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  • SW: [The eCSoft/2 newsletter] The eCSoft/2 weekly newsletter - 10 2019

    From VOICE News Service@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 6 16:07:49 2019
    ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++

    From: [email protected]

    -------- THE ECSOFT/2 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER - 10 2019 ----------------------------

    Find in this digest all the records created or updated in the last week on the eCSoft/2 site https://ecsoft2.org.

    If you find something wrong and you want to report it, or if you want to contribute updating or translating to your language the records, or if just you want to write us, visit our Contact page https://ecsoft2.org/contact or drop us an email at ecsoft2 [
    dot] orggmail [dot] com

    NEW:
    ====

    * Ogg Vorbis & Libvorbis 1.3.3 & 1.3.6
    https://ecsoft2.org/ogg-vorbis-libvorbis
    Ogg Vorbis is an audio compression format similar to MP3 but free of
    patented algorithms and fully open source. Plugin for PM123 included.
    Port by different authors.
    * FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) 1.3.2
    https://ecsoft2.org/flac-free-lossless-audio-codec
    FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec, an audio format similar to MP3,
    but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in
    quality.
    * Opus Interactive Audio Codec Library & Opus tools 1.1.2 & 0.1.7
    https://ecsoft2.org/opus-interactive-audio-codec-library-opus-tools
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_%28audio_format%29 is a totally open,
    royalty-free, highly versatile audio codec.
    * FluidSynth 2.0.4 https://ecsoft2.org/fluidsynth
    FluidSynth is a software real-time synthesizer based on the Soundfont 2
    specifications.
    * MikMod & MikMODPM 3.3.11.1 & 3.2.8 https://ecsoft2.org/mikmod-mikmodpm
    An OS/2 PM & Text-Mode MOD Player using the MikMod Library. The MikMod
    Library is a portable sound library for Unix and other systems.
    * Mksh (MirBSD™ Korn Shell) R57
    https://ecsoft2.org/mksh-mirbsd%E2%84%A2-korn-shell
    A DFSG-free and OSD-compliant (and OSI approved) successor to pdksh shell.
    * TEXTBUCH (Text book) 4.40 https://ecsoft2.org/textbuch-text-book
    TEXTBUCH (text book) is a double entry book keeping program (accounting
    program) only in german language.
    * Digger 20140703 https://ecsoft2.org/digger
    Digger is a game originally created by Windmill software in 1983 and
    remastered by Andrew Jenner in 1998. MMOS/2 (DIVE, DART) is required.
    * IMERJ 2.0.1 https://ecsoft2.org/imerj
    IMERJ is a "poor man's" input method editor (IME) for Japanese. It allows
    you to enter Japanese kana by typing romanized text in the edit window.
    * Night Vision 5.1 https://ecsoft2.org/night-vision
    Night Vision is a "planetarium" program for OS/2, and will display the
    heavens from any location on Earth.
    * FreeRDP Client for OS/2 20190301 https://ecsoft2.org/freerdp-client-os2
    A FreeRDP port for OS/2, eComStation and ArcaOS. FreeRDP is a client for
    Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), used in a number of Microsoft Windows
    operation systems.
    * QSINIT 28022019 https://ecsoft2.org/qsinit
    QSINIT is a replacement of OS2LDR created from scratch.
    * Weasel 2.54 https://ecsoft2.org/weasel
    Weasel: a POP3 and SMTP daemon for OS/2 (also available an IMAP optional
    extension).
    * Icecast 2.4.99 https://ecsoft2.org/icecast
    Icecast is a free server for network streaming of multimedia contents.

