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SUMMER '98 HOBBES OS/2 CD SHIPPING

Now in stock: The new Summer '98 Hobbes OS/2 shareware CD, a 2 disc set featuring over 4000 native OS/2 programs. These files (from ftp-os2.cdrom.com) are the freshest in OS/2 shareware and freeware.

No OS/2 user is complete without this collection of over 4,000 files (1,300 megabytes). This CD, because of its size, makes the best "foundation CD" than an OS/2 user can have.

BMT Micro has this disc in stock today for only $14.99. The disc can be purchased on-line via SSL at this URL:

https://secure.falcon-net.net/BMT/order1078.html

Or from http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/hobbes.html or give us a call at 800/414-4268.

The categories of software include:

* Internet Software: Web Server, Mail Server, FTP Server

* Programming: C++ Compiler, Perl, Python

* Updates: Service Disks, Drivers

* Text & PostScript: Emacs, Ghostscript, TEX

* Networking: Client Software, Patches, Network Managers

* Multimedia Programs: Image Viewers, Movie Players, Raytracing, Paint Programs

* Desktop Utilities: Spelling Checkers, Calculators, Address/Phone books

* Entertainment: Games, Screensavers, Icons

- Thomas Bradford
BMT Micro, Inc.
Internet Usenet Newsgroups - NNTP
July 4, 1998

J STREET MAILER ENHANCED - RELEASE THREE NOW AVAILABLE

Adds Support for IBM's New Enhanced Java 1.1.6.

HARRISON, NY (June 24, 1998) - InnoVal Systems Solutions announced today that Release Three of J Street Mailer is now available for Charter Users and new customers.

"This new version was necessitated by IBM's release of Java 1.1.6 for OS/2," said Dan Porter, President of InnoVal. "We had planned to release a new production version later this summer, after adding some features requested by our customers. But with the new release of Java 1.1.6 from IBM, we decided to move the schedule up so that OS/2 users could benefit from IBM's new code. Java 1.1.6 and Release Three is an awesome combination for e-mail with OS/2, Windows NT, or Windows 95."

IBM released an enhanced version of Java for OS/2 Warp on June 19. IBM's Java 1.1.6 provides the latest Java capabilities for Warp Server, WorkSpace on-Demand, and OS/2 Warp. A version of Java 1.1.6 for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 is also available from Sun Microsystems. J Street Mailer may also be used on Linux, Solaris, MacOS and other operating systems that support Java.

WHAT IS NEW IN RELEASE THREE

For those running OS/2, J Street Mailer allows a user to invoke the Netscape Navigator or the HotJava Browser by clicking on web page links in e-mail. It will also support the Netscape Communicator 4 for OS/2 Warp and the Opera Browser for OS/2 when those products are released. Windows users may use Netscape Navigator, Netscape Communicator, Microsoft's Internet Explorer or other 32-bit Windows browsers. J Street Mailer also provides two integrated browsers, the HotJava Component Bean and the ICE Browser Bean, for viewing web links and HTML formatted e-mail messages.

Release Three includes a new feature that allows quoted pasting of text from the clipboard. This is useful for people who want to quote text from another source such as a web page or a word processor document. With this feature you can even quote an article from the DejaNews or HotBot web site and post a reply through your own news server without using a news reader. J Street Mailer is smart enough to put header information into the right places and maintain message threading integrity in the newsgroups.

AVAILABILITY

Release Three is available now. The price for J Street Mailer is $49.00 USD. Students and Java Lobby members are eligible for discounts. InnoVal offers its customers a full year of free upgrade protection when they purchase the J Street Mailer.

InnoVal has instituted a unique approach for incrementally improving J Street Mailer. The product is in a constant state of improvement with frequent beta releases. Customers are invited to recommend improvements and participate in open discussions with the company through a very active mailing list. Periodically, InnoVal releases a production (gold code) version. They have called these production versions Release One, Release Two, and now Release Three. Production versions are not considered beta releases, are supported by InnoVal, and are, in InnoVal's opinion, ready for regular customer use.

JAVA 1.1.6

"The latest release of Java 1.1.6 from IBM is outstanding," said Porter. "It's fast, robust and very compliant with standard Java. This is a great time for OS/2 users to embrace this exciting technology, if they haven't done so already. Sun's Java 1.1.6 for Windows is equally impressive."

"For anyone who uses the Internet for e-mail, J Street Mailer is an excellent application for discovering the power of Java. It is rich in the features that power users expect yet easy to use. It is state-of-the-art technology. I think of it as the 'Sports Utility Vehicle' of e-mail clients," said Porter.

J Street Mailer, perhaps better than any other Java application on the market, demonstrates Java's cross-platform 'write once, run anywhere' capability and Java's capacity and performance for real world applications.

InnoVal is a leading producer of Internet, Java, and OS/2 software for the consumer and the information technology sector. InnoVal produces the Post Road Mailer, a leading native OS/2 email client; and NetExtra, a powerful Netscape Navigator add-on for OS/2. InnoVal also provides custom-written Java, OS/2, and DB2-based solutions for its corporate customers.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

J Street Mailer may be ordered directly from InnoVal by visiting their web site at http://www.innoval.com/ or by calling InnoVal at 914/835-3838.

