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-------- 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.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.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.

UPDATED:
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* Agena 2.17.7 https://www.ecsoft2.org/agena
Agena is an easy-to-learn procedural programming language suited for
everyday usage.
* phpMyAdmin 4.9.4 & 5.0.2 https://www.ecsoft2.org/phpmyadmin
phpMyAdmin is a tool written in PHP php, intended to handle the
administration of a remote MySQL mysql server via web.
* Audio Recorder and Replayer for OS/2 22072019
https://www.ecsoft2.org/audio-recorder-and-replayer-os2
* *Audio Recorder for OS/2*: Test application records pcm audio into the
test.wav file. It may be interrupted by hitting the Ctrl+Break or
Ctrl+C keys.
* NeoN GRAFIX 3D 2.14 https://www.ecsoft2.org/neon-grafix-3d
NeoN Grafix 3D is a tool for the creative design of complex computer
graphics and animated sequences. This software enables the display of
animations in real time on your monitor.
* Testlog 3.28 https://www.ecsoft2.org/testlog
Create a log file that you can submit with your test results when
reporting a problem with a driver.
* Device Driver Development Kit for 32 Bit Drivers 20200320
https://www.ecsoft2.org/device-driver-development-kit-32-bit-drivers
A development kit to make developing new device drivers very easy.
* Driver supporto di base USB 12.04 & 10.233
https://www.ecsoft2.org/usb-basic-device-driver-support
USB basic driver stack including UHCI, OHCI, EHCI (USB 2.0) support,
always required and to be installed first!
* Monitor Threads Utility 0.3
https://www.ecsoft2.org/monitor-threads-utility
The purpose of monitorthreads is to help identify which threads are
consuming excessive CPU resources so that the issue can be remediated.
* ELEPHANT 1.21 https://www.ecsoft2.org/elephant
A Tiny Dancing Elephant with a digital clock.
* NEPMD (http://netlabs.org EPM distribution) 1.21
https://www.ecsoft2.org/nepmd-netlabsorg-epm-distribution
NEPMD is an add-on for EPM, the Enhanced Editor of OS/2.
* Links 2.20 https://www.ecsoft2.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.
* PMMail 3.24 https://www.ecsoft2.org/pmmail
PMMail/2, email client. OS/2 and Windows versions available. From 3.0
version, the program is free to all VOICE members for 90 days.
* Lucide 1.5.0GA https://www.ecsoft2.org/lucide
Lucide is a plugin based document viewer for eComStation. In its first
incarnation it supports PDF, DjVu and JPEG files but new document types
can easily be added to it.
* RepairSystemDumpFile 0.6 https://www.ecsoft2.org/repairsystemdumpfile
RepairSystemDumpFile is a tool that attempts to repair corrupted System
Dump files.
* GPSCLOCK 1.32 https://www.ecsoft2.org/gpsclock
GPSCLOCK is a simple digitial clock program for OS/2. Double-click mouse
button 1 (usually the left button) on its window to set options, or
start it like this:
* Data Transport Agent (DTA) https://www.ecsoft2.org/data-transport-agent-dta
This is a beta release of the new Data Transport Agent (DTA) for
eComStation.
* DjView & DjVuLibre 4.10.6 & 3.5.27
https://www.ecsoft2.org/djview-djvulibre
Standalone viewer for DjVu files. Features include navigating documents,
zooming and panning page images, producing and displaying thumbnails.
* Gopher 1.9915 https://www.ecsoft2.org/gopher
Gopher is an OS/2 Presentation Manager client for the Internet Gopher
protocol, originally developed at the University of Minnesota.
* DeskMan/2 2.0 https://www.ecsoft2.org/deskman2
DeskMan/2 is unmatched in its ability to fully maximize the multitasking
power and versatility of OS/2!
* PMVDMCC 20081102 https://www.ecsoft2.org/pmvdmcc
This driver alters some procedures in OS2KRNL to map more memory areas
than the original ones.
* Calmira 3.31 https://www.ecsoft2.org/calmira
Windows 95 style shell for Windows 3.1.
* Fonts JetBrains Mono 1.0.0 https://www.ecsoft2.org/fonts-jetbrains-mono
