OS/2 Survival Kit

Post #22,056 by nking 12/19/01 9:19:57 PM Reply	OS/2 Survival Kit Ok, I may be getting the Warp 3.0 Connect package listed below on another thread. What should I download in advance to put on a CDR to use with it? So far I have: Mozilla/Warpzilla MAME OS/2 StarOffice 5.2 Any others? I'd like to get developers tools that are open sourced, freeware, shareware, etc. I imagine that REXX is built in? I'll have to learn that. I haven't used OS/2 since 2.11, and I tried to get 3.0 to install on my old 486 back in 1996 but gave up on it and sold my copy. I should have better luck on this Pentium 166Mhz clone I have built. I hope that if I can support OS/2 locally that there would be no other competition or very little? Also it would be another thing to add to my resume. It could get me the edge in a job if they also use OS/2. So what languages are popular with OS/2 development? Smalltalk, REXX, C++, Python, etc? "Before Christmas it is 'Ho ho ho', after Christmas it is 'Owe owe owe'" - Santa Norm
Post #22,061 by bepatient 12/19/01 10:36:25 PM Reply	Don't forget the JDK ...and it might be a good thing to compile some performance tuning docs...maybe we could do that here...all mine are backed to tape or I'd post em. I have no OS/2 box running at the moment. You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! _{Laurie Anderson} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #22,119 by SpiceWare 12/20/01 3:23:19 PM Reply	Don't forget [link\|http://home.houston.rr.com/spiceware/stella.html\|Stella/2](you can try out the recently rediscovered prototype for [link\|http://www.atariage.com/features/lotr/\|The Lord of the Rings: Journey to Rivendell] game) [link\|http://home.houston.rr.com/spiceware/colem.html\|ColEm/2] [link\|http://home.houston.rr.com/spiceware/mastergear.html\|Master Gear/2] or [link\|http://home.houston.rr.com/spiceware/vgb.html\|VGB/2] :-) Check out OS/2 Netlab's [link\|http://devcorner.netlabs.org/\|Developer Corner] for compilers, sample source and such. Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://home.houston.rr.com/spiceware/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #22,139 by nking 12/20/01 6:18:28 PM Reply	I just got them thanks! I also got EMX-GCC. I guess I need to get DIVE for those emulators you wrote? Any place to get that from? Thanks again. "Before Christmas it is 'Ho ho ho', after Christmas it is 'Owe owe owe'" - Santa Norm
Post #22,218 by SpiceWare 12/21/01 10:31:40 AM Reply	I believe the fixpak will add DIVE I'm not positive, but a Deja search backs up that DIVE is in the later fixpaks . Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://home.houston.rr.com/spiceware/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #22,229 by nking 12/21/01 12:27:21 PM Reply	I will download it then thanks. Good work on the emulators, as soon as I get OS/2 3.0 Warp Connect installed I will check them out. By the way, what is the best Archiver (Zip, Rar, Lha, Gz, etc) for OS/2? Something like WinRar or WinZip with a nice GUI. I saw that Rarsoft had a version of Rar for DOS and OS/2 but I think it is command line based. "Before Christmas it is 'Ho ho ho', after Christmas it is 'Owe owe owe'" - Santa Norm
Post #22,240 by SpiceWare 12/21/01 1:11:39 PM Reply	No GUI ZIP suggestion - maybe others might have one? I really liked how Object Desktop transparently turned a zip(and other archive formats) file into a folder, but am not using it with eCS. I've not looked for a replacement, though I'd like something that works like OD did. Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://home.houston.rr.com/spiceware/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #22,263 by nking 12/21/01 11:56:30 PM Reply	Should be something out there I scanned the OS/2 archives to find Zip and other archive programs. I have not tried them yet as I have not gotten my OS/2 3.0 copy yet to install them on. I burned version 1.0 of my "OS/2 Survivial" CD, about 600+ megs of freeware, shareware, open source, and fixpacks. For some reason I forgot to add Opera to it, d'oh! That is for version 1.1 I guess? "Before Christmas it is 'Ho ho ho', after Christmas it is 'Owe owe owe'" - Santa Norm
Post #22,271 by bepatient 12/22/01 2:13:44 AM Reply	For zipping maybe... ...but unzipping doesn't require a gui archiver. Thats what true drag and drop can do. Put a shadow on the desktop...drag the archive over and let go...wherever the archive is located on your drive will now have its contents nicely unzipped for you. You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! _{Laurie Anderson} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #22,155 by bepatient 12/20/01 7:39:08 PM Reply	Shameless :-) You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! _{Laurie Anderson} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #22,217 by SpiceWare 12/21/01 10:25:40 AM Reply	It's not like I'm selling anything plus I gave him the dev link :-) The Lord of the Rings game looks interesting - played around with it a little last night. You can tell it's a "newer" game because of the quality of the graphics, they're using lots of the programming tricks developed over the years to get more detail out of the TIA chip. Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://home.houston.rr.com/spiceware/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #22,220 by bepatient 12/21/01 10:54:32 AM Reply	I know...just thought I'd poke...>poke< You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! _{Laurie Anderson} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]

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