Melbourne OS/2 SIG - Links to Related Sites
Warpstock 2003 in San Francisco: http://www.warpstock.org
General:
| Link | Usage | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Hobbes /pub/os2 Original | Freeware & Shareware | Repository of Most OS/2 shareware |
| OS/2 Site, Australian Hobbes mirror | ||
| Symantec AntiVirus Research Center | Anti-virus | |
| Norman Anti-Virus International | Anti-virus | |
| OS/2 Word Processing | WP Applications | Patrick West home page for wordsmiths. Subscribe to the OS2 WP list from here |
| Sentience - Hot Links | News site with Attitude | A long time since they have updated but still a few useful links |
| The OS/2 Shareware Web & BBS | By Norloff Computer Corp | Needs a subscription to obtain full benefits |
| Top Ten Interface Mistakes See also Information Architects for general design tips | Web page Design | Web interface design tips |
| Advertising Doesn't Work on the Web | Web site development | Good read - tells you why you shouldn't waste money on web advertising deals |
| Hotstuff OS/2 sites | Links | A bit dated but many still current |
| OS/2 Site | Host location | Plenty of worthwhile browsing |
| The OS/2 Supersite | Resources | Access to Hobbes and lots more |
| Netdictionary | Online Dictionary | For all those acronyms and computer terms |
| OS/2 eZine | Magazine | Recently revived with a new editor |
| Translation Technologies | Web designers & multi-lingual readers | Multi-lingual facility - translate web pages in bulk or on the fly |
| Using the free LAN Manager Client for OS/2 | Resources | Online Help pages |
| OS/2 - An Alternative? | Advocacy | Our own contribution to MelbPC meeting and PC Update |
| Matt's Script Archive | Web site designers | CGI scripts and similar plumbing for web sites |
| About OS/2 | News, tips, updates, humour, reviews | By Walter Metcalf; plenty of links |
| Arkay's OS/2 Support Page | OS/2 free support | Both frame and non-frame pages, comes from Toronto Canada |
| File Commander | Tools | Text based file manager; powerful, fast |
| eComStation | Applications | Adoption page for shareware to be available on eCS CD |
| PMMail 2000 | Email program | Probably the most flexible program available but suffering from very slow development |
| Derek B. Noonburg | ||
| Warpzilla | Web browser | Open Source Netscape |
| Portable Network Graphics | Web viewing; graphics | |
| Postgres SQL | Databases | Multi-platform SQL server and client |
| ISOFS | CD Burners | Info on ISO imagefiles for CD burners |
| SUCCESSFULLY Running 100% Pure Java Applications in OS/2 | Java 1.1.7 or higher | "for dummies" edition ;-) © 1998-1999 Fernando Cassia |
| Ghostscript, Ghostview and GSview &Ghostgum Software - Home of GSview | Web viewing | Must-have utility for pdf files |
| CD-Recordable FAQ | Resource | CD basics (lots of reading) |
| Canadian Mind Products Utilities | Applications | Large table of Web, ecommerce and smaller utilities; many free |
| Sorin Srbu's Homepage | OS/2 Support | Swedish Team OS/2er; plenty of useful resources |
| Australia's New OS/2 Portal Site | Home of OS2.Org.au | The SA OS/2 Group home page which will become the focus for all OS/2 in Australia - we hope! |
| The Register | IT news from the UK | Required reading: humour to restore the sanity! |
| eCS News to Web gateway | Web resources | eCS Newsgroups available for web browsing |
| Exploring XML | The Webmaster's Reference on XML | Free Tutorials, Tools, Standards Talk, and Product Reviews |
| Introduction to LVM and JFS | Resources | Warp Doctor article |
| Warp Doctor | Resources | Warp Doctor Clinic by VOICE |
Suppliers sites
| Site Link | Usage | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 3Com Homepage | Hardware | Network cards |
| Kaspersky Anti-Virus for OS/2 | Anti-Virus | Shareware alternative to Symantec |
| BMTMicro | All | OS/2 Shareware and Commercial retailer. Online catalogue, downloads, searching, Site can be a bit slow |
| Cambridge Electronics Laboratories OS/2 Links | Links | |
| CDS, Inc. Back Again II | Backup | OS/2 premier backup software |
| Dennis Bareis Australian Freeware | Rexx, Utilities | Main tool PPWizard - a must-have for web page preparation |
| Gibson Research - Web Security Test Site | Security | Test your Internet connection online regularly |
| Graham Utilities | Disk Recovery | Essential Utilities |
| IBM Redbooks | Documentation | Heaps published by IBM |
| IBM Employee Written Software (FTP) | Utilities | Freeware |
| MR/2 ICE | Email Program | |
| Netlabs | Utilities Applications | Project Odin, Candybarz, WarpIn Installer, XWorkplace |
| OS/2 SuperSite | Resources | |
| Ray Gwinn's SIO | Serial I/O Utility | The only one to consider |
| Timur Tabi's Guide for New & Potential Users | Advocacy | New people can learn but so can old hands! |
| VOICE Transcripts | Resources | The Late Dan Casey's permanent legacy to the OS/2 community |
| Scitech Display Doctor | Video Drivers | Supports almost all video cards! |
| Mark Hessling's Rexx | Rexx Utilities | |
| OS/2 Headquarters | Advocacy | A Warped Perspective on the computing world |
| Henk Kelder | Utilities | WP Tools, Fat 32 driver, IconTool, AssoEd |
Device Driver sites:
Software sites:
| Mail2Web | Check your email across the web | |
| NEWS2WEB Gateway | Read newsgroups via web page | |
| UltraEdit | Programmer's Editor | Text, HEX, HTML, Programming |
| ztword | ||
| OOPS! Ounce of Prevention System | Capital equipment maintenance systems | |
| Dennis Bareis | Freeware | |
| Gary L. Robinson's Programs and Utilities | Databases | BTrieve file utilities |
| Henk's Homepage |
Other useful sites - unclassified
| University of New England Home Page |
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