MMOUG March 1995 Newsletter

The views expressed in this newsletter are not necessarily the views held by
the MMOUG or it's members. Don't agree with something you've read here?     
Write and tell us about it!  If you have any contributions, please upload them to area
18 of the WoodMeister or send them to me via Internet at USDSSKZS@IBMMAIL.COM.  If
you work for the State of Missouri and have access to DISOSS, you can send them to
POOLMWV at DSSHOST.      

MMOUG February Minutes

Feb. 15, 1995

Attendees:  Ben Hoffman, Ken Gray, Robert Tufts, Scott Brodbeck, Gary
Pool, Blake Lewis and guest Steve Petzel

Ben Hoffman called the meeting to order.

We still need a vice president replacement.  Volunteers are sought.  The
VP's primary duty is to find speakers for club meetings.  A suggestion
was made that if we had a few volunteers, a committee?, to assist in
getting speakers that the VP job wouldn't be as much work.  It was
decided that more discussion with more club members was needed.  The VP
replacement decision was deferred.

The Boone Electric Coop meeting room we've been having our Columbia
meetings in is going to be renovated and so won't be available for
several months.  The consensus was that we should look for an alternate
Columbia location for the meeting rather than hold more meeting in
Jefferson City.  Suggestions for locations include:  Columbia Mall
Meeting Room, Columbia Public Library, U/MO (although parking is more
difficult), Shelter, MFA, Datastrom, Boone Savings & Loan and the Newman
Center.  These suggestions will be forwarded to the club officers for
research.

Topics were solicited for next month, and future meeting
presentations.  Ideas:  MOREnet, OS/2 Warp with WINOS2, Visual
Programming, Bonus Pack communications topics advanced, Internet party
(everyone discusses their favorite WWW, gopher, etc. sites), HPFS file
system, and LAN Distance.

Walden Software from the Columbia Mall is now selling OS/2 Warp and
seemed interested in maybe sponsoring a user group activity there.  They
donated the OS/2 Galactic Civilization Game demo CD's for prizes at the
meeting.

A general discussion of the MUSLIP.CMD file and accessing MOREnet took
place.  Ben Hoffman ask if anyone had got the prompting for userid or
password to work, it works well when you hard code them but he got
errors when he followed the instructions in the CMD file to prompt.
Blake Lewis said he uses an alternate service provider with the PPP gamma
protocol of the IAK and it works very well.

A request for IBM Book resources for info on OS/2 came up.  Much of this
info is available on the MMOUG BBS and other electronic sources.  Ben
Hoffman said he would check to verify the latest info was on the
Woodmeister.

A discussion/demo of OS/2 games took place including demos of:  Galactic
Civilization and a beta version of DOOM for OS/2 (and no, you can't get
a copy of the beta code, IBM provided this code just for the club
meeting, Sorry).  A list of known OS/2 games was passed out at the
meeting.

Five CD-ROMs with demo versions of Galactic Civilization were passed
out.

Information Officer Input/Output

Help.  That's what we need.  Gerri Jeffery has retired as Vice-president of
the Mid-Missouri OS/2 user group.  The primary responsibility of the veep
is to organize the agenda for the meetings from month to month.  We need
someone who is self-motivated and has a clear idea of what they would
like to see accomplished in the meetings.

In point of fact, it is about time to have elections for all of our officials.
The officers dedicate a fair amount of time each month.  After a year, its
about time for a change.  In point of fact, I wouldn't mind surrendering the
role of Information Officer (anybody want to learn how to do IPF?)  It would
be much nicer submitting articles rather than having to beg borrow, steal
and create all the contents on my own.  So start thinking about volunteering
for the position of one of the officers, if you have not done so already.

Hopefully, we will be adding the newsletter to the home page of the OS/2
Woodmeister in the near future.

As you've seen in the trade rags, it looks like Win95 will now be delayed
until November.  If this is the case, it will not be available in time for
retailers to load it up on PCs in time for the Christmas rush.

Lou Gerstner, on the other hand, has finally come through with the decision
to load OS/2 on all IBM PCs.  Finally!  IBM is also supposed to be cutting
prices on PCs in March by 10 to 25%.

