and displaying thumbnails. * Daniela's EIDE/SATA Driver 1.8.15 https://ecsoft2 dot org/danielas-eidesata-driver * FreeRDP Client for OS/2 20190531 https://ecsoft2 dot org/freerdp-client-os2 A FreeRDP port for OS/2, eComStation and ArcaOS. FreeRDP is a client for Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), used in a number of Microsoft Windows operation systems. * VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7 https://ecsoft2 dot org/videolan-vlc-media-player VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player supporting most audio and video formats (H.264, Ogg, DivX, MKV, TS, MPEG-2, mp3, MPEG-4, aac, ...) from files, p * WarpVision 1.0.1 https://ecsoft2 dot org/warpvision Multimedia player with Mozilla plugin. Current features: * RXU Library 1.a.0 https://ecsoft2 dot org/rxu-library RXU v1.a, rich set of Rexx functions for OS/2 API! * GNU gettext 0.20.1 https://ecsoft2 dot org/gnu-gettext GNU Gettext provides internationalization and translation functions for projects. Utility for developers. * Audio/Data-CD-Creator 0.56 https://ecsoft2 dot org/node/223 Audio/Data-Cd-Creator is a WPS aware application for CD and DVD writing. Supports audio and data CDs, data DVDs, MP3 encoding, writing of MP3 files, CD grabbing. * ZSNES & SNES9x 1.51rc2 https://ecsoft2 dot org/zsnes-snes9x OS/2 port of ZSNES and SNES9x (Super Nintendo emulator). SNES9x core version is 1.39. OS/2 interface code is release 13. Includes support for windowed AND full screen operation. * VICE/2 3.1 https://ecsoft2 dot org/vice2 VICE is a Versatile Commodore Emulator, i.e. * PGP 2.6.3i https://ecsoft2 dot org/pgp Probabily the best free encryption software. * DECalc 3.44 https://ecsoft2 dot org/decalc OS/2 PM calculator with many common and some uncommon features. * Styler/2 e eStyler per eComStation (Smart Windows) 1.7.5 https://ecsoft2 dot org/styler2-and-estyler-ecomstation-smart-windows Styler/2 is an user interface enhancer for OS/2 Warp. * GSView 5.0 https://ecsoft2 dot org/gsview Graphical interface for Ghostscript ghostscript. Available in several languages. Port by different authors. * LeechMP3 3.70 https://ecsoft2 dot org/leechmp3 Uses Leech or Tonigy as a CD grabber, LAME as a MP3 encoder and run them simultaneously to reduice encoding time. With CDDB access capability to retrieve tracks titles. * PM123 1.40 & 1.41 https://ecsoft2 dot org/pm123 PM123 is a high-quality digital audio player for IBM's OS/2 Warp and eCS operating systems. You can play MP3s, WAV-files and even audio CDs. * RAR 2.50 - 3.93 https://ecsoft2 dot org/rar *RAR 2.50*: RAR is a powerful tool which allows you to manage and control archive files. *RAR 3.93*: * ARJ Archiver 3.10 https://ecsoft2 dot org/arj-archiver A 32-bit flavor of ARJ/2, compiled for IBM LIBC (requires LIBCS.DLL and Unicode DLLs). If you use Warp 3 or older version of OS/2 please use the 16-Bit version. * HobLink X11 3.5 https://ecsoft2 dot org/hoblink-x11 HOBLink X11 is an integrated PC X Server package that turns your OS/2 PC into an X Window terminal. Included in eComstation. * Corrective Service facility 2-B https://ecsoft2 dot org/corrective-service-facility Utility program needed to apply the OS/2 fixpaks. * Lotus SmartSuite 1.7.3 https://ecsoft2 dot org/lotus-smartsuite Lotus office suite is designed for OS/2 Warp 4 and composed by WordPro, 1-2-3, Approach, Freelance Graphics and Organizer. * PCI+AGP bus sniffer & Ids2Devs 1.0.4 & 1.0.3 https://ecsoft2 dot org/pciagp-bus-sniffer-ids2devs This utility shows PCI, AGP and CardBus device informations, has huge database of known vendors and devices, can tell what IRQ are supported by which slot. * Opera 5.12 https://ecsoft2 dot org/opera Light, fast and with nationalized versions. Support for Java1.3 and Windows plugins! New features: * Libreria VX-REXX Extras 1.3.2 https://ecsoft2 dot org/vx-rexx-extras-library VX-REXX Extras is an API & class library designed to extend the functionality of Watcom VX-REXX watcom-vx-rexx. * File freedom 2.02 https://ecsoft2 dot org/file-freedom A full-featured PM file manager that comes complete with an internal Zip Viewer as well as some features designed especially for networks. Help on line. * Larsen Commander 1.07.04 https://ecsoft2 dot org/larsen-commander A powerful, flexible and user friendly GUI file manager and command processor for OS/2 Warp. * Account Manager 0.16 https://ecsoft2 dot org/account-manager Stores information and passwords about multiple internet account. * Theseus 4001 https://ecsoft2 dot org/theseus A memory analysis program for the OS/2 system used to: * SourceCalc https://ecsoft2 dot org/sourcecalc A general purpose, PM screen, calculator with capabilities for Decimal, Hexadecimal, Binary, and Octal intermix calculations and presentation. * Config Tool 1.3.0 https://ecsoft2 dot org/config-tool ConfigTool is CONFIG.SYS editor with searchable database which explains the entries, sort and checking routines, boot/recovery options and suggestions for optimization. * Z!, MP3 player 2.8 https://ecsoft2 dot org/z-mp3-player MP3 player with equalizer and streaming recording capability. * kLIBC / GCC Runtime Library 0.6.6 https://ecsoft2 dot org/klibc-gcc-runtime-library Runtime libraries required for projects built with *the new GCC compilers by Netlabs netlabs-gcc* (a "runtime" is a set of low-level routin * Netlabs GCC 8.3.0 & 3.3.5 (CSD6) https://ecsoft2 dot org/netlabs-gcc Ports of GNU GCC 3.x and 4.x, which ensure 100% compatibility with ANSI C/C++. -- For a choice in the future of personal computing, Join VOICE - http://www.os2voice dot org [Moderator's note: All posts are sent without guarantee to the accuracy of the content. 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