JetBrains Mono is a typeface specifically designed for developers,
featuring taller lowercase letters, special features for making code more
readable (including 138 code-specific ligatures), 4 weig
* Stunnel 5.50 https://www.ecsoft2.org/stunnel
Stunnel is a program that allows you to encrypt arbitrary TCP connections
inside SSL (Secure Sockets Layer).
* HelpDesk for OS/2 1.00 https://www.ecsoft2.org/helpdesk-os2
HelpDesk for OS/2 is a project of OS/2 VOICE http://www.os2voice.org.
* Zampa 1.0b https://www.ecsoft2.org/zampa
Zampa is a firewall configuration program for IBM OS/2 Warp TCP/IP Ver.
4.1 and up.
* PDumpCtl 0.16 https://www.ecsoft2.org/pdumpctl
PDumpCtl is a wrapper for the OS/2 Process Dump Facility. It makes it easy
to configure the Dump Facility for the typical situations.
* FreeRDP Client for OS/2 20200317
https://www.ecsoft2.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.
* Object Desktop 2.0 https://www.ecsoft2.org/object-desktop
Object Desktop for OS/2 is an advanced desktop environment.
* VirtualBox per OS/2 5.0.6 https://www.ecsoft2.org/virtualbox-os2
VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for
enterprise as well as home use.
* FAT32 0.10b https://www.ecsoft2.org/fat32
FAT32.IFS for OS/2 will allow you to access FAT32 partitions (max 32 Gb,
non removable) from OS/2.
* Weasel 2.73 https://www.ecsoft2.org/weasel
Weasel: a POP3 and SMTP daemon for OS/2 (also available an IMAP optional
extension).
* Corrective Service facility - English - United States 2-B
https://www.ecsoft2.org/corrective-service-facility-english-united-states
Utility program needed to apply the OS/2 fixpaks.
* Corrective Service facility - Finland 2-B
https://www.ecsoft2.org/corrective-service-facility-finland
Utility program needed to apply the OS/2 fixpaks.
* Corrective Service facility - France 2-B
https://www.ecsoft2.org/corrective-service-facility-france
Utility program needed to apply the OS/2 fixpaks.
* Corrective Service facility - Germany 2-B
https://www.ecsoft2.org/corrective-service-facility-germany
Utility program needed to apply the OS/2 fixpaks.
* Corrective Service facility - Japan 2-B
https://www.ecsoft2.org/corrective-service-facility-japan
Utility program needed to apply the OS/2 fixpaks.
* Corrective Service facility - Italy 2-B
https://www.ecsoft2.org/corrective-service-facility-italy
Utility program needed to apply the OS/2 fixpaks.
* Corrective Service facility - Norway 2-B
https://www.ecsoft2.org/corrective-service-facility-norway
Utility program needed to apply the OS/2 fixpaks.
* Corrective Service facility - Portugal 2-B
https://www.ecsoft2.org/corrective-service-facility-portugal
Utility program needed to apply the OS/2 fixpaks.
* Corrective Service facility - Sweden 2-B
https://www.ecsoft2.org/corrective-service-facility-sweden
Utility program needed to apply the OS/2 fixpaks.
* Corrective Service facility - Brazil - Portuguese 2-B
https://www.ecsoft2.org/corrective-service-facility-brazil-portuguese
Utility program needed to apply the OS/2 fixpaks.
* Corrective Service facility - Danish 2-B
https://www.ecsoft2.org/corrective-service-facility-danish
Utility program needed to apply the OS/2 fixpaks.
* Corrective Service facility - Dutch - Netherlands 2-B
https://www.ecsoft2.org/corrective-service-facility-dutch-netherlands
Utility program needed to apply the OS/2 fixpaks.
* Corrective Service facility - English - United Kingdom 2-B
https://www.ecsoft2.org/corrective-service-facility-english-united-kingdom
Utility program needed to apply the OS/2 fixpaks.
* Corrective Service facility - Spain 2-B
https://www.ecsoft2.org/corrective-service-facility-spain
Utility program needed to apply the OS/2 fixpaks.
* Corrective Service facility - Canada - French 2-B
https://www.ecsoft2.org/corrective-service-facility-canada-french
Utility program needed to apply the OS/2 fixpaks.
* SPciIrq 20061022 https://www.ecsoft2.org/spciirq
SPCIIRQ can try to reassign a different IRQ to PCI devices on mainboard
and add-on cards in PCI slots. Source code available.

