OS/2 Warp is a multi-threaded, multi-tasking, 32-bit operating system sold by IBM. It was originally developed during the 1980s by a partnership between IBM and Microsoft. Since the OS/2 2.0 release though, IBM has been the sole developer. There are over 13 million OS/2 Warp 3.0 licenses purchased between October '94-Sept '96; the best selling release ever.
OS/2 can run the following types of applications:
If you'd like to find out more about what OS/2 Warp is all about, check out the IBM OS/2 Warp Home Page.
If you live in the Winnipeg area you'll sometimes see me do a demo of OS/2 applications at our local WPCUG OS/2 Forum.
Over the past couple of years I have decided to keep a written record of the WPCUG OS/2 Forum meetings so that people would have a better idea of what goes on in that meeting and it may just piq their interest enough to give OS/2 a try, helps to reduce duplication of questions and gives a description of demos.
| WPCUG OS/2 Forum Minutes | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Description | File Size |
| 1995 | October - December | 10 K |
| 1996 | January - December, July missing | 33 K |
| 1997 | February - June. January is missing. | 10.4 K |
| June '97 | Current WPCUG OS/2 Forum Minutes in .txt format | ? K |
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On a stock OS/2 2.x or OS/2 Warp 3 system there is a text/programmer's editor called the Enhanced Editor (\OS2\APPS\EPM.EXE), generally version 5.50 or 5.51. At one time I never even wanted to use it because it lacked visual polish and had a quirk where it would print "Top of File" and "End of File" on the page and it couldn't be removed. Since then there has been a major rework of EPM into a 32-bit app. with a fully configurable toolbar, and a plug-in architecture that allows add-ons, a TeX front-end for creating PostScript documents, and a link to the IBM Works spelling dictionary. You'll need the following files, in order to try it out:
| Filename |
Description |
|---|---|
| EPMAPP.ZIP | Main EPM executables |
| EPMDLL.ZIP | EPM .DLL files |
| EPM.HLP | EPM Help files |
| EPMMAC.ZIP | EPM Macros |
To create your own PostScript files from OS/2, you will need an OS/2 PostScript printer driver. This is handy, say, if you want to save a Web page, yes, with the graphics and print it out later on, or to create a word processing document and print it out on a high quality laserjet printer.
The good thing is that you don't even have to have a real PostScript printer connected to your workstation in order for this to work. For example I use the Cannon PS-IPU Color Laser Copier version of pscript.drv; you just set pscript.drv to "Print to File" in the printer object's settings.
Once you have created a PostScript file, you can view and/or print it using Aladdin's GSView & Ghostscript program. The link to Aladdin's Web page is provided near the bottom of this page. Oh yeah, and one more bit of advice before you download the driver. If you want to create color PostScript files, don't use the Generic pscript driver that's part of the list. It only outputs in Black & White.
Download the latest pscript.exe
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