For more information about J Street Mailer, InnoVal's product offerings, and resellers, see InnoVal's web site at http://www.innoval.com/ or call InnoVal at 914/835-3838.

- Dan Porter
Internet Usenet Newsgroups - NNTP
June 27, 1998

WARPSTOCK 98 COORDINATORS ANNOUNCED

Warpstock's Event Chair Stan Sidlov (chair@warpstock.org) announced the appointment of coordinators for Warpstock'98.

The Exhibit & Facility Coordinator is John Hebert (hebert@ibm.net). John is an experienced trade show specialist by profession. He has been running trade shows for the last 12 years. "I have my staff of volunteers already working. These people are from the Exhibit industry and know how to make the exhibitors happy," said John in a e-mail outlining exhibit proposals. John is working closely with Larry Finkelstein, the Warpstock Steering Committee President, in finding a new location for our Chicago event.

Our Network/AV Coordinator is Jason Kowalczyk (jkowalcz@altavista.net). Jason has been using OS/2 since the v1.3 days. He currently supports an OS/2 based network in upstate NY as a sub-contractor from a major telco. "My hopes for this years Warpstock are to facilitate the networking of everyone, and allow for everyone to have a Plug-in-and-go weekend," Jason stated in a recent e-mail.

The Program Coordinator is Tom Rowe (trowe@cdr.wisc.edu). Tom is a long time OS/2 user and is the Networking Administrator at the University of Wisconsin. Tom will be creating courses of interest as we expand the speaking program to include developer workshops. Tom asks that all presentors who signed up prior to June, resubmit their application or contact him to verify that they are in our new data bases.

Our Publicity Coordinator will be Henry Ferlauto III (DCCJ77C@prodigy.com). Henry is currently the President of the Gotham NY OS/2 SIG and has been preparing their press releases. Ferlauto stated, "I am looking forward to expanding the number and the quality of sites on the Internet where Warpstock can be found, and getting the word out in the conventional media."

Jeffrey Norman, Esq. a research fellow at The Center for Intelligent Computing at Washington University has offered to be the Volunteers Coordinator. Jeff uses OS/2 with the EMX emulation for his research. During a phone conversation he said he was, "looking forward to making Warpstock a defining event for the OS/2 Community.."

We would also ask that anyone who received a 'We will contact you with in 30 days' message from the Warpstock.Org web site to contact Stan Sidlov at chair@warpstock.org with the details of what was being submitted.

- Judy McDermott
June 18, 1998

SMACK! TO BE AVAILABLE AT WARPSTOCK

Perfect Niche Software today announced that they will be exhibiting the first general purpose labeling program specifically for IBM's OS/2, Smack!, at WarpStock '98 in Chicago, October 16-18. Smack! uses a graphical drag-and-drop interface to produce a wide variety of labels, including those for mailings, diskettes, name badges, business cards, inserts, and dividers. Smack! provides a comprehensive set of templates, flexible printing options, and easy-to-use data manipulation capabilities. Features include:

"Labeling is one of the most basic uses for PCs," says Perfect Niche Software President Robert Rosenwald. "Yet, despite the huge demand for this product - after all, there are an estimated 15 million users of OS/2 worldwide - there is no native OS/2 labeling product. We've developed a program to satisfy our customers, and we believe it's not only an outstanding example of OS/2 programming, it's also the equal of any general-purpose labeling program on any PC platform."

"Whether you want to print an Avery 5161 Address label, or a 5196 Diskette label, or a Zweckform 4759 Presentation Folder label, this is the best program available," said Rosenwald. Smack! has built in support for nearly 50 Avery sheet labels, 20 Avery A4 Sheets and 14 Dot-matrix label types including Rolodex, Business cards, Address, VCR, Round and Diskette, and also features easy creation of custom labels. Thomas Bradford, owner of BMT Micro, a major distributor of OS/2 software commented, "Take my word for it, if you need to print Avery labels with OS/2, I guarantee you'll be impressed!"

Smack! requires a PC running OS/2 Warp 3 or higher, with a 386 or higher processor, 8MB of RAM and 2 MB of hard disk space.

Smack! has a suggested retail price of $69.95 and comes with an unconditional 90 day money-back guarantee. It is available immediately through Indelible Blue, BMT Micro, J3 Computer Technologies and various other retail channels around the world. It can also be ordered directly from Perfect Niche Software.

Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, Perfect Niche Software is the developer of CRADOC CaptionWriter, the world's best selling slide labeling program and the Photo Management System, a simple database for organizing data for photographers. The company has supplied labeling software for photographers for Macintosh, DOS, and Windows environments for the past 13 years.

For more information, call 800/947-7155, e-mail sales@perfectniche.com, or visit the Perfect Niche Web site at http://www.perfectniche.com/.