The OS/2 Full-Pack (I *really* wanted them to call it Warp+, for
Warp plus Win-OS/2) is available now.  It looks like the client version will
soon be on the way, so the trade rags can finally compare a shipping product
with connectivity to the alleged connectivity of the non-shipping Win95.

I can't think of anything else.  gp

Humor

THE PROGRAMMER'S QUICK GUIDE TO THE LANGUAGES

The proliferation of modern programming languages (all of which
seem to have stolen countless features from one another) sometimes makes it
difficult to remember what language you're currently using. This
handy reference is offered as a public service to help programmers who
find themselves in such a dilemma.

TASK: Shoot yourself in the foot.

C:      You shoot yourself in the foot.

C++:   You accidentally create a dozen instances of yourself and
        shoot them all in the foot. Providing emergency medical assistance is
        impossible since you can't tell which are bitwise copies and which
        are just pointing at others and saying, "That's me, over there."

FORTRAN: You shoot yourself in each toe, iteratively, until you run
         out of toes, then you read in the next foot and repeat. If you 
         run out of bullets, you continue with the attempts to shoot yourself anyways
         because you have no exception-handling capability.
 
Pascal: The compiler won't let you shoot yourself in the foot.
 
Ada: After correctly packing your foot, you attempt to concurrently
        load the gun, pull the trigger, scream, and shoot yourself in the foot.
        When you try, however, you discover you can't because your foot is of
        the wrong type.

COBOL: Using a COLT 45 HANDGUN, AIM gun at LEG.FOOT, THEN place
        ARM.HAND.FINGER on HANDGUN.TRIGGER and SQUEEZE. THEN return HANDGUN
        to HOLSTER. CHECK whether shoelace needs to be re-tied.

LISP: You shoot yourself in the appendage which holds the gun with
        which you shoot yourself in the appendage which holds the gun with
        which you shoot yourself in the appendage which holds the gun with
        which you shoot yourself in the appendage which holds the gun with
        which you shoot yourself in the appendage which holds the gun with
        which you shoot yourself in the appendage which holds...

FORTH: Foot in yourself shoot.

Prolog: You tell your program that you want to be shot in the foot.
        The program figures out how to do it, but the syntax doesn't
        permit it to explain it to you.

BASIC: Shoot yourself in the foot with a water pistol. On large
        systems, continue until entire lower body is waterlogged.

Visual Basic: You'll really only _appear_ to have shot yourself in
        the foot, but you'll have had so much fun doing it that 
        you won't care.

HyperTalk: Put the first bullet of gun into foot left of leg of
        you.  Answer the result.

Motif: You spend days writing a UIL description of your foot, the
        bullet, its trajectory, and the intricate scrollwork on the ivory
        handles of the gun. When you finally get around to pulling the
        trigger, the gun jams.

APL: You shoot yourself in the foot, then spend all day figuring
        out how to do it in fewer characters.

SNOBOL: If you succeed, shoot yourself in the left foot. If you
        fail, shoot yourself in the right foot.

Unix:
        % ls
        foot.c foot.h foot.o toe.c toe.o
        % rm * .o
        rm:.o no such file or directory
        % ls
        %

Concurrent Euclid: You shoot yourself in somebody else's foot.

370 JCL: You send your foot down to MIS and include a 400-page
         document explaining exactly how you want it to be shot. 
         Three years later, your foot comes back deep-fried.

Paradox: Not only can you shoot yourself in the foot, your users
         can,too.

Access: You try to point the gun at your foot, but it shoots holes
        in all your Borland distribution diskettes instead.

Revelation: You're sure you're going to be able to shoot yourself
        in the foot, just as soon as you figure out what all these nifty
        little bullet-thingies are for.

Assembler: You try to shoot yourself in the foot, only to discover
        you must first invent the gun, the bullet, the trigger, 
        and your foot.

Modula2: After realizing that you can't actually accomplish
        anything in this language, you shoot yourself in the head.

OS/2 Tips 'N' Techniques

How can you make Warp faster in a memory constrained system?

