Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 302
From: Digest <deadmail>
To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" <deadmail>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 00:00:06 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600

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Wednesday 20 March 2002
 Number  302
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Subjects for today
 
1  Re: [os2genau] Computer version: arrival of latest Angelico : Daryl Pilkington" <u3232athome.dialix dot com>
2  Re: [os2genau] Computer version: arrival of latest Angelico : Ian Manners" <ianatos2site dot com>
3  Re: [os2genau] New hardware experiences : Ed Durrant <edurrantatbigpond dot net dot au>
4  Re: [os2genau] RAID on 386HPFS : Ed Durrant <edurrantatbigpond dot net dot au>
5  Re: [os2genau] New hardware experiences : Paul Smedley" <psmedle1atbigpond dot net dot au>
6  Re: [os2genau] New hardware experiences : David Halprin" <davidlazatnet2000 dot com dot au>
7  Re: [os2genau] New hardware experiences : Ed Durrant <edurrantatbigpond dot net dot au>
8  Re: [os2genau] Computer version: arrival of latest Angelico : Michael Barrow <mbatnetstra dot com dot au>
9  [os2genau] Report on Warp Workshop : Ed Durrant <edurrantatbigpond dot net dot au>
10  Re: [os2genau] Computer version: arrival of latest Angelico : John Angelico" <talldadatkepl dot com dot au>

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Date:  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 01:03:21 +1100 (EDT)
From:  "Daryl Pilkington" <u3232athome.dialix dot com>
Subject:  Re: [os2genau] Computer version: arrival of latest Angelico

Hi John,
Perhaps Ian Manners could relax the binary attachments blocking for a
day & you could send (1) *.jpg pickie to the group of Miss A.

I hope v2.7 is compatible with earlier versions...

On Tue, 19 Mar 2002 22:09:01 +1000 (EST), John Angelico wrote:

>Announcing the release of Angelico v2.7 for OS/2 & eCS
>
SNIP
>

Regards,

Daryl  Pilkington 

//// The PC-Therapist, Business Computing Integration
O<O  AUSTRALIA
\_/
<O>  OS/2 Warp, Redhat Linux, DB2
     IBM Certified Systems Expert

        email: darylpatpc-therapist dot com dot au
          ICQ: 91914134
          Mob: 0425-251-300

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Date:  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 02:01:21 +1100 (EDT)
From:  "Ian Manners" <ianatos2site dot com>
Subject:  Re: [os2genau] Computer version: arrival of latest Angelico

Hi Daryl

>Perhaps Ian Manners could relax the binary attachments blocking for a
>day & you could send (1) *.jpg pickie to the group of Miss A.

Its been off for a fews days :-)

Cheers
Ian B Manners
http://www.os2site dot com/

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Date:  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 06:50:44 +1100
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrantatbigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re: [os2genau] New hardware experiences

Sounds like the driver isn't really "up-to-scratch" - have you checked
the canon site (especially the german canon.de) site for a later driver
?

Cheers/2
Ed. 

Paul Smedley wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I ended up with the S400SP - which I hoped was compatible with the S400 drivers that
> were released in the IBM Omni driver package in January.  As it turns out, they are, with
> a few limitations.  Namely, the OS/2 drivers don't give the ability to align the print heads
> like the Windows drivers do.  The option is there in the Maintenance tab of the Omni
> driver, but is greyed out.  Secondly, the Omni driver only offers print resolutions of
> 360x360 where the printer can do 1440x720.  Finally, printouts of photos appear on
> paper very pale or "washed out" compared to printouts from Windows.
>
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Date:  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 06:59:55 +1100
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrantatbigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re: [os2genau] RAID on 386HPFS

My advice - go for hardware Raid.

 It's more reliable, efficient and easier to set up and control.

 How much is your data worth ? Servraid cards are expensive compared to
normal SCSI cards but they're worth every penny.

Cheers/2

Ed.

