OS/2 News of Month - Jan/98
pmCSTeX for EPM
pmCSTeX is a macro package for the Enhaced Editro
(EPM) built int OS/2. It adds functions that enable you to use the TeX layout
language, installing its own CSTeX menu, hotkeys, and (optionally) a toolbar.
Among the functions are:
- (La) TeXing the document or paragraph
- Previewing (dviPM version, full-screen, and printer previewing)
- Printing, and producing Post-Script output
- Access to other TeX tools such as BibTeX, MakeIndex ...
- Generalied version of the "include file under cursor"
action
- Syntax highlighting
- Hupertext help for the LaTeX2e commands
http://www.sci.muni.cz/~mikulik/os2.html
iIntegrale Java Controls
The iIntegrale class library is a set of controls which you may
use in your Java applet or application to present an "image-smart" user
interface.
$ 79.95 Controls / $399.95 Source demos http://www.i-stream.com
Lookout 1.01
Lookout for Os/2 is an internet notifier. It
will watch Web, FTP and Gopher sites, and tell you if anything has changed.
You can tell Lookout how often you want it to chack a particular site, how you
want it to notify you when something at the site changes, and things that Lookouyt
can ignore when it checks a site.
$15 at BMT micro
CFM 5.0 Twain drivers
The CFM Twain driver is a self-reliant standard TWAIN module for
scanner control. It can be run from most applications supporting the TWAIN standard
and opens up to your scanner for all modern desktop publishing (DTP), optical
character recognition (OCR) and document imaging (DIM) applications. Connect via
a SCSI adapter board, or with an ASPI compatible SCSI host adapter. Tested for
use with PMView
$50 at BMT micro
OpenChat 1.07
OpenChat/2 is an Os/2 Internet Relay Chat client.
It allows you to connect to IRC servers around the world and chat with other
people in real time. Features list include :
- Multiple windows for differente channels
- Nicklist windows
- Extremely fast scripting
- Powerful default script included
- Multimedia support
- One click URL feed to Netscape and/or Web Explorer
- Color and font configurable via mouse popup
- Full color scrollback with color enabled cut and paste
options
- DCC resend/reget/Resume support
$29 at BMT micro
Cosmos
Learn about the fascinating world of astronomy. See the stars
and planets in the past, present and future from any place on Earth. Is a 32-bit
multithreading application which display colorful pictures of many celestial objects.
$45 at BMT micro
Bootit
BOOTIT v2.16 <ASP> - Multi-Boot Utility. Allows up to 255
primary partitions per hard drive, custom menu creation, multi-boot from a single
partition. Select the boot configuration from the custom menu.
Shareware $39.95 By TeraByte
Unlimited.
CPU monitor 1.11
This CPU monitor, for up to 16 CPUs, displays
a graph of the activity of each CPU. This utility uses very little CPU time,
as it uses a new-to Warp 4 API to gather CPU usage stats.
Available in the OS/2 Central forum, on Compuserve.
REXXCC v3.21
REXXCC 3.21 is a tiny REXX compiler for OS/2 REXX programs. It
compiles REXX programs by substituiting the source code with any text. REXXCC
compresses REXX programs by deleting all comments, superfluous whitespaces and
CR/LFs.
is freeware on OS/2 Central forum, on Compuserve.
The most popular downloads OS/2 :
EASYFIX.ZIP - Install OS/2 fiscpacks from your local HD v 1.01
W4-PAPER.TXT - Fine tune OS/2 Warp 4
BTOS2850.ZIP - The bootos2 program is a utility that allows you to build a bootable
OS/2 v2, v3 or V4 systeem using an existing OS/2 V2 or V3 system. The boot system
can be installed on either floppy disks or a hard disk partition. v 8.50
OMNI517.ZIP - Os/2 Warp OMNI printer driver for HP, Epson, Canon ...
UNZ532X2.EXE - Info-ZIP UNZIP v 5.32 32-bit OS/23 binaries
ZOC3062.ZIP - ZOC v 3.062 modem, telnet and ISDN communications application.
ZIP22X2.ZIP - Info-ZIP ZIP v 2.2
FMOS2.ZIP - File Manger for OS/2 v 1.12 IBM OS/2 Employer Written Software
CDFS.EXE - CDRom FIle systems driver replacements CDFS.IFS 5-19-97
All above are in http://www.os2bbs.com