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-------- 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.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.org/contact or drop us an email at ecsoft2 [dot] orggmail [dot] com

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* WDSibyl Chess 1.0 https://ecsoft2.org/wdsibyl-chess
A chess game for OS/2. Source code included. This is a sample program
included with WDSibyl wdsibyl.

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* eyeCU 1.3.0 https://ecsoft2.org/eyecu
eyeCU (I See You) is the perfect application to communicate with
colleagues, friends and family via chat, video and voice.
* FreeRDP Client for OS/2 20200405 https://ecsoft2.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.
* POSIX Pthreads 0.1.1 https://ecsoft2.org/posix-pthreads
This library provides basic POSIX Pthreads
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX_Threads support for OS/2.
* Agena 2.18.1 https://ecsoft2.org/agena
Agena is an easy-to-learn procedural programming language suited for
everyday usage.
* WDSibyl https://ecsoft2.org/wdsibyl
A Pascal-Compiler which processes a language closely related to Delphi.
WDSibyl now supports the following languages: English, German, Italian and
Dutch.
* Links 2.20 https://ecsoft2.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.
* Icon Themes 2.2 https://ecsoft2.org/icon-themes
Icon Themes is a program which allows the desktop icons used throughout
the Workplace Shell to be changed, based on installable icon sets or
'themes'. A number of them
* Driver supporto di base USB 12.04 & 10.233
https://ecsoft2.org/driver-supporto-di-base-usb
USB basic driver stack including UHCI, OHCI, EHCI (USB 2.0) support,
always required and to be installed first!
* LCSS (Logical Config.Sys Sort) 0.7.2
https://ecsoft2.org/lcss-logical-configsys-sort
Logical Config.Sys Sort analize your CONFIG.SYS file and sort it into
logical sections.
* ISOFS 1.1.2 https://ecsoft2.org/isofs
ISOFS is an installable file system for OS/2 to access ISO rawfiles
suitable for burning on CD. It allows transparent read-only access to the
contents of the raw file, also through WPS!
* QtParted 0.4.5 https://ecsoft2.org/qtparted
QtParted is a set of unix utilities ports to manage disks and filesystems.
* 2Pong 0.6r2 https://ecsoft2.org/2pong
A pong clone with 2 balls. As the name might indicate, is a pong clone.
However, there is one visible difference from the regular pong: it is
played with two balls instead of one.
* NetRexx 3.0.8 GA https://ecsoft2.org/netrexx
NetRexx is a programming language derived from both Rexx and Java.
* Uno Fixpak for eComStation 20151225 (Fixpak #4)
https://ecsoft2.org/uno-fixpak-ecomstation
Fixpak for eComStation Operating System includes a set of dedicated
cumulative updates (Base OS, Must-Have and Data) into one single package.
*Supported systems*:
* Hunspell 1.7.0 https://ecsoft2.org/hunspell
Hunspell is the spell checker of LibreOffice, http://OpenOffice.org openoffice,