Daryl Pilkington wrote:
> 
> Thanks Ed,
> 
> Its software RAID:- Fault Tolerance in Warp Server Advanced.
> We are looking for the documentation on it.
> 
> On Tue, 19 Mar 2002 17:51:46 +1100, Ed Durrant wrote:
> 
> >Are you talking about a hardware raid implementation - ie Servraid ??
> >
> >or software ??
> >
> >I would strongly advise AGAINST a software implementation!
> >
> >The hardware implementation is OS independant although monitoring
> >software is ofcourse OS specific.
> >
> >Cheers/2
> >Ed.
> >
> >Daryl Pilkington wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Ed,
> >> I'd like to implement drive mirroring too, (RAID 1), using Fault
> >> Tolerance in Warp Server Advanced.
> >>
> >> As usual, the IBM documentation is useless, referring to a document:
> >>
> >> LAN Server Network Adminstrator Reference Volume 3:
> >> Network Administrator Tasks
> >>
> >> Where can I get this from?
> >> Has anyone setup Fault Tolerance before?
> >> How do you prepare the secondary drive?
> >>
> SNIP
> >
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Daryl  Pilkington
> 
> //// The PC-Therapist, Business Computing Integration
> O<O  AUSTRALIA
> \_/
> <O>  OS/2 Warp, Redhat Linux, DB2
>      IBM Certified Systems Expert
> 
>         email: darylpatpc-therapist dot com dot au
>           ICQ: 91914134
>           Mob: 0425-251-300
> 

>  

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Date:  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 07:30:48 +1000
From:  "Paul Smedley" <psmedle1atbigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re: [os2genau] New hardware experiences

Hi Ed!
Yeah I've checked the canon.de site - they at least acknowledge the existence of OS/2 
unlike Canon Australia :) but state "OS/2 - Kein Treiber verfügbar" - which I'm guessing 
is "No Driver Available" given that there's no download link and that Amiga has the 
same comment.

Thanks for the tip anyway.

Regards,

Paul.

 On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 06:50:44 +1100, Ed Durrant wrote:

>Sounds like the driver isn't really "up-to-scratch" - have you checked
>the canon site (especially the german canon.de) site for a later driver
>?
>
>Cheers/2
>Ed. 
>
>Paul Smedley wrote:
>> 
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> I ended up with the S400SP - which I hoped was compatible with the S400 drivers 
that
>> were released in the IBM Omni driver package in January.  As it turns out, they are, 
with
>> a few limitations.  Namely, the OS/2 drivers don't give the ability to align the print 
heads
>> like the Windows drivers do.  The option is there in the Maintenance tab of the Omni
>> driver, but is greyed out.  Secondly, the Omni driver only offers print resolutions of
>> 360x360 where the printer can do 1440x720.  Finally, printouts of photos appear on
>> paper very pale or "washed out" compared to printouts from Windows.
>>

> 

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Date:  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 10:23:29 +1100
From:  "David Halprin" <davidlazatnet2000 dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re: [os2genau] New hardware experiences

That word 'verfugbar' means "at one's disposal; available"
So you may still obtain it by some other means, I guess
David Halprin
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Smedley" <psmedle1atbigpond dot net dot au>
To: <deadmail>
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 8:30 AM
Subject: Re: [os2genau] New hardware experiences

> Hi Ed!
> Yeah I've checked the canon.de site - they at least acknowledge the
existence of OS/2
> unlike Canon Australia :) but state "OS/2 - Kein Treiber verfügbar" -
which I'm guessing
> is "No Driver Available" given that there's no download link and that
Amiga has the
> same comment.
>
> Thanks for the tip anyway.
>
> Regards,
>
> Paul.
>
>  On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 06:50:44 +1100, Ed Durrant wrote:
>
> >Sounds like the driver isn't really "up-to-scratch" - have you checked
> >the canon site (especially the german canon.de) site for a later driver
> >?
> >
> >Cheers/2
> >Ed.
> >
> >Paul Smedley wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> I ended up with the S400SP - which I hoped was compatible with the S400
drivers
> that
> >> were released in the IBM Omni driver package in January.  As it turns
out, they are,
> with
> >> a few limitations.  Namely, the OS/2 drivers don't give the ability to
align the print
> heads
> >> like the Windows drivers do.  The option is there in the Maintenance
tab of the Omni
> >> driver, but is greyed out.  Secondly, the Omni driver only offers print
resolutions of
> >> 360x360 where the printer can do 1440x720.  Finally, printouts of
photos appear on
> >> paper very pale or "washed out" compared to printouts from Windows.
> >>
>
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------
> > 

>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------
>  
>

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Date:  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 17:50:47 +1100
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrantatbigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re: [os2genau] New hardware experiences

Unfortunately, yes thats exactly what it means - I've just been to
double
check and, no luck.  Are there other S series printers supported by the
OMNI driver - perhaps an S450 Driver will work with your S400SP ?? Often
printer model numbers are different in Australia to the US.

