OS/2 News of Month - Mar/98
Novaback
It is the ultimate in data protection. The product
incorporate data backup, antivirus, and disaster recovery, and it supports more
platforms and hardware confitgurations on one CD than any other. The front end
is uniform to all Operation System supported (OS/2, Win, NT, Dos). Over 400
SCSI and QIC tape drives are supported, and Thousands of removable media types.
The install is hands off, just type SETUPOS2 and so. Afterclicking the auto
configure button, Novaback detects the type os tape drive and installs the driver
in CONFIG.SYS, reboot , and you are ready to backup.
Selectfiles to backup, (or not), with a click or with filters, your choise.
It's very fast: 1.3Gb backup in 44 minutes and restore in 33 minutes to/from
a paralell tape backup. If you have DLT (Digital Linear Tape), it backed up
over 9GB in 10 minutes.
Escape GL 2.0
New Escape incorporates Open GL 3D modules, textures, VRML v 2.0
support, and a powerful developers kit. New features include :
New Open GL modules. over 35 animated effects incorporating cutting edge technology
including transparecy effects, animated turbulence, and texture mapping.
Texture mapping. Display your favorite image on a 3D model, Choose from photoCDs,
your favorite JPEGs, Plaster them on a Texture Cube, or reflect it off of a shiny
cube, all in 3D. Support fo VRML V 2.0 Worlds.
Developer's toolkits. Using a C Developers Kit, a C++ Developers Kit, and VRML
V2.0 support, is infinitely expandabel to allow developers and individuals alike
to explore the vast world of 3D. Convert your company logo, house plans, or favorite
Hollywood effect into your own Escape module.
$25 (single user) at Indelibrle
Blue or Snow Storm
Sfotware (developer)
PMdiff 4.0c
Visual side-by-side file comparison and merging
application.
Araxis Ltd
DrawIt
Is a vectro oriented drawing tool for Os/2. It has all the features
you'd expect in a paint brush type program, plus a lot of nifty features such
as ballon help creation
$25 at BMT micro
SMART Pro
"Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting
Technology". It is a system whereby the hard disk has the intellingence
to analyze itself and report problems that could lead to failure and a subsequent
loss of data.
All 32-bit world, do all analysis vefore the Operating system loads.
$15 at BMT micro
Dialog Enhacer
Transforms the look of your OS/2 Warp 4.0system by updating the
system dialog boxes, icons, and utility programs. DE banishes the old System Proportional
font, and introduces of the WarpSans font throughout the system. Graphics are
updated, dialog footprints reduced, and text and icons added throughtout to further
improve system visuals and understanding.
$15 at BMT micro
NetLookout 2.0
Watches Web, FTP and Gopher sites, and notifies you if something
has changed. You can specify how often you want a site to be checked, what to
ignore when checking a site, and how you want to be notified when a site changes.
HTTP proxy support, including user name and password
Drag'n'Drop
Import Lookouts from a number of popular OS/2 and Windows Internet applications
$20 at BMT micro
Realms of Mituen
Free fantasy role playing game
50 levels
Large, friendly immortal staff always looking for new ideias
Friendly player base. Lots of good roleplaying
Ansi color
Fast, lag free site
Intelligent monsters with automated quests
Over thirty intelligent Immortals with non-automated quests
Over 130 zones, with new ones being added constantly
At www.os2bbs.com/mordor
Internet Gate 1.3
Allows multiple users simultaneous access to the Internet with
only one connection of nearly any type (modem, ISDN, leased line, etc). Running
TCP/IP, shares access with Netscape, Eudora, Netscape Mail, MS Internet Explorer,
and other Win softwares/system.
Support for Real Audio
Direct proxy support for VDO - Live conferencing
Proxy service logging
www.maccasoft.com
Neon
2D Grafix
If you looking for an OS/2 replacement for CorelDRAW, your search
may be over.
For several years now, we have been looking for an OS/2 graphics package with
all of the functionality of Corel DRAW. Belive me , we have looked at everything
that has come down the pike.
Vectro graphics, as opposed to bitmap graphics which use pixels, resize extremely
well; they dont give you those jagged edges. Easier to draw "freehand".Have
more them Corel has. You can draw, size, and scale, single or multiple copy, You
can order; can rotate, skew, mirror vertically or horizontally, You can group,
you can move points, you can layer, and you can run text along a path. Read more
in the Neon site.
U$ 129 at www.neongrafix.com