    UPDATED:
    ========

    * DjView & DjVuLibre 4.10.6 & 3.5.27 https://ecsoft2.org/djview-djvulibre
    Standalone viewer for DjVu files. Features include navigating documents,
    zooming and panning page images, producing and displaying thumbnails.
    * Links 2.18 https://ecsoft2.org/links
    A text-mode web browser, which is able to correctly display tables and
    frames, and to render correctly most pages, even if they include several
    graphical elements.
    * BuildSOM 1.0 https://ecsoft2.org/buildsom
    BuildSOM is a REXX program that will create OS/2 WPS objects. Currently,
    the program supports only program and folder objects.
    * REXX Reference Summary Handbook https://ecsoft2.org/rexx-reference-summary-handbook
    REXX Reference Summary Handbook - 4th Edizione Ottobre 1997.
    * Aspell 0.60.6.1 https://ecsoft2.org/aspell
    GNU Aspell is a Free and Open Source spell checker designed to eventually
    replace Ispell. It can either be used as a library or as an independent
    spell checker.
    * REXX for the absolute beginner 08032012
    https://ecsoft2.org/rexx-absolute-beginner
    A number of simple REXX procedures for beginners with REXX, accompanied by
    an explanatory text in the *Dutch language*, in ASCII, INF, incl.
    * Cardo Fonts 1.04 https://ecsoft2.org/cardo-fonts
    Cardo is a large Unicode font specifically designed for the needs of
    classicists, Biblical scholars, medievalists, and linguists.
    * OWPZip PKZIP Archive Class 1.02
    https://ecsoft2.org/owpzip-pkzip-archive-class
    OWPZip PKZIP Archive Class extends WPS with PKZIP archive folders
    supporting compressing, decompressing, opening and viewing their entries
    through drag-and-drop.
    * 32bit Linux ext2 file system driver (EXT2 IFS) 2.40
    https://ecsoft2.org/32bit-linux-ext2-file-system-driver-ext2-ifs
    This is an old driver for the Linux ext2 file system taken from kernels
    2.0.x.
    * 3D Launch Pad 20190127 https://ecsoft2.org/3d-launch-pad
    Launch Pad is a WPS objects launcher for PMShell with support for PNG
    icons.
    * File Commander/2 2.40 https://ecsoft2.org/node/277
    File Commander is a 32 bit text mode file manager and shell that allows
    you to locate, copy, move, delete, view, edit and execute your files in a
    quick, convenient and
    * eSchemes 2.01.00 https://ecsoft2.org/eschemes
    The eSchemes replaces the original eComStation Scheme editor and gathers
    the functionality of Window Themes
    https://ecsoft2.org/window-themes-toolkit,
    * Megadesk (Desktop expander) 2.24 https://ecsoft2.org/styler2-and
    Megadesk is a virtual desktop overview which allows you to expand the area
    for your PM windows, creating many "rooms" in which to group running PM
    applications.
    * ELEPHANT 1.21 https://ecsoft2.org/elephant
    A Tiny Dancing Elephant with a digital clock.
    * Oldschool PC Font 1.0 https://ecsoft2.org/oldschool-pc-font
    These scalable TrueType fonts reproduce the fonts used in BIOS and IBM PC
    DOS operating systems and clones.
    * Gimp 2.2.8 https://ecsoft2.org/gimp
    The GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed
    piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition
    and image authoring.
    * Squeak 3.5 https://ecsoft2.org/squeak
    Squeak is an open, highly-portable Smalltalk-80
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalltalk implementation whose virtual
    machine is written entirely in Smalltalk, making it easy to debug,
    * ROBOSAVE (ROBOSV) 3.04 https://ecsoft2.org/robosave-robosv
    ROBOSAVE allows you to easily back up your OS/2 2.x Desktop and later
    restore it to the same system. You can also specify a limited number
    of files to be saved/resto
    * DeskMan/2 2.0 https://ecsoft2.org/deskman2
    DeskMan/2 is unmatched in its ability to fully maximize the multitasking
    power and versatility of OS/2!
    * XSane 0.992 https://ecsoft2.org/xsane
    XSane is a powerful frontend to access scanners which are supported by
    SANE.
    * Graham Utilities 2.1 https://ecsoft2.org/graham-utilities
    The Graham Utilities for OS/2 are the largest, most comprehensive suite of
    disk, file and general utilities specifically written for the OS/2
    Operating System.
    * PPWizard 17.308 https://ecsoft2.org/ppwizard
    PPWizard is a free html preprocessor which is powerful and yet easy to
    use.
    * PMUniMix 0.82 https://ecsoft2.org/pmunimix
    An audio mixer for eCS & OS/2 with UniAud
    https://ecsoft2.org/uniaud-universal-audio-driver.
    * RxShout https://ecsoft2.org/rxshout
    RxShout source client for Icecast https://ecsoft2.org/icecast server. You
    can reencoding your streams on-fly using Lame https://ecsoft2.org/lame.
    * Object Desktop 2.0 https://ecsoft2.org/object-desktop
    Object Desktop for OS/2 is an advanced desktop environment.
    * Dos2Unix 7.3.4 https://ecsoft2.org/dos2unix
    Convert text files with DOS or Mac line breaks to Unix line breaks and
    vice versa.
    * ICE REXX MP3-Feeder 0.92 https://ecsoft2.org/ice-rexx-mp3-feeder
    ICE REXX MP3-Feeder with PM interface for Icecast
    https://ecsoft2.org/icecast.
    * MadCast 0.0.1 https://ecsoft2.org/madcast
    MadCast is an VBR-aware 'encoder' for IceCast https://ecsoft2.org/icecast
    internet mp3 streaming server. Source code included.
    * rxSock (REXX function package for TCP/IP sockets) 1.3
    https://ecsoft2.org/rxsock-rexx-function-package-tcpip-sockets
    rxSock is a REXX function package providing access to the OS/2 TCP/IP
    socket API as provided by the IBM TCP/IP product, version 1.2.1.
    * Netscape Communicator 4.61 https://ecsoft2.org/netscape-communicator
    Netscape Communicator US-English for OS/2 Warp.
    * Watcom C++ & Fortran 11.0c https://ecsoft2.org/watcom-c-fortran
    Patch for the Sybase Watcom C/C++ and Fortran compiler products V11.
    * Borland C++ 2.0 https://ecsoft2.org/borland-c
    The amazing Borland C++ Compiler, optimized release, finally available
    also for OS/2 Warp!
    * Data Transport Agent (DTA) https://ecsoft2.org/data-transport-agent-dta
    This is a beta release of the new Data Transport Agent (DTA) for
    eComStation.
    * Renzoku Player/2 0.9.9 https://ecsoft2.org/renzoku-player2
    A simple GUI front-end *in Rexx language* for Mplayer
    https://ecsoft2.org/mplayer, KMovie Pla https://ecsoft2.org/k-movie-player
    * DFSee, Display File Systems 15.6
    https://ecsoft2.org/dfsee-display-file-systems
    File-system display & analysis utility. Shows partition-tables and
    bootsectors. Shows all HPFS internal disk structures like Superblock,
    Fnodes, Dirblocks etc.
    * Firefox 45.9.0 https://ecsoft2.org/firefox
    A Mozilla-based fast browser! Firefox includes:



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