Good Luck !

Ed Durrant.

Paul Smedley wrote:
> 
> Hi Ed!
> Yeah I've checked the canon.de site - they at least acknowledge the existence of OS/2
> unlike Canon Australia :) but state "OS/2 - Kein Treiber verfügbar" - which I'm guessing
> is "No Driver Available" given that there's no download link and that Amiga has the
> same comment.
> 
> Thanks for the tip anyway.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Paul.
> 
>  On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 06:50:44 +1100, Ed Durrant wrote:
> 
> >Sounds like the driver isn't really "up-to-scratch" - have you checked
> >the canon site (especially the german canon.de) site for a later driver
> >?
> >
> >Cheers/2
> >Ed.
> >
> >Paul Smedley wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> I ended up with the S400SP - which I hoped was compatible with the S400 drivers
> that
> >> were released in the IBM Omni driver package in January.  As it turns out, they are,
> with
> >> a few limitations.  Namely, the OS/2 drivers don't give the ability to align the print
> heads
> >> like the Windows drivers do.  The option is there in the Maintenance tab of the Omni
> >> driver, but is greyed out.  Secondly, the Omni driver only offers print resolutions of
> >> 360x360 where the printer can do 1440x720.  Finally, printouts of photos appear on
> >> paper very pale or "washed out" compared to printouts from Windows.
> >>

> > 

> 

>  
> ===========================================
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Date:  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 19:56:14 -0500
From:  Michael Barrow <mbatnetstra dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re: [os2genau] Computer version: arrival of latest Angelico

** Reply to message from "John Angelico" <talldadatkepl dot com dot au> on Tue, 19 Mar
2002 22:09:01 +1000 (EST)

Congratulations to all.

All our love,
Michael, Carolyn, Jacqueline and Erin.
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Date:  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 21:31:55 +1100
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrantatbigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  [os2genau] Report on Warp Workshop

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anyone
you may think will be interested. There are two attachments.
One is the HTM text file the other a picture of the OS/2 Warp flag
flying
at IBM Munich.