Mozilla Firefox firefox 3 & Thunderbird thunderbird
* AVxCAT (ex FFmpegCA-GUI) 1.5.1.4
https://ecsoft2.org/avxcat-ex-ffmpegca-gui
GUI front-end in Rexx language for FFmpeg ffmpeg-ffplay, which will allow
for converting audio and video between formats.
* eCUPS 2.2.12 https://ecsoft2.org/ecups
The eCUPS project is intended to create a seamless integration of CUPS
https://www.cups.org/ into OS/2 base Operating Systems, *to sub*
* Virtual PC 5.1 https://ecsoft2.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
* PartitionMagic 5.0 https://ecsoft2.org/partitionmagic
A complete solution to manages hard disk partitions!
* Astrolog 2.0 TP81 https://ecsoft2.org/astrolog
Astrolog for OS/2 is a free-to-use astrology calculation, charting and
analysis software based on the famous Astrolog program by Walter D.
* Fix It Yourself! https://ecsoft2.org/fix-it-yourself
Get this straight first: it does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to your system. All it
does is /say/ it's doing super-low-level open heart surgery to the vitals
of your machine.
* Pingus 0.7.6 https://ecsoft2.org/pingus
Pingus is a free clone of the popular
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmings_%28video_game%29 game.
* Gilbert and the doors 2.2 https://ecsoft2.org/gilbert-and-doors
Gilbert and the doors is a 2D platform game, written in C language/SDL
simple-directmedia-layer1.2. This is simple, but nice to play.
* Too Hard For You (2H4U) 1.3 https://ecsoft2.org/too-hard-you-2h4u
2H4U, which stands for Too Hard For You, is an open source game, and a mix
between a Tetris-like game and a wall breaker.
* QSINIT 31032020 https://ecsoft2.org/qsinit
QSINIT is a replacement of OS2LDR created from scratch.
* Quassel IRC 0.10.0 https://ecsoft2.org/quassel-irc
Quassel IRC is a modern, cross-platform, distributed IRC client, meaning
that one (or multiple) client(s) can attach to and detach from a central
core.
* HelpDesk for OS/2 1.00 https://ecsoft2.org/helpdesk-os2
HelpDesk for OS/2 is a project of OS/2 VOICE http://www.os2voice.org.
* Testlog 3.28 https://ecsoft2.org/testlog
Create a log file that you can submit with your test results when
reporting a problem with a driver.
* kLIBC / GCC Runtime Library 0.6.6
https://ecsoft2.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 4.9.2 & 3.3.5 (CSD6) https://ecsoft2.org/netlabs-gcc
Ports of GNU GCC 3.x and 4.x, which ensure 100% compatibility with ANSI
C/C++.
* WPA Supplicant 2.7GA https://ecsoft2.org/wpa-supplicant
This is a backend component for controlling the wireless networking
connection. Wireless Lan Monitor wireless-lan-monitor component.
* Device Manager 1.0.1 https://ecsoft2.org/device-manager
A detailed and advanced new device manager!
eCo Essentials eco-essentials-subscription subsrcription required.
* Fontconfig & Freetype 2.13.1 & 2.10.0
https://ecsoft2.org/fontconfig-freetype
A runtime and a developer package that combines Fontconfig and FreeType
into one package in such a way that it should be easy to build a
cairo-based Mozilla build.