A few things you can try:

1) If you're not using HPFS, rem out the IFS=HPFS.IFS
statement in CONFIG.SYS to save you 500Kb (approx) of RAM.
If you are using HPFS consider not doing so.

2) Go into the IBMWorks PIM setup and turn off the Auto
event monitor.

3) Run IWDereg.CMD from the IBMWorks directory.

4) Change the DISKCACHE= statement in CONFIG.SYS
(with help from HELP I suggest) make the threshold
size at least 32. Make sure that lazy write is on.
This is a trade off between available RAM and I/O so
if you have I/O intensive apps, set cache high, if you
run processor intensive apps, set it low.

5) Locate the SWAPPATH= statement. There are two numbers
specified, the first is the minimum freespace to be left
on the swapdrive when swapper expansion is halted, the
second is the initial size of swapper. It should be set
_large_ (I've seen recommendations that for an 8Mb system
it should be at least 20Mb=20480).

6) If you run DOS or Windows apps, use the settings pages
to adjust EMS and XMS_MEMORY_LIMITs to 64Kb. Allow DPMI
memory instead.

7) Make sure that any Windows apps you run do not specify
SEPARATE_SESSION unless you have trouble running them in
with others.

8) If you disabled any go_faster stripes to make Warp install,
make sure they're back on again - EG cache, turbo etc

Ah, heck, let's give you another one:

         RETRIEVING YOUR SHUTDOWN AND LOCKUP OPTIONS

If you have access to another system that DOES have shutdown
and lockup:

1.  Insert a formatted diskette into Drive A of a system that has
    the shutdown and lockup options.

2.  Go to an OS/2 Window and from the root directory type:

     EAUTIL DESKTOP ATTRIB.MOD /S /P

    If you installed 2.1 over 2.0 or are using 2.0 type:
     EAUTIL OS!2_2.0_D ATTRIB.MOD /S /P

3.  Copy ATTRIB.MOD from the root directory of the hard disk to
    diskette.  Type:

     COPY ATTRIB.MOD A:

4.  Remove the diskette from Drive A and take it to the system
    that is missing shutdown and lockup.

5.  Start the system from the installation diskette.

6.  When prompted, insert diskette 1 and press Enter.

7.  At the Welcome Screen, press Esc to go to the A: prompt.

8.  Remove diskette 1 and insert the diskette with the ATTRIB.MOD
    file.

9.  From the root directory of your hard disk, type:

     EAUTIL DESKTOP A:ATTRIB.MOD /J /O /P

    If you installed 2.1 over 2.0 or are using 2.0, type:
     EAUTIL OS!2_2.0_D A:ATTRIB.MOD /J /O /P

10. Revove the diskette and restart the system.  Shutdown and
    lockup is now on the desktop menu.

If you DO NOT have access to another system that has the
"Shutdown and "Lockup" options, use the following procedure.
This takes you to a DEFAULT desktop.  You lose your
customization.

1.  Start the system from the installation diskette.

2.  When prompted, insert diskette 1 and press Enter.

3.  At the Welcome Screen, press Esc to go to the A: prompt.

4.  Remove diskette 1 and insert diskette 2, which contains the
    CHKDSK command.

5.  Type the appropriate CHKDSK command, followed by the drive on
    which OS/2 resides and press Enter.

       X: denotes the drive where OS/2 resides.

        FAT file system, type:    CHKDSK X:  /F
        HPFS file system, type:   CHKDSK X:  /F:2

     If you installed from CD, the prompt stops at CD drive in
     the DISK_1 subdirectory, change to the DISK_2 subdirectory.

    If there are crosslinked files, copy the files that are
    crosslinked the hard disk to diskette.  Delete the files on
    the hard disk and copy the files from the diskette to the
    hard disk.

6.  Remove the diskette and press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart the
    system.

7.  At the prompt, go to the drive that has OS2. Change to your
    OS/2 subdirectory and type:

         DEL OS2.INI
         DEL OS2SYS.INI

    If you get "Access Denied" type:

         ATTRIB OS2*.INI -R
    You can now delete the files.

8.  From your OS2 subdirectory, type:

        MAKEINI OS2.INI INI.RC   and press Enter.
        MAKEINI OS2SYS.INI INISYS.RC  and press Enter.