Regards,
Ed Durrant.
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<P><FONT COLOR="#ff00ff"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=4><B>Report on
the Warp Community Update Workshop 1/2002 - Munich, 25<SUP>th</SUP>.
February - 1<SUP>st</SUP>. March 2002.</B></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=4>This workshop is organised by the EMEA Enterprise
Warp &amp; Workspace services group from IBM. This group provides
services to customers on a contractual basis assisting in solving
OS/2 related issues and in migration either from or to versions of
OS/2. This group is allowed to support customers anywhere in the
world apart from in the USA where a similar group exists. This is not
support for individuals but rather a commercial service for
companies.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=4>The people attending this workshop (56 registered, 48
attended), were made up of IBMers, IBM customers and OS/2 software
vendors from places as wide apart as the USA, Australia and several
European countries including the UK, France, Belgium, Austria and of
course Germany.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=4>The presentations given reflect the current &quot;real
world&quot; situation where we have to support a mixture of operating
systems in our networks. As you will see though, several of the needs
that have been acknowledged for OS/2 for years, now have practical
solutions. Issues such as handling documents in proprietary formats
such as Office 2000 or Smartsuite (see ViewIteasy) and the
combination of OS/2 and Windows concurrently running on one machine
(see TwoOSTwo and Virtual-PC),</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=4>Several of the people attending are well known in the
OS/2 world - Alain - famous for several Rexx programs and redbooks,
Daniela Englhart well known for her replacement EIDE/ATAPI drivers,
Peter Maul - Author of the Maul DTP program. These are all very
approachable people and very interesting to talk to.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=4>The products presented were as follows:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=4><B><U>Convenience Pack II</U></B> - improvements,
extensions and more hardware support. A FP16 is in development for
Warp4 however this will only be available to &quot;service extension
customers&quot; -  The presentation was given by Oliver Mark of IBM
Germany.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=4><B><U>MAUL Publisher</U></B> - Not just another DTP
program, but rather one that creates output in the form needed by the
publishers printing presses, so removing an extra step and expense in
producing books or brochures. This program is developed on and for
OS/2 although a windows version is also available - The presentation
was given by Peter Koller of Maison Anglais.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=4><B><U>Starfire Titan password coordinater</U></B> -
effectively an Active Directory type approach for password and
security co-ordination but across several platforms - PC, Midrange
and Mainframe -  The presentation was given by Richard Spurlock of
Starfire USA.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=4><B><U>AMD 64 Bit processors and their new
architecture</U></B> - it appears there should be no problem with
running the 32 bit OS/2 on the new AMD processors, in fact AMD expect
most people to use these processors in their 32 Bit mode to start
with. It is likely that Intel's 64 Bit chips will also function in a
32 Bit mode. AMD have promised to supply IBM Germany with a prototype
processor to check OS/2 Warp compatability. Intel have not responded
to a similar request -  The presentation was given by Ulrich Knechtel
of AMD Germany.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=4><B><U>TwoOSTwo</U></B> - OS/2 running in a window on
the Windows Operating System. This is a product that has already been
implemented in several German financial institutions - in fact it was
originally developed for one of them. It uses a semi-emulation
process. Converting the most common OS/2 code to native Windows
instructions while interpreting the less often used instructions.
Dualis have created cross-drivers for the most commonly configured
OS/2 devices and are able to (for a charge) create new ones as and
when required. -  The presentation was given by Alex Gentzsch of
Dualis. </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=4><B><U>Network &amp; Kernel Trace for OS/2 &amp; trace
analyzer for Java</U></B> - These are similar and powerful tools.
With the demise of Dataglance there were few good Network analysis
tools on the market. This Network analyzer can do all of what
Dataglance did and can do it through remote agents. This means you
can have a network analyzer in all of your remote locations and
gather the data back to a central location. This avoid the need to
send someone out to the location with an analyzer as all that is
needed is an OS/2 pc in the location - as the load is low, this can
be the local file &amp; print server for instance. To make analysis
of the data simpler once it is returned to the central location, the
Java based trace analyzer has filters and search tools. This tool can
also provide a variety of outputs, chart, graphic etc. as required.
Kernel trace looks very similar to the Network trace program only it
intercepts instructions going to and from the Kernel rather than data
on the LAN. This is a VERY powerful tool when developing applications
on OS/2 as well as for fault finding in the OS itself. The
demonstration showed that even a simple operation in the OS created a
lot of actions, some repeating themselves, which has to be an overall
performance hit and could probably be improved. The Kernel trace
program connects to a hook in the Kernel that is designed for such
tools or for security extensions to OS/2. -  The presentation was
given by Eric Faulhaber of GoldenCode.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=4><B><U>Java Based web reporting tools</U></B> - Almost
since computing started, there have been report generators that try
to simplify report production and layout standardisation. With some
many applications now being Web based (either intra or internet) the
problem becomes even greater as the client requesting the report can
be on a variety of client platforms. This is where Jreport comes in.
