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LOTUS SMARTSUITE FOR OS/2 WARP 4 BETA 2 NOW SHIPPING

The Beta 2 release of SmartSuite for OS/2 Warp 4 is now available. This new Beta release provides increased application stability and enhanced functionality - such as ODBC drivers for external database access from within Lotus Approach, a native OS/2-based Dialog Editor in Word Pro and 1-2-3, and a 'Data Query Assistant' (DQA) database access feature in 1-2-3. In addition, this new release is designed to run on FixPak 5; and if you don't have FixPak 5 installed, an easy to apply 'one-button install' edition of FixPak 5 is provided with the Beta release.

International orders are welcome.

Orders can be placed on-line at http://www.os2store.com/

Purchase MD+F SX Paint II before Christmas and receive free software from Modular Dreams. See http://www.os2store.com/ for more information.

- Jim Ames
J3 Computer Technologies
Internet Usenet Newsgroups - NNTP
December 14, 1997

MSR ANNOUNCES BACKMASTER ULTRA

MSR Development Corporation Announces BackMaster Ultra OS/2 backup now up to 10x faster with removable storage than typical tape drive systems

MSR Development Corporation is pleased to announce BackMaster Ultra, a new version of the company's best-selling backup and disaster recovery software. Viewed by MSR as the Ultimate Desktop Backup Solution.

BackMaster Ultra in combination with a logical or removable drive can backup upto 10x faster than today's typical tape drive systems. In addition BackMaster Ultra now supports the Iomega Zip and Jazz devices and Syquest Syjet devices, and other removable devices as well as internal hard drives.

"BackMaster Ultra with logical device support is now positioned as our premium offering, while the basic version, BackMaster 3.0, supports tape drives only," said Dudley Westlake, president of MSR Development Corporation. "Both versions of BackMaster come with our 30 day money-back warranty and our free technical support."

"Enhancements to the original version of BackMaster will continue with support for Iomega's new DITTO MAX tape drives planned before the end of this year," added Westlake. "We are encouraged by IBM's renewed support for OS/2 as part of their Java and Network Centric marketing programs and that is why we continue our investment in OS/2 software."

BackMaster Ultra's support of removable media provides many more high performance hardware options for those that are concerned about long back up and disaster recovery times associated with tape drives. Based upon immediate customer demand, BackMaster Ultra Prerelease is being offered for sale now and the final production release will be available 4th Quarter 1997 for $149.95, Current registerd owners of BackMaster 2.0/3.0 can recieve discounted upgrade's directly from MSR.

MSR products are distributed by MicroCentral and available worldwide from Indelible Blue and other OS/2 resellers.

MSR Development Corporation is a leading OS/2 software development company. They are located at 4407 Manchester Avenue #104, Encinitas, Calif., 92024; 760-633-3900. Other products available from MSR include the MicroLearn Game Pack Volume II and ScreenSavr Master. Visit the company's web site at http://www.msrdev.com for additional information.

BackMaster is a trademark of MSR Development Corporation. All other trademakrs are properties of their respective owners.

For addtional information please contact Sales@msrdev.com.

- Gene Akins
Internet Usenet Newsgroups - NNTP
December 12, 1997

HOLIDAY GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE FROM BMT MICRO AND THE OS/2 SUPERSITE

The holiday season is upon us, time for a little cheer!

BMT Micro and the OS/2 Supersite are offering holiday Gift Certificates which can be used to purchase merchandise from either location.

These gift certificates are available in $25, $50, and $100 denominations and are the perfect gift for someone who uses OS/2 or perhaps even to suggest to someone who is asking an OS/2 user what they might like for a holiday gift.

Certificates are sent by postal mail, perfect for a tangible gift. We will be happy to mail the certificate to the recipient on your behalf or deliver it to you directly. Once the certificate is purchased you can of course inform the other party via e-mail as well.

See http://www.bmtmicro.com/ or http://www.os2ss.com/ for more info.

- Thomas Bradford
Internet Usenet Newsgroups - NNTP
December 12, 1997

EMBELLISH V2.02 AVAILABLE, FREE UPGRADE

Dadaware is pleased to announce version 2.02 of Embellish, an OS/2 and (boo) Win95 image editing and web graphics program.

Those familiar with v2.01 of Embellish will find many bug fixes, as well as many new improvements. Most significantly, Embellish now offers an integrated GIF animation tool as well as an improved image map generator.

Current owners of Embellish can upgrade for free by downloading ftp://ftp.dadaware.com/dadaware/upo202.zip and those interested in a fully functional demo can grab ftp://ftp.dadaware.com/dadaware/embo202.zip.

Those interested in the Win95 version or more general information, can visit our web site at http://www.dadaware.com/.

- Joe Burkley
Internet Usenet Newsgroups - NNTP
December 12, 1997

HOMEPAGE PUBLISHER 2.0

(November 25, 1997) - JBC software announced the first major upgrade to the HTML authoring tool HomePage Publisher. Major enhancements include full frames support.

Product Information

HomePage Publisher is an integrated WYSIWYG HTML Publisher and Editor/Browser for OS/2.

HomePage that will allow you to create or modify any HTML page. One of the major strengths of HomePage Publisher is ease of use in that it does not require the author to have a working knowledge of HTML tags.

With HomePage Publisher, you will be able to modify pages and images while working in a document. Simply select text and objects you wish to convert to HTML attributes and make changes by clicking the appropriate item on the toolbars.

In short, HomePage Publisher is a Web browser that offers you all the possibilities of a word processor and HTML authoring tool. HomePage Publisher Version 2.0 includes Frames support, Drag/Drop, Undo/Redo, Toolbar Designer, Dictionary, and more.

The latest version of HomePage Publisher can be obtained from BMT Micro, Inc. at:

http://www.bmtmicro.com/
ftp://ftp.bmtmicro.com/bmtmicro/hpp200a.zip

The Developers web site is at:

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/clerin

There are 2 licensing options available for HomePage Publisher:

2.0 Entry: $49
2.0 Pro: $95

Upgrading from HomePage Publisher 1.0 to HomePage Publisher 2.0 is free for users who registered HomePage Publisher 1.0.

Upgrading from 2.0 Entry to 2.0 Pro is also available for $49

BMT Micro, Inc.
Suite 202
5019 Carolina Beach Road
Wilmington, NC 28412
Tel: 910/791-7052
Tel: 800/414-4268
Fax: 910/350-2937
E-Mail: bmt@wilmington.net (information)
WWW: http://www.bmtmicro.com/
FTP: ftp://ftp.bmtmicro.com/bmtmicro

- Thomas Bradford
Internet Usenet Newsgroups - NNTP