9.  Change back to your root directory.
    Delete entire DESKTOP directory structure, including DESKTOP
    directory itself, if you have more than one desktop
    directory, do the same for each one.

    If you are using OS/2 2.0  the DESKTOP directory name is
    OS!2_2.0_D. If your system is formatted HPFS you must include
    directory names with spaces in them in double quotes. You
    must remove all files in a directory before you can remove
    it.  Also, you cannot be in the directory when you try to
    remove it.

10. From the root directory, type:

        ATTRIB WP?ROOT.?SF -H -R -S and press Enter.
        DEL WP?ROOT.?SF and press Enter.

7. Remove the diskette and restart the system.

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Warp with Windows Available

Press Rel  IBM Announces Availability of OS/2 WARP With Windows
Application Support Built-In

Upgrade for OS/2 2.1 Users Available in 13 Languages

     AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 22, 1995 .... IBM today announced OS/2*
Warp with WIN-OS2*, an upgrade for customers running OS/2 2.0,
OS/2 2.1 and OS/2 2.11.  OS/2 Warp with WIN-OS2, commonly
referred to as "fullpack,"  gives the millions of users of
previous versions of OS/2 the new OS/2 Warp operating system with
integrated and optimized Windows** 3.1 application support. The
product is being released simultaneously in more than 13
languages.

     The first edition of OS/2 Warp, announced on Oct. 11, 1994,
is aimed at OS/2 for Windows users or those already  running DOS
and Windows on their PCs.  It is designed to take advantage of
Windows functionality already installed on a system and does not
come with WIN-OS2 function built-in.

New to this release of OS/2 Warp
--------------------------------

     The WebExplorer, a native OS/2 application allowing users to
navigate easily through the Internet's Worldwide Web, is now
complete and included in the BonusPak for OS/2. Current OS/2 Warp
customers can receive the finished WebExplorer by simply clicking
on the "Retrieve Software Updates" icon in the Internet
Connection for OS/2 folder. The Internet dialer, used to connect
to an Internet provider other than The IBM Global Network, now
includes Point to Point Protocol support. OS/2 Warp now supports
Ontrack Disk Manager used on Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE)
hard files greater than 528Mbs. It includes support for Cannon
Bubble Jet printers, an updated MediaVision ProAudio Spectrum 16
driver; more IDE CD-ROM drives; additional PCMCIA support for
late model IBM ThinkPads; support for diskette compression
technology (DMF) used by Microsoft in their Office suite of
products.

     "With this release of OS/2 Warp, our existing customer base
of more than seven million can benefit from the features and
functions already enjoyed by the one million Windows users who
have upgraded to OS/2 Warp," said Wally Casey, director of
marketing, IBM Personal Software Products. "Because it is
available simultaneously in 13 languages,  we can quickly and
measurably increase our leadership position as the highest volume
32-bit IBM compatible operating system vendor in the industry."

     The new OS/2 Warp boasts the same usability features,
slimmed-down system requirements and BonusPak of popular
applications delivered in the initial release of OS/2 Warp last
October.  OS/2 Warp has the same multitasking and
Crash-Protection that made OS/2 famous, and it runs Windows and
OS/2 applications in as little as 4Mbs of memory.

     The BonusPak, which ships with every copy of the operating
system, lets OS/2 Warp users  experience the advantages of native
OS/2 applications. It offers more than a dozen popular
applications, including easy access to the Internet with the IBM
Internet Connection via the IBM Global Network; CompuServe; and
IBM Works, an object-based suite of applications for word
processing, database, charting, graphics, spreadsheet and
personal information management.

     Minimum hardware requirements for OS/2 Warp include a 386SX
or higher processor with 4Mbs of memory.  OS/2 Warp will allow
OS/2, Windows 3.1, and DOS applications to run on the same
desktop.

     With OS/2 Warp, customers receive 60 days of free service by
telephone. In addition, help is available though a variety of
on-line services including Internet, TALKLink, Prodigy and
CompuServe. Support for the IBM Global Network is available 24
hours daily, seven days a week, at 1-800-727-2222.