It is a java based system that runs in the client's browser and takes
care of ensuring that data to be printed is produced in a consistant
layout whether the client is using OS/2, *nix, Mac or Windoze. -  The
presentation was given by Clemems Dannheim of Objective Software
Consulting.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=4><B><U>Software Distribution and inventory</U></B> -
This product / service offering targets one of our standard needs,
that of getting initial software and updates out to workstations. The
very useful part of this product is the hardware and software
inventory logging features that have been built into the system. The
central database can be accessed to assist in planning of upgrades or
simply to trace hardware and monitor software licensing all of which
can be reported using the integrated report generator functions.
Their product is cross platform, supporting any mix of OS/2 Linux
Unix and Windows. -  The presentation was given by Matthius Krantz
ASDIS of Software AG.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=4><B><U>On-Access Virus protection</U></B> - We have
all heard of Norton Antivirus software but how many have heard of
NORMAN Anti-virus software ? Norman anti-virus is a Norwegian company
and produce their product across all Intel platforms. Their OS/2
version is a pure OS/2 product and is available for server or
workstation as well as for Lotus Domino server (scanning inside
mailboxes and databases) and in all forms can be run either on-demand
or on file access (interactive). The product fully integrates itself
into the WPS and can access system components through its use of a
hook in the kernel. Configuration and distribution of the software is
controlled from one central point serving all platforms and as such
reducing administration work. - The presentation was given by  Didrik
Holst Bernsten of Norman Data Defense Systems.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=4><B><U>Servolution logon client</U></B> - The IBM
version of the Warp Server logon client has not operated correctly
for some time with Windows 2000 and XP (I am told that there is now
an IBM version that works), due to this a third party company in
Austria has produced and marketed one, which handles passwords
expiring  and all facets of the combined OS/2 and Windows login,
whether over Netbios or Tcpbeui. This client now also works with
samba under Linux and with all versions of Windows server as well as
Warp server. What I learned in Munich was that this client  is a lot
more than simply a replacement for the faulty IBM client, it also
provides a migration towards a true LDAP enterprise wide directory
based security control environment. Native IP support is scheduled
for version 2.1 of the client (as used in Windows 2000 networks) as
extensions for various versions of Unix. This client will be
developed into a true &quot;single sign-on&quot; client for multiple
platforms using LDAP/Kerberos tickets and synchronisation agents. - 
The presentation was given by Michael Wagner of Comtarsia IT Services
Austria.     </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=4><B><U>Rollout Techniques</U></B> - Sinius is a
subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG with around 1,000 employees. They have
a great deal of experience in large system rollouts involving OS/2
clients. They have developed a multicasting based solution which
enables them to install OS/2 Clients in less than 10 minutes. Their
system is mainly written in Rexx and as well being able to perform
fast installs to RIPL or PXE boot-able systems, it can also perform
remote hardware inventory capture and motherboard BIOS upgrades. - <FONT SIZE=4>
The presentation was given by </FONT>Marc Schneider of Sinius. </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=4><B><U>ViewitEasy, server based document conversion</U></B>
- One of the most annoying problems that every OS/2 business gets
nowadays is the receipt of a document from a customer or supplier in
a non-standards compliant format. Usually one of the 5 or 6 different
versions of Microsoft Word or Excel, sometimes a smartsuite program
(WordPro, 1-2-3) and of course the user complains because when they
try to open it it displays &quot;gibberish&quot; or at the least it
does look and print as it was intended to. Up until now, the only
solution has been to try to find someone with the correct version of
the office application on a PC somewhere and either read and print it
there, perhaps on a Windoze PC or try to convert it to a readable
format, or to make the best you can with what is displayed in the
word processor or spreadsheet program that you have and spend time
trying to &quot;fix it up&quot; to be readable. ViewItEasy, brings an
alternative option. A copy of the appropriate Office packages are
loaded on a Windows 2000 server (or possibly Virtual-PC running on an
OS/2 server ??) along with scripts and java programs. When the user
receives an unreadable document, they switch to this Web-based
application from their OS/2 PC and the document is transferred to the
server, converted into PDF or HTML and sent back to the users PC to
be read and printed, in the format originally intended by the author.
The package supports about 100 different document formats, not only
documents but also packed file formats and graphics formats - but the
ones I have mentioned are perhaps the most problem some for most of
us ! - If you want to try this product. You can go to their website
at <A HREF="http://www.viewiteasy dot com/">www.viewiteasy dot com</A>,
register and try it for free. - <FONT SIZE=4> The presentation was
given by </FONT>Martin Heckert of Fileants.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=4><B><U>Modern Communications Devices with OS/2 support</U></B>
- as German distributors of Qualtech, Equinox, Digi and Impact
Intelligent serial communications boards and Intel, eIcon, Diva and
Fenestrae CTI (Computer telephony solutions/ISDN), CommuniPORTS were
eager to underline that they give full OS/2 driver and configuration
support across all of their range. They are even able to have
standard boards configured and electrically modified to meet
customers needs.  They are also now supplying the new low-format
boards needed for the latest thin Client Netvista and other Pcs. - 
The presentation was given by B. Schnappinger of  CommuniPORTS.</FONT></P>
<P><B><U><FONT SIZE=4>Virtual PC, Co-standby Fail-over, Flash 5,
