| Initial meeting of local OS/2 advocates is held to form The Southern California OS/2 User Group
The selected Board of Directors is President Bert Langer, Vice President Rollin White, Secretary & Treasurer Lynn Maxson, Charlie Moore, Steven Christ, Hank Kunczewski, and Tom Suter
OS/2 is at version 2.1 |
August 1993 |
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September 1993 |
First general meeting at The City in Orange gathers 50+ with an overview of OS/2 by Rollin White
SCOUG participates at the OS/2 Applications Day at the Costa Mesa IBM offices |
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SCOUG members review several OS/2 communications programs
The inaugural issue of the club's newsletter, OS/2 For You debuts, and SCOUG's Disk of the Month is started in response to member requests
SCOUG members volunteer with Team OS/2 at the Pomona swap meet; David Barnes of IBM gives a special presentation |
October 1993 |
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November 1993 |
SCOUG members review OS/2's productivity applets as the group holds its first meeting at the IBM facilities in Costa Mesa
OS/2 Gala at Egghead in Brea |
| IBMer Gene Osten demonstrates OS/2's multi-media capabilities
SCOUG holds the first election by the membership of its directors: President Bert Langer, Vice President Gary Granat, Secretary Tom Suter, Treasurer Steve Schiffman, Steven Christ, Michael Lavender, Charlie Moore, Bobby Reeves, and Rollin White
Team OS/2 Day at Office Solutions in Long Beach
Team OS/2-sponsored presentation of SmartSuite for OS/2 by Lotus; this is the first official showing of the product anywhere |
December 1993 |
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January 1994 |
Clipboard, DDE, and other application communication mechanisms are explained by Rollin White
First SCOUG OS/2 workshop for new users begins a SCOUG tradition of providing hands-on assitance for users in need |
| SCOUG's first non-local meeting presenter is Rob Veitch, the VX-REXX Chief Architect and Technical Manager at Watcom showing us VX-REXX |
February 1994 |
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March 1994 |
SCOUG member Gary Granat demonstrates VisPro/REXX and
SCOUG member Matt Bennett demonstrates BackMaster, a tape backup solution from MSR Developement
Nationwide, members participate in the OS/2 Day at CompUSA sponsored by Team OS/2
And, an OS/2 day at Egghead in Westminster adds to local awareness of OS/2 |
| IBM presents the Personal Application System
SCOUG sponsors an OS/2 Day at Micro Center in Tustin |
April 1994 |
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May 1994 |
SCOUG Member Gary Granat demonstrates GammaTech Utilities
The Service Pak for OS/2 for Windows is released (or about to be) |
| Leslie Allen of DeScribe shows how the DeScribe Word Processor has evolved and matured with OS/2
SCOUG's first OS/2 Installation Workshop provids attendees hands-on assistance with the installation of OS/2 on their computer systems |
June 1994 |
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July 1994 |
Fifth Generation Systems brought their FastBack back-up system for OS/2
Kim Cheung has the distinction of becoming SCOUG's 100th member
A new meeting format includes three SIGs - New Users led by Rollin White, Programmers led by Kim Cheung, and Networking led by Max Kimble |
| FTG Systems shows what PenDirect for OS/2 can do, and Stan Shantar of Orange Hill Software delights us with Icontrol Plus and Essential Utilities for OS/2
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August 1994 |
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September 1994 |
CES BBS is devoted to OS/2; Rollin White explores with us the resources available on his CES BBS, and shows how to make the most of them
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| Binary Research is on hand with UniBeam (which became LinkWiz from PCX Software)
And Dr. Carol Righi from IBM explains the user interface issues being explored for their on-going development of OS/2
OS/2 Warp version 3 comes out with lots of fanfare and several SCOUG members attend the announcement celebration held in Los Angeles
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October 1994 |
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November 1994 |
Syntegration brings us The Secure Workplace
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| Rollin White shows useful ways to use the Workplace Shell
Janet Gobeille of IBM visits with Team OS/2 volunteers during the holidays
SCOUG has a booth at the Pomona swap meet showing what's neat about OS/2 |
December 1994 |
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January 1995 |
The meeting has two presenters. Artisoft demos Lantastic for OS/2 and BT&T demos their Tax Software for OS/2
SCOUG starts a broad-based four-part series of workshops on using OS/2