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-------- 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.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.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.

UPDATED:
========

* GNU Unifont glyphs 13.0.01 https://ecsoft2.org/gnu-unifont-glyphs
GNU Unifont glyphs version 11.0.01 for eCS.
* eyeCU 1.3.0 https://ecsoft2.org/eyecu
eyeCU (I See You) is the perfect application to communicate with
colleagues, friends and family via chat, video and voice.
* WordPerfect for OS/2 5.2 https://ecsoft2.org/wordperfect-os2
WordPerfect for OS/2!
* FreeRDP Client for OS/2 20200405 https://ecsoft2.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.
* POSIX Pthreads 0.1.1 https://ecsoft2.org/posix-pthreads
This library provides basic POSIX Pthreads
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX_Threads support for OS/2.
* WDSibyl https://ecsoft2.org/wdsibyl
A Pascal-Compiler which processes a language closely related to Delphi.
WDSibyl now supports the following languages: English, German, Italian and
Dutch.
* Gnuplot 5.2.7 https://ecsoft2.org/gnuplot
Well-known command-line driven interactive function plotting utility.

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-------- 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.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.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.

UPDATED:
========

* DjView & DjVuLibre 4.10.6 & 3.5.27 https://ecsoft2.org/djview-djvulibre
Standalone viewer for DjVu files. Features include navigating documents,
zooming and panning page images, producing and displaying thumbnails.
* GNU libtool 2.4.6 https://ecsoft2.org/gnu-libtool
GNU Libtool, a generic library support script, utility for developing
software.
* FreeRDP Client for OS/2 20200416 https://ecsoft2.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.
* Bind (ISC Bind) 9.11.10 https://ecsoft2.org/isc-bind
Bind (Berkely Internet Name Daemon) for OS/2.
* Driver supporto di base USB 12.04 & 10.234
https://ecsoft2.org/driver-supporto-di-base-usb
USB basic driver stack including UHCI, OHCI, EHCI (USB 2.0) support,
always required and to be installed first!
* HWman (OS/2 Hardware Manager) replacement class Release 16
https://ecsoft2.org/hwman-os2-hardware-manager-replacement-class
A WPS class replacement for XWorkplace HWManager (the OS/2 Hardware
Manager).
* Links 2.20 https://ecsoft2.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.
* EGenM32W 0.2 https://ecsoft2.org/egenm32w
Easy to handle tool to show or patch content of genm32w.os2
* Text/2 PDF 2.2 https://ecsoft2.org/text2-pdf
Text/2 PDF is an utility to convert plain text files to Adobe Portable
Document Format (PDF) files.
* GenMAC Driver 2.20 https://ecsoft2.org/genmac-driver
GenMAC is a personal attempt of Willibald Meyer to design a device driver
that offers support for a lot of recent and modern network interface cards
(NICs), with a strong accent for gigabit and on-
* WPA Supplicant 2.7GA https://ecsoft2.org/wpa-supplicant
This is a backend component for controlling the wireless networking
connection. Wireless Lan Monitor wireless-lan-monitor component.
* VTeX/2 8.44.2 https://ecsoft2.org/vtex2
VTeX/2 is a TeX program for OS/2 that generates PDF or PostScript output
immediately from the TeX source file.
* WPDRIVE2 1.0 https://ecsoft2.org/wpdrive2
This program contains an OS/2 WPS replacement WPDrives class to override
the function of the "Manage Volumes..." menu option, so it can run
something other than "java
* GIT 2.22.0 https://ecsoft2.org/node/1325
Git is a distributed version control and source code management (SCM)
system with an emphasis on speed.
* Lucide 1.5.0GA https://ecsoft2.org/lucide
Lucide is a plugin based document viewer for eComStation. In its first
incarnation it supports PDF, DjVu and JPEG files but new document types
can easily be added to it.
* Doodle's ScreenSaver 2.3 https://ecsoft2.org/doodles-screensaver
Open-source screen saver, able to cooperate, with third party
applications, like WarpVision warpvision.
* Device Manager 1.0.1 https://ecsoft2.org/device-manager
A detailed and advanced new device manager!
eCo Essentials eco-essentials-subscription subsrcription required.
* Agena 2.19.0 https://ecsoft2.org/agena
Agena is an easy-to-learn procedural programming language suited for
everyday usage.
* OpenGL 1.1 https://ecsoft2.org/opengl
OpenGL 1.1 for OS2. Gold Release (1997/Jun/10). Includes DLL, libs, C++
sample code.
* Scitech's Multi-platform Graphics Library (MGL) support package https://ecsoft2.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.
* Testlog 3.28 https://ecsoft2.org/testlog
Create a log file that you can submit with your test results when
reporting a problem with a driver.
* WinATMon 1.0 https://ecsoft2.org/winatmon
Rexx sample using WPTools.dll and rexxlib.dll (1995-10-23).
* REXX W32 Funcstions 1.5.1 https://ecsoft2.org/rexx-w32-funcstions
This package is a small collection of functions which provide access to
the NT registry, event log, service control manager, clipboard and shell,
to a large set of applications through OLE Automati
* REXX Reference Summary Handbook https://ecsoft2.org/rexx-reference-summary-handbook
REXX Reference Summary Handbook - 4th Edizione Ottobre 1997.
* REXX for the absolute beginner 08032012
https://ecsoft2.org/rexx-absolute-beginner
A number of simple REXX procedures for beginners with REXX, accompanied by
an explanatory text in the *Dutch language*, in ASCII, INF, incl.
* FATSort https://ecsoft2.org/fatsort
A FAT files sorting program. This program sorts directory entries on FAT
drives. Options for ''DIR /o'' are available.
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