Security on demand(SECOND)</FONT> </U></B>-<FONT SIZE=4> Virtual PC
is probably the hottest piece of software for OS/2 at the moment, but
before I get on to that, it's worth covering what Innotek also
market. They have now released V5 of the Macromedia Flash browser
plug-in - this is compiled from the same source code used by
Macromedia for their Windoze version with the necessary improvements
to take advantage of OS/2. This is a pure OS/2 product, not a ported
product and can do everything that the windoze version can, in most
cases quicker. Co-standby Server for OS/2 Warp Server is a product
that was originally produced by Vinca and this now much improved
version is now owned by Innotek. Co-Standby Server is a fault
tolerant solution for OS/2. Two servers are set up to maintain copies
of the same data. In the original version, one server sat simply
dumb, doing nothing apart from replication until the primary server
failed at which point it became live and took over the role. In the
current version the &quot;2nd&quot; server (usually a BDC with the
first server a PDC) is also active all the time, so allowing for load
balancing across the systems. Again should the first server
breakdown, the second server takes over, not only taking over the
role of PDC but also taking over the host/computer name and IP
address from the first server. In this way the business can continue
operating despite a catastrophic failure in the main data server.
SECOND is Security On-Demand and is Innotek's offering to improve
data security. I didn't get much from this presentation, so if
improved security is of interest to you, you can check out the
product data on Innotek's website at <A HREF="http://www.innotek.de/">www.innotek.de</A>
- where of course you will also find information and discussion
forums on all of Innotek's products. VIRTUAL-PC - two versions were
demonstrated and explained. One with OS/2 as the Host OS and one with
Windows as the Host OS. The concept of both of these versions (and
indeed the MAC version) is the same. You can load a complete
operating system in a window on the desktop. This includes a
simulated bios stage and the complete boot process. You run the
complete guest Operating system on top of the Host OS. Rather than
just a way to run a particular application which is not available on
the HOST OS platform, VIRTUAL-PC actually brings more options. Each
guest OS is self contained in a container file, stored on the hard
disk, this makes it very easy to test a new version of an operating
system - under control - before adopting it perhaps as the host OS.
Also not only can OS/2 run on top of windows, and Windows on top of
OS/2 but other OS es such as Linux can run as a Guest OS as can
versions of the host OS - e.g. you can have an image of Windows 98
running on top of a windows 2000 host system, or eCs running on top
of OS/2 Warp 4.52 or on top of Windows NT etc. etc. etc.  The
solution is very well written and about to be released as GA code
(you can order direct from the Innotek website), however please take
note of the hardware requirements ! If you intend running Windows
2000 Professional as a guest OS on top of OS/2, you'll need to ensure
you have enough RAM ( realistically a minimum of 256 MB for this
configuration) and a processor fast enough to run Windows 2000 (500
MHz plus). You are running the full second Operating System,
therefore it has to get the resources it needs in addition to (and
kept separate from) the Host OS/2. Also since the OS is stored as an
image after (normal) installation, you'll also need enough disk space
! Without ANY windows applications, you'll need 500 MB of disk space
for the Windows 2000 Image. If you want to run two Windows 2000
sessions, you need to add a further 128-256 MB of memory and at least
500 MB more disk space. Instructions executing in the guest OS are
monitored, some are converted, some passed through to the hardware,
this obviously has a performance hit. Depending upon which
instructions an application uses, this can impact 20 - 50 % on
performance. Networking is fully supported from within the guest OS
as is most hardware access. Another advantage of using VIRTUAL-PC is
that the hardware environment that the Guest OS sees is constant.
This means, if for instance, you run OS/2 as the Guest OS on top of
Windows XP home and you decide to change your PC, you don't need to
search for new drivers for OS/2 - only for the host OS (Windows XP in
this example) will need them. The video and network card are preset
for the guest OS and all necessary conversion of instructions between
the two OS es drivers is taken care of by VIRTUAL-PC. - With the
&quot;normal&quot; hardware we can buy nowadays I believe VIRTUAL-PC
performs very well and is well worth a look if you require the
flexibility it gives. - The presentation was given by Oliver Stein of
Innotek.     </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=4>The descriptions above are my impressions of each of
the presentations. I have much more information on each of the
products, but normally only one copy. So if there is a particular
product that you are interested in, please contact me and I'll either
try to get a copy of the relevant documentation to you or at least a
contact email and possibly website address.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=4>Regards,</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=4>Ed Durrant.</FONT></P>
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Date:  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 09:50:47 +1000 (EST)
From:  "John Angelico" <talldadatkepl dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re: [os2genau] Computer version: arrival of latest Angelico

On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 01:03:21 +1100 (EDT), Daryl Pilkington wrote:

>Hi John,

Hi Daryl and all!

Many thanks for the replies.

>Perhaps Ian Manners could relax the binary attachments blocking for a
>day & you could send (1) *.jpg pickie to the group of Miss A.

Now that would take some planning - no digital camera. :(

>
>I hope v2.7 is compatible with earlier versions...

See extended attribute.. dot compatibility already demonstrated to be 100%. We
therefore don't expect any product recalls :)

Best regards
John Angelico
OS/2 SIG
talldadatmelbpc dot org dot au or talldadatkepl dot com dot au
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