Pricing and availability
------------------------

     OS/2 Warp will be available in the U.S. through IBM dealers,
superstores and a variety of general retail outlets by Feb. 24,
1995 in the U.S. The products carry suggested list prices of $129
for OS/2 Warp Version 3 without WIN-OS2 code and $199 for OS/2
Warp Version 3 with WIN-OS2 code.  For OS/2 2.1 and 2.11
customers, there is an upgrade available to OS/2 Warp with
WIN-OS2 for $129. Street prices will vary.

Trademarks:
*OS/2, Person to Person, BonusPak, Workplace Shell, and Ultimedia
Video IN are trademarks or registered trademarks of IBM Corp.
**Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corp.
CompuServe and CompuServe Information manager are trademarks of
the CompuServe Corp.
HyperACCESS Lite is a trademark of Hilgraeve Corp.
FAXWorks is a trademark of SofNet Corp.
Photo CD is a trademark of the Eastman Kodak Co.

Shipyards for GalCiv

February 20, 1995

GIBRALTAR MICHIGAN, USA.  Stardock Systems Inc., the makers of
Galactic Civilizations announced Shipyards for GalCiv today.
Shipyards gives GalCiv players and the computer players the
ability to design star ships from scratch.

Currently, users are given "pre-made" ships such as Battle Hammers,
Stealth Cruisers, etc.  With Shipyards, users can use existing
technologies like phasors, warp drive, photons, etc. and create
a brand new type of ship.

For example, you could build a custom ship called "Galaxy Class" which
has 4 banks of phasors, 2 photon torpedo bays, Hyperspace drive,
Tri-Andrium armor, Barrier class shields, etc..  The only limitation is
how advanced you are technologically.  The larger the ship you build,
the more expensive the ship becomes. Larger ships can take more damage
and carry more weapons.  You can also decide how the ship looks by
choosing one of the many different ship hull types.

"During the later stages of GalCiv development, many beta testers liked how
you could design your own types of ships like in 'Masters of Orion'.
We believed that such a feature in the base game would give GalCiv an
overly militaristic feel to the game. But with Shipyards, users now
have this ability and more." said Brad Wardell of Stardock Systems.

Furthermore, Shipyards has an AI module in it that allows the computer
players to design their own ships. So you will have to contend with
a virtually infinite number of alien ship types as the game progresses.
The ships also have their own unique sets of graphics so Shipyards' owners
will see brand new ships flying across their screens.

Because Star ship designs are treated as unique technologies, users will
be able to trade ship designs and steal ship designs from other players.
Moreover, you will also be able to keep track of how successful your
ship designs are by viewing sales reports in the Shipyards report screen.
This screen shows how other ship building companies are doing.  The more
of your ship designs are being built, the more money your ship building
company will make.

It also comes with "ItemEdit" which will let you modify the various
components that go into the ships.  For example, you could edit range
and power of Phasors or decide that you get TransWarp drive when you
achieve BattleShip technology instead of Warp Drive.  Users will have
maximum control over the components that they and the computer AI have.
The AI will automatically adjust its strategy to take into account the
modified values.

The documentation also includes the GalCiv technology tree.

A number of snapshots from Shipyards are available on 
hobbes.nmsu.edu in the /incoming directory. The file is Shipyard.zip.

Shipyards is available from Stardock Systems for $14.95.  Shipping is
$2 for USA and $5 outside USA.

Stardock Systems also sells Galactic Civilizations for $59.95.

You can reach Stardock Systems at:
Phone:  (313)/782-2248  9am to 4pm EST
Fax:    (313)/782-9868
Email:  Wardell@ibm.net
Cserve: 75763,3515
On Compuserve GO STARDOCK
Visa and Mastercard are accepted.
Stardock Systems Inc.
13405 Addison
Gibraltar MI 48173
-------------------ELECTRONIC ORDER FORM-------------------------------------
Shipyards for GalCiv v1.0.

REQUIRES GalCiv v1.01 or later.


Name: _______________________________________

Address: ____________________________________

City/State/Zip: _____________________________

Country: ___________________

Payment: [VISA][MasterCard][Check]

Credit Card (if applicable) #: ______________________ EXPR __________

Shipyards for GalCiv: $14.95 Shipping $2 in USA, $5 outside USA.