Warp 3 with Win-OS/2 support goes into gamma
and the early beta of OS/2 for the PowerPC begins
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| Stac Corporation shows us data compression with Stacker for OS/2 |
February 1995 |
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March 1995 |
The new Clearlook Word Processor is presented by the Clearlook Corporation
SCOUG annual elections have shifted to March: President Rollin White, Vice President Steve Schiffman, Secretary Tom Suter, Treasurer Michael Lavender, Gary Granat, Gloria Huang, Bert Langer, Terry Warren, and Paul Wirtz
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Sundial Systems with Relish, and a preview of Relish for the PowerPC
FixPak for Warp for Windows is released
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April 1995 |
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May 1995 |
Rob Jones of QLogic shows their OS/2 supported SCSI cards and
Ron Knievel of Panasonic demonstrates their new optical drive
SCOUG's repeating series of workshops and lectures on OS/2 just keep on rolling |
| The meeting topic was last minute, and SCOUG celebrated Rollin White's college graduation
OS/2 Warp Connect with WIN-OS/2 support is now available |
June 1995 |
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July 1995 |
Brad Wardell of Stardock Systems brought us Object Desktop and several games including Galactic Civilizations |
| Ellen Cuury of the SAS Institute presents The SAS System for Information Delivery and local Les Novell of DataMirage Software shows us LiveWire
The Internet SIG launches into cyber space
You can now get a version of OS/2 Warp Connect without WIN-OS/2 support |
August 1995 |
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September 1995 |
Steve Hill of Hilgraeve Inc. came to show us Hyper Access/6 and Kopy Kat
IBMer (and SCOUG member) John Bennett teaches a class on OS/2 at Rancho Santiago College |
| IBM demoed the Voice Type voice recognition software
SCOUG has a booth and does several presentations at the two-day Super Show in Pomona
Hobbes FTP site added to CES BBS, SCOUG's BBS resource |
October 1995 |
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November 1995 |
Pinnacle Technologies explains what their Desktop Observatory and Kid Proof/2 can do for us
SCOUG members volunteer with Team OS/2 at COMDEX in Las Vegas |
| DUX Software shows off the American Heritage Dictionary and Sim City
Carla Hanzlik's report from COMDEX is gloomy with IBM no longer interested in individual user support for OS/2
IBM briefly releases CommonPoint (ie, Taligent) for OS/2 |
December 1995 |
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January 1996 |
Synergation presents their Travelling Desktop
IBM releases the PowerPC edition of OS/2 Warp, but soon withdraws development and marketing for it
We're told that OS/2 Warp Server (currently in beta test) should ship in a few months |
| SCOUG gets a demo of StandbyServer32 by Rick Rollins of Vinca Corporation; it's the only product to provide full server fault tolerance for LAN Server Advanced networks
Warp Server "Version 4" (with the Warp Version 3 interface) ships
Note: SCOUG's raffles at every meeting are quite popular! |
February 1996 |
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March 1996 |
Joel Krautheim of SPG, Inc. demos ColorWorks 2.0 - and gives away lots of 1.0 copies to SCOUG members
SCOUG elections produce this Board of Directors: President Rollin White,
Vice President Steve Schiffman, Secretary Terry Warren, Treasurer Michael Lavender, Mark Abramowitz, Michael Jacobs, Bert Langer, Peter Skye, and Paul Wirtz
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| Stan Shantar shows us the Orange Hill Workplace Solution
SCOUG's OS/2 booth is well received at the Los Angeles Computer
Fair
News of features in the next release of Warp are creeping into the press... like built-in voice recognition and Java support... |
April 1996 |
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May 1996 |
Brad Wardell of Stardock Systems returns with Object Desktop 1.5 and Pro, Galactic Civilizations 2, and Trials of Battle
And, an IBM Swat Team member gives us a sneak peek at Merlin, the next release of OS/2
China has adopted OS/2 as their official operating system |
| Money Tree is explained by Dr. Brian Minor, president and lead developer at Mount Baker Software
WWW.SCOUG.COM debuts |
June 1996 |
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July 1996 |
Dudley Westlake of MSR Development demos BackMaster while providing a lot of details about how tape backup systems work
News reports say that two- and four- processor servers that can run OS/2 Warp Server will be available soon
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| Ken Willard presents Post Road Reader, Post Road Mailer, and WebExtra for Innoval
SCOUG celebrates its 3rd birthday!
