These pages contain various useful OS/2-related information and utilities.

You may also like to see the pages dealing with IBM PS/2 machines.

UPTIME	WPS class for displaying system uptime
PANEL	Device driver for PS/2 Model 95 information panel
MEM	Utility for displaying memory size detected by OS/2
MailProgs	Suite of simple OS/2 mail servers and clients
SOCKD	Simple OS/2 SOCKS server
NAMED	Simple OS/2 name server
NETLIB	OS/2 network utility library
RAREAD and RAWRITE	Utilities to read and write raw diskette images
SYSLEV	Utility to display syslevel from a single file
MD5	MD5 message digest utility
DF	Command line utility to display disk usage
V2GB	Fix DOS problem with disks greater than 2GB
DELAY	Device driver to introduce delay during system loading
DTBACKUP	Simple desktop backup
EXTDISK	DOS utility to display presence of INT 13H extensions
LDCOPY	Device driver to copy files during system loading
ML/I	General purpose macro processor

Sometimes it isn't always obvious how best to do something slightly out of the ordinary. This section contains various useful snippets of information, as well as some technical pieces.

Glossary	Glossary of terms used here
Using LVM	Using logical volumes and the Logical Volume Manager under WSeB and eComStation
Using CMD.EXE	Notes on using the default OS/2 command processor (CMD.EXE)
Installation problems	Dealing with some installation problems
Pilot Desktop	Installing PalmPilot software
TCP/IP 4.3 Firewall	Notes on the firewall and packet filtering in TCP/IP 4.3
Extended Attributes	Implementation of extended attributes on the FAT file system
FixPak validation	Checking the integrity of downloaded FixPak diskette images
Peer on MCP	Notes on using Peer networking on the Merlin Convenience Pack
SMP on MCP	Notes on using SMP on the Merlin Convenience Pack
Remote install	Notes on installing OS/2 over a network (with REXX script)
Revision levels etc.	Revision levels, CSD levels and version numbers
Boot sequence	Notes on the OS/2 boot sequence
Applying FixPaks	An easy way to apply FixPaks

Some documentation can be hard to find, so here is a selection of documents that may be useful to enthusiasts.

• OS/2 1.3 Redbooks
  • Volume 1 - New Features (GG24-3630)
  • Volume 2 - Print Subsystem (GG24-3631)
• OS/2 2.0 Redbooks
  • Volume 1 - Control Program (GG24-3730)
  • Volume 2 - DOS and Windows Environment (GG24-3731)
  • Volume 3 - Presentation Manager and Workplace Shell (GG24-3732)
  • Volume 4 - Writing Applications (GG24-3774)
  • Volume 5 - Print Subsystem (GG24-3775)
  • OS/2 Workplace Shell Configuration Techniques (GG24-4201)
  • OS/2 V2.0 Remote Installation and Maintenance (GG24-3780)
• OS/2 2.1 Redbooks
  • OS/2 2.1 Technical Update (GG24-3948)

Some companies have produced good software for OS/2, and then left the market. Occasionally, they have made the last version of the software freely available. Because this may eventually disappear from their web sites, and because on the whole it is worth preserving, some of it is being made available here. The repository includes software by Innoval (Post Road Mailer, J Street Mailer). There is also information on the independent, continued development of J Street Mailer, now known as the Polarbar Mailer.

There are also demonstration copies of the CDS products in the Backagain/2000 family.

There are fixes and updates for some software, notably ProNews/2, which is being actively developed once more by volunteers.

There is a copy of the Programming Tools and Information for OS/2 1.2/1.3. This is the equivalent to what is now known as the Toolkit.

Lastly, there is a repository of IBM Employee Written Software.

There are numerous other resources available to the OS/2 enthusiast. These resources include:

• The OS2-UK mailing list
• OS2.cz
• Russ Harvey's OS/2 Resources

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