Total Price: _____________



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OS/2 Games

1/9/95
Games and Entertainment

Company                                   Product                             Sales Phone #
----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- ---------------
Barken Enterprises, Inc./ROBAR            PM Crosswords                       714-497-4623
Baron Software Services                   Name Your Baby!                     516-797-4366
Crossen Computing                         Johnny Apple Read                   703-486-3500 x2
DUX Software Corp., Palo Alto             SimCity Classic for OS/2            415-967-1500
David Charlap                             Mine Sweeper for OS/2               201-586-3812
Hatim Amro                                AMROMIND                            512-836-3587
IBM Corporation, Armonk                   PMGlobe/32                          1-800-IBM-CALL
John Morris                               Trade Wars 2                        702-359-1303
Maxis                                     SimCity 2000
MicroLearn Nordic                         MicroLearn Game Pack Volume 1       +46 31 199770
MultiGrain Solutions                      Trickle Down                        1-800-3-IBM-OS2
OHB Software                              Bitmaps Unlimited                   708-590-1095
Reed Software Inc.                        OS/2 2.0 Poker                      702-456-3737
Reed Software Inc.                        OS/2 BlackJack                      702-456-3737
SLY Industries                            Zapped                              403-547-0669
SLY Industries                            Zapped v2.0 SE and Icon Pack        403-547-0669
SLY Industries                            Zapped v2.0 and Icon Pak            403-547-0669
SLY Industries                            Zapped v2.0, IconPak I & II +4 Icon 403-547-0669
Sector Consulting                         PmMath                              403-466-2893
Stangl Roman                              Rollball                            FTP-OS2.NMSU.ed
Stardock Systems                          Galactic Civilizations 1.0          616-373-4717
The New Earth Society                     Dungeon Chess                       305-238-9140
Turgut Kalfaoglu                          Typefast

Next MMOUG Meeting

The next MMOUG Meeting will be on Wednesday, March 15, 1995, 4:00 pm
in Jefferson City at:

Department of Social Services
1621 E. Elm
Jefferson City, MO 65101
314-741-4198

From Columbia:

Highway 63 South to Highway 54 West (across the bridge) to
(be careful, this is still a dangerous intersection) Highway 50 East.
Go through lights at MO. Blvd, Broadway, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe

Take the CLARK AVENUE exit off of Highway 50.
Turn right onto Clark Ave, THEN
make an almost immediate left onto ELM Street.
Take Elm Street to IBM. IBM will be on the left.

  Eastland         Highway
 /                 Patrol         Elm Street
McDonalds________    HQ       ________________
|             DSS\___________/                |
|______________________________________________\_______
                 Highway 50                     Clark Ave Exit

MMOUG Registration Form


Name:_____________________________________  Nickname:_____________________
         Last Name,                First                         Initial

Company Name:_____________________________

Address:___________________________________  Work Phone:___________________

         ___________________________________  Home Phone:__________________

City:_________________________  State:_______  Zip Code:_____________________

Questionnaire

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   ___ DOS  ___ OS/2 ___ WINDOWS ___ UNIX ___ OTHER __________________

Your Interest in Computers Include (Check all that apply):
   ___ Education  ___ Business   ___ Entertainment ___ OTHER  ________________

_______________________________________________________________________________
Annual membership fee for the Mid Missouri OS/2 Users Group is $30.00 US.  
Purchase Orders are accepted.  Please make your check payable to MMOUG and mail to:
MMOUG,  One Elm Plaza, Attn: Phillip Wilson, Jefferson City, MO 65203

Thank you for your support.
_______________________________________________________________________________

The Mid-Missouri OS/2 Users Group is a non-profit corporation who's dedicated purpose is to aid and
facilitate the education and communication between individual computer users, different computer 
groups, and the general public.

The Woodmeister BBS is the official Bulletin Board of the MMOUG.  A copy of the Bylaws is
available for downloading from the Woodmeister BBS (314-446-0016).

For assistance with OS/2, call our Voice Mail at 314-636-0805.
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