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OS/2 SUPERSITE MEMBERS CLUB

This month, the OS/2 Supersite site is offering the following specials for Supersite Club members in October:

      Product             Regular Price  Price for
                                       Club Members
Object Desktop                $69.95      $59.95
BMT Micro Shareware CD-ROM    $11.95      $ 7.00
EmTec FTP Client              $30.00      $25.00
EmTec News Client             $30.00      $25.00
LogoArt                       $69.00      $59.00
Star Emperor                  $34.95      $29.95
The Supersite Members Club gets you great deals on OS/2 software and gives you special access to the Supersite, such as FTP access to the 2 gigabyte file archive and space for your own web page. And you also get $2.50 off every shareware registration processed by BMT Micro. The Supersite Members Club page can be found at http://www.os2ss.com/club/

The Supersite is the home of the Rapid Internet Purchasing (RIP) system. The RIP system is the largest instant purchasing site for OS/2 software on the Web, and includes products from such OS/2 ISV's as SofTouch, Stardock, dadaware, Perez Computing, and the Keller Group among others.

The OS/2 Supersite is the starting point for OS/2 web surfing with over 2 gigabytes of OS/2 shareware and freeware available for download, the Supersite Select- our selection of the best OS/2 software around, a searchable links section with nearly 1000 links to other OS/2 sites, and an information area that includes the OS/2 Warp 5 FAQ, Timur Tabi's New OS/2 User Guide, and the Fundamental OS/2 Concepts page. We also have active discussions going in the OS/2 Forum.

More information can be found at the OS/2 Supersite at http://www.os2ss.com/

- Dr. Dirk Terrell
OS/2 Supersite Administrator
Internet Usenet Newsgroups - NNTP
October 3, 1997

ADVENTURE SOFTWARE TO EXHIBIT AT WARPSTOCK

Adventure Software will show Internet Adventurer at Warpstock, the 25th and 26th October 1997!!

There will be up to 25% discounts for Internet Adventurer registrations at the show, for all attendees, and the upcoming version 1.20 of Internet Adventurer will be demonstrated.

This is what the Warpstock Steering Committee had to say about Adventure Software:

Adventure Software, developers of Internet Adventurer, Internet Adventurer, OS/2 Internet Suite, received the highest possible score from TUCOWS in May, 1997 and a rating of "Excellent" from Software Showcase in June 1997. The Internet Adventurer suite includes IRC, WWW (using WebExplorer or Netscape/2 interface), gopher, FTP, newsreader, mail, telnet, WebWatcher and integrated support for running native JAVA applets. Taken from the Software Showcase web page, "Support from the author, Kim Rasmussen is second to none!"

For more information about Internet Adventurer:

Adventure Software
WWW: http://www.inetadv.net/
E-mail: support@inetadv.net (Support)
E-mail: sales@inetadv.net (Sales)

For information about Warpstock, go to http://www.warpstock.org/

- Kim Rasmussen
President, Adventure Software &
Author of Internet Adventurer for OS/2 PM
Internet Usenet Newsgroups - NNTP
September 28, 1997

INSTALL SHIELD JAVA FOR OS/2

InstallShield, the developers of the well known installation software for Windows have released for evaluation a Java version of InstallShield for installing and distributing Java applications. It requires JDK for OS/2 1.02, I've been running it under JDK 1.1.1 and it runs very well. You download one class and run it (drag and drop it onto the Run Java PM Program) icon and it will install itself. When it's finished, look for a directory named Jshield wherever you installed it, look in the bin directory and run the cmd file there. The installation detected that I was running an IBM VM under OS/2 and set up its command file appropriately. I didn't have to make any changes to run it.

There is one problem that could crop up due to a bug in the 1.1.1 version of the VM. InstallShield has a small section for OS/2 in the release notes and it mentions this problem. Other than that, it looks good. I must say, this is one of the most well developed Java apps I've ever seen. Take a crack at it and see what you think.

The URL is: http://www.installshield.com/

- Patrick Hunter
Internet Usenet Newsgroups - NNTP
September 28, 1997

INNOVAL SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS TO ATTEND WARPSTOCK 97

HARRISON, NY (September 23, 1997) - InnoVal Systems Solutions announced today that it will be releasing NetExtra2 at Warpstock 97 and demonstrating some new Java technology.

"NetExtra has been a hot product for us," said Dan Porter, the president of InnoVal, in speaking about the company's add-on for the Netscape Navigator. "This is one of those tools that our customers have come to rely on when browsing the Worldwide Web or are working with in-house company web sites. NetExtra2 is the result of listening to our customers and adding new features they have requested."

InnoVal will also be demonstrating some new Java technology that it will be employing in its upcoming Post Road Mailer for Java. "We've all seen Java applets in web pages," said Porter, "but few of us have seen full-blown Java applications. At Warpstock, we will preview some of the modules for our new mailer so that users can get a first hand look at running application code. We will also demonstrate PRM3 the code name for an upcoming release of our native OS/2 Post Road Mailer. PRM3 is unique because it employs some optional Java-based features."

In addition to the Post Road Mailer and NetExtra, InnoVal produces Hacksaw and Surf'nRexx for OS/2. InnoVal also specializes in custom OS/2 client-server solutions using DB2 and OS/2- based front-end systems to legacy mainframe systems.

Additional information about InnoVal Systems Solutions and our OS/2 and cross-platform software products may be obtained by visiting our web site, writing to us, or telephoning. In addition to NetExtra, InnoVal produces the Post Road Mailer for OS/2 and Hacksaw for OS/2 and Windows NT/95.

InnoVal Systems Solutions, Inc.
600 Mamaroneck Avenue
Harrison, NY 10528 USA
WWW: http://www.innoval.com/
E-mail: innoval@ibm.net
Tel: 914/835-3838 (M-F 8:30am to 6:00pm New York Time)

Internet Usenet Newsgroups - NNTP

SINGLE FILE VIRUS CHECK 0.9

Single File Virus Check has now reached version 0.9.

This new version of this OS/2-AddOn for IBM AntiVirus for OS/2 now supports also the brand new version 3.0 of IBM AntiVirus as well as the previous versions of this famous IBM anti-virus toolkit.

You can download Single File Virus Check from my new WebSite:

http://www.hamburg.roses.de/~carsten.mueller/software.htm

- Carsten Mueller
IBM Certified OS/2 Engineer & Team OS/2
TEAM Star Division
Hamburg, Germany
Internet Usenet Newsgroups - NNTP
October 3, 1997