- Judy McDermott
June 16, 1998

CENTARI COMPUTERS TO EXHIBIT AT WARPSTOCK 98

Vendor of custom OS/2 computers

Centari Computers proudly announces that they will be exhibiting at WarpStock '98 in Chicago, Illinois. Centari Computers, a Canton, Ohio-based company, will be be offering 100% OS/2 Compatible Systems to the OS/2 community at Warpstock.

According to Centari owner Thom Davis, "We're excited about the opportunity to show our high-performance, low-cost OS/2 machines at Warpstock. We know that OS/2 users are discriminating in their tastes, and we're positioned to meet their needs. We're also very enthusiastic to be a part of an event that is already legendary after just one year."

"Warpstock attendees will be able to order OS/2 sytems by simply visiting our booth. Our systems feature the Graham Utilities v2.01 and our own Special Centari OS/2 CD which includes Netscape 2.02, Java 1.1.4 (or better) Animated Mouse Pointers, CandyBarz, and a number of other specially-selected OS/2 applications. Prior to Warpstock, OS/2 users can visit our website at: http://pages.sssnet.com/Confed2."

- Judy McDermott
June 15, 1998

BMT OS/2 SHAREWARE CD #4

BMT Micro is proud to announce the pending release of our fourth OS/2 CD-ROM shareware disc. The fourth edition is scheduled to ship on or before June 25th and is even bigger and better than before.

This 4th edition features the latest versions of the 300+ OS/2 shareware products distributed by BMT Micro. If you're looking for the "Cream of the Crop" in OS/2 shareware, this is the CD for you.

Best of all, each program on the disc can be purchased from BMT Micro or with any of our resellers located around the world - and you can receive the registration information delivered directly to you soon after placing your order (in almost all cases within 24 hours).

The programs on the disc are separated by category and the entire disc can be navigated with your web browser. In addition to being separated into categories, each program has been unarchived into a separate subdirectory allowing many of the programs to be run or installed directly from the disc. Even the programs that do not lend themselves to direct installation from the disc have been unzipped allowing the user to browse the various readme files, help files, etc. Each directory has a descriptive text file that lists file names and a brief description of the files in that directory.

We're now taking pre-orders for this disc for $7.99 each plus $2.00 shipping anywhere in the world (via US Postal Service.) This special price is good through June 25th, 1998 even if the discs are shipping well before then. As always, no charges will be made until the day the same day the disc ships.

Orders can be placed online at https://secure.falcon-net.net/BMT/order0019.html or by phone or fax at the numbers below.

As always, thanks!

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

- Thomas Bradford
Internet Usenet Newsgroups - NNTP
June 14, 1998

OS/2 DEVELOPER ARMIN SCHWARZ TO EXHIBIT AT WARPSTOCK '98

Armin Schwarz, developer of a number of OS/2 applications, including the popular House/2 home automation application, announced today that he will be exhibiting his OS/2 applications at Warpstock '98.

According to Schwarz, "Last year I attended Warpstock as an ordinary attendee, but it's clear to me that the magic of Warpstock makes it a must-go for an OS/2 developer like me."

Schwarz not only will exhibit House/2, which allows operation of the X10 home automation devices, but also the popular children's Memory Game, Warpradio, a PM program to control the RadioActive FM Radio card, and Leave One, an addictive puzzle game similar to Pegged. Schwarz also develops industrial control applications, and they will also be exhibited at Warpstock.

All of Schwarz's applications are housed at the Warped Code Cellar at http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/aschw/.

Further information may be obtained from Aschw@compuserve.com, and the Warpstock home page can be found at http://www.warpstock.org/.

- Judy McDermott
June 5, 1998

WARPSTOCK: SUNDIAL SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES PLANS TO EXHIBIT

SEAL BEACH, CA (June 3, 1998) - Sundial Systems Corporation has signed on as an exhibitor at Warpstock '98 being held in Chicago in October.

Warpstock is the biggest annual conference developed by volunteers expressly for OS/2 users. Last year's event was "a pure joy" according to Carla Hanzlik, Sundial's Vice President. "Not only were we pleased with the large turn-out, we were overwhelmed by the outpouring of attention from everyone there. That's why Warpstock '98 is a must for us," she said.

Sundial will be demonstrating its productivity applications at Warpstock. Relish is the company's flagship application, providing time and information management for both individuals and workgroups. The Clearlook word processor is flexible, fast, and easy to use. DBExpert is a multifaceted relational database and application builder for use alone or with other databases. And, Mesa 2 is a full-featured spreadsheet that rivals the competition, regardless of platform. All together, a hefty offering of OS/2 applications.

Sundial Systems Corporation has been providing quality applications to the OS/2 community since 1988. For more information, contact Carla Hanzlik, Vice President at 562/596-5121 or Carla@sundialsystems.com. On the Web, visit Sundial at http://www.sundialsystems.com/.

Sundial Systems Corporation
909 Electric Avenue
Suite 204
Seal Beach, CA 90740 USA
Tel: 562/596-5121
Fax: 562/596-7825

Relish is a registered trademark of Sundial Systems Corporation.
OS/2 is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.
All other names and trademarks remain the property of their respective owners.

- Judy McDermott
http://www.warpstock.org/