Remember the workshops and lectures? They happen over and over every month |
August 1996 |
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September 1996 |
Randell Flint and Rollin White of Sundial Systems demo Mesa 2 and talk about the advantages of OpenDoc Components
Mr. Know-It-All's column debuts in OS/2 For You with information on the Year 2000 problem
OS/2 Warp version 4, code named Merlin, goes gold with a big launch event in San Francisco
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| Rollin White explores the newly released OS/2 Warp version 4
SCOUG volunteers cover stores all over the Southland for the world-wide OS/2 event of the year, Connect the World
And SCOUG has a booth and holds OS/2 workshops at the computer show and fair in Pomona |
October 1996 |
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November 1996 |
Terry Hamilton of TrueSpectra brings us Photo>Graphics
And Felix Cruz of SofTouch Systems has the GammaTech Utilities, FileStar/2, UniMaint, and GammaTech IRC |
| Deluxe Software shows the World's Easiest OS/2
SCOUG's OS/2 Help Desk premiers with resident experts in all fields of OS/2 on hand to help people work through problems with their systems or OS/2 |
December 1996 |
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January 1997 |
Blake Watson of SpeedSoft demos Sibyl
OS2Central is a new OS/2 forum on CompuServe |
| Max Eidswick, President of WaveRunner Technologies, explains ISDN technology and their ISDN modems
Terry Warren begins his five-part lecture series on Java programming; According to Terry, "The Internet is everywhere, and the Java language is what will drive it" |
February 1997 |
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March 1997 |
SCOUG members collectively explore the World Wide Web
SCOUG elected its Board of Directors: President Rollin White, Vice President Terry Warren,
Secretary Gary Wong, Treasurer Michael Lavender, Mark Abramowitz, Tom Emerson, Steve Schiffman, Dave Watson, and Paul Wirtz
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| Sundial Systems with Randell Flint and Rollin White demo Relish, Relish Net, Relish Web, Clearlook, Mesa 2, and DBExpert
WebFoot the Duck waddles onto the scene in OS/2 For You |
April 1997 |
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May 1997 |
Michael Steinberg of Lotus shows that Smart Suite 96 for OS/2 is finally almost here
Preparations are under way for SCOUG's first Open House scheduled for July
IBM begins Software Choice as a delivery mechanism for OS/2 features and updates |
| SCOUG members go head-to-head in a shoot out of their favorite email programs
The Java Development Kit (JDK) 1.1 for OS/2 - with JavaBeans - is in open beta |
June 1997 |
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July 1997 |
SCOUG's Open House is an action-packed day-long celebration with presentations, contests (like the Zero In On Bill dart game), vendors, prizes, and lots of fun - and don't forget the OS/2 Museum!
Also, SCOUG now has its own t-shirts with its colorful logo
IBM ships the marketing CD, OS/2 Warp 4 World Tour |
| Gene Akins of MSR Development returns with BackMaster and the MicroLearn Game Pak II
The OS/2 version of Visual Age for Java is released |
August 1997 |
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September 1997 |
IBM's Ozzie Osborne, the General Manager who "navigates" IBM's voice products, and "dictates" their direction is our special guest with IBM Voice Technology
Anticipation is building for the coming Warpstock |
| Dadaware demos their graphics program, Embellish
With the Web on the rise, CES BBS retires
Warpstock '97 - the biggest OS/2 user conflab ever held - brings people came from all over the world to Diamond Bar; SCOUG is the proud host and our OS/2 Museum is a popular attraction |
October 1997 |
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November 1997 |
Herb Wong discusses the ins and outs of hard drives and OS/2 |
| Terry Warren demos Lotus SmartSuite, still in beta |
December 1997 |
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January 1998 |
Paul Wirtz demonstrates IBM's WorkSpace On-Demand, giving SCOUG members a first hand look at this new computing concept |
| Warp meets Mac as Mark Abramowitz demonstrates how Virtual PC lets you run OS/2 apps on a Mac
The new 2.02 version of Netscape includes Java 1.1.4 support
OS/2 powers the computers at the Olympics in Nagano, Japan |
February 1998 |
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March 1998 |
Sundial Systems previews a new version of Mesa 2 with a ton of new features
SCOUG election results are: President Terry Warren, Vice President Paul Wirtz, Secretary Gary Wong, Treasurer Tom Emerson, Mark Abramowitz, Tony Butka, Sheridan George, Steve Schiffman, and Dave Watson
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| Terry Warren, our resident Java expert and advocate, demonstrates Visual Age for Java
Several of SCOUG's regular Monday evening meetings are moving to the OCIPUG Resource Center in Santa Ana |
April 1998 |
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May 1998 |
Sundial Systems seeks feedback with a session on upcoming products including one that is to become Junk Spy |
| SCOUG members hold a news reader shoot-out
WWW.SCOUG.Com unveils a sharper new look |
June 1998 |
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July 1998 |
V Communications shows that System Commander makes it easier to use several operating systems on one PC
Two new columns premiere in OS/2 For You - Ink by Tony Butka and Download! by Paul Wirtz |
| Stan Shantar of Orange Hill Software has a Workplace Solution to extend the functionality of the Workplace Shell with Rover! |
August 1998 |
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September 1998 |
SCOUG's 5th anniversary celebration is the 2nd big all-day Open House with demonstrations, presentations, prizes, and such a lot of fun! |
| Chris Graham of WarpSpeed Computers brings the Graham Utilities to SCOUG from Australia
SCOUG is in full force at Warpstock '98 in Chicago with a booth and presentations by several members |
October 1998 |
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November 1998 |
Steve Schiffman and Gary Granat show how to set up your own home network |
| Mark Abramowitz shows the elections return application he developed for monitoring elections results; and Lynn Maxson explains his Warpicity project |
December 1998 |
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January 1999 |
Paul Wirtz demos StarOffice from StarDivision
The SCOUG-Help mailing list is begun |
| Brent Bowlby of CDS, Inc shows off backup software Back Again/2
SCOUG's evening meetings move to Heritage Christian School in Anaheim |
February 1999 |
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March 1999 |
Serenity Systems with our own Kim Cheung shows the advantages of WiseManager
The Sundial SIG begins with a DBExpert database project
SCOUG elects its Board of Directors:
President Terry Warren, Vice President Paul Wirtz, Secretary Gary Wong, Treasurer Melanie Chernoy, Mark Abramowitz, Tony Butka, Sheridan George, Steve Schiffman, and Dave Watson
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| Terry Warren of NetZero demos their Java browser that soon will be available for OS/2
SCOUG produces its first CD of the month which includes Netscape 4.04, Java 1.1.7, and Warp 4 FixPak 10 |
April 1999 |
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May 1999 |
The meeting topic is so last minute, we forgot to record what it is!
IBM releases Warp Server for e-business |
| Multimedia Madness gripped SCOUG with Jerry Rash giving an OS/2 how-to for all your multimedia desires
SCOUG members are invited to special local appearances by Edwin Black, author of Format c: |
June 1999 |
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July 1999 |
Randell Flint and Rollin White of Sundial Systems return with usage hints and tidbits on all their products |
| Paul Wirtz walks us through all the new modules in Netscape 4.6 |
August 1999 |
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September 1999 |
Warp Expo West is SCOUG's really big OS/2 bash
celebrating the club's 6th anniversary and commitment to OS/2. Held at Chapman University in Orange, the day is filled with numerous presentations, exhibits like Vendor 100, exhibitors, and special events like Warped Jeopardy! and a round-table discussion that included Peter Coffee of PC Week. |
| Web Page Design is the presentation topic by Virginia Hetrick
Another year, another Warpstock - this year in Atlanta and SCOUG is there again with a booth and member presentations |
October 1999 |
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November 1999 |
We learn about the marketing of Warp Expo West by the man who did it, Peter Skye
A special commemorative issue of the newsletter features Peter Skye's Greatest Hits |
| Discussion of the OS/2 Apps We Really Like and Some We'd Really Like is led by Mark Abramowitz |
December 1999 |
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January 2000 |
Brent Bowlby of CDS returns to demo Back Again/2000 |
| KeyRing/2 is premiered at SCOUG by Kevin McCoy IDK
SCOUG holds its first general meeting at Heritage Christian School in Anaheim; for the present, all SCOUG meetings are being held here |
February 2000 |
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March 2000 |
A demo of XFree86 for OS/2 by Tim Katz of Demand Systems is on the agenda this month
Gary Wong revives the Download! column in OS/2 For You with a focus on everything new that's downloadable for OS/2
Elections of SCOUG's Board of Directors:
President Steve Schiffman, Vice President Gary Wong, Secretary Terry Warren, Treasurer Steven Levine, Melanie Chernoy, Sheridan George, John Hlavac, Dallas Legan, and Charles Schreiber
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| Kim Cheung of Serenity Systems shows us WiseManager and more |
April 2000 |
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May 2000 |
Mark Abramowitz shows us a whole lot of OS/2 tips and tricks
POSSI hosts WarpTech in Phoenix and SCOUG is there as an exhibitor and - yee-haw! - as sponsor of the big Saturday evening rodeo outing; it's a sell-out! |
| Sundial Systems brings the new version 2.3 of their Mesa 2 spreadsheet |
June 2000 |
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July 2000 |
DSL on OS/2 is presented by representatives from Verizon (GTE) and LinkSys |
| Data Representations shows us Simplicity for Java
SCOUG holds a Pig SIG - our anniversary party is a BBQ picnic with all the fix-ins; but the Sink the Duck game doesn't draw much action |
August 2000 |
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September 2000 |
Peter Skye explains the how-to and goals of his OS/2 Musclemen project |
| LinkSys returns to show us more about their routers
Warpstock is held in Philadelphia, and for the first time SCOUG isn't there |
October 2000 |
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November 2000 |
Peter Skye describes his methods of using OS/2 for computerized stock and commodity trading
SCOUG's live Help Desk and Networking SIG begin meeting with the NOCCC OS/2 SIG on the 1st Sunday of the month at Chapman University in Orange
Convenience Pack (Warp 4.51) ships |
| Kim Cheung of Serenity Systems shows the near-final version of eComStation at our end-of-year meeting |
December 2000 |
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January 2001 |
An ensemble of SCOUG members led by Carla Hanzlik takes a good hard look at SCOUG's past, present, and future
SCOUG moves to the meeting facilities at Regal Lanes in Orange |
| Troubleshooting OS/2 problems is Steven Levine's topic |
February 2001 |
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March 2001 |
Multi-media expert Jerry Rash shows just how he does game emulation on OS/2 - phenomenal! |
| Dallas Legan takes us through the world of monitoring and maintaining networks with SNMP
Delayed a month, SCOUG's Board of Directors are elected: President Tony Butka, Vice President Sheridan George, Treasurer Steven Levine, Secretary Carla Hanzlik, Dallas Legan, Bob Blair, Greg Smith, Lynn Maxson, and Randell Flint
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April 2001 |
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May 2001 |
It isn't quite final, but SCOUG is the first group to get a demo in the roll-out of eComStation from Serenity Systems; Kim Cheung and Glenn Hudson showed it to us |
| Jan van Wijk comes from the Netherlands to demo his
DFSee file management software |
June 2001 |
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July 2001 |
An Internet fest is hosted by Dave Watson showing all the latest OS/2 web browsers
Netscape 4.61 is "refreshed" |
| Steven Levine updates us on where Odin is today and includes a step-by-step process for installing Odin and getting your Windows 95/98 programs up and running on OS/2
eComStation (eCS) version 1 ships |
August 2001 |
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September 2001 |
No meeting is held in respect for September 11th |
| We celebrate SCOUG's 8th anniversary with a multi-OS/2 install fest. It begins with four essentially identical clean systems and four eager volunteers to each install a different OS/2 flavor. eComStation, Warp 4, Convenience Pak, and Warp Server for e-Business, are each installed with as close to the same configuration and options as possible. The installations all complete successfully with Warp Server for e-Business actually leading the pack.
The 5th Warpstock is held in Toronto and SCOUG sends a special OS/2 Emergency Folder of tips for all attendees |
October 2001 |
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November 2001 |
Serenity Systems gives us a sneak preview of the
Virtual PC developed with InnoTek and based on virtual machine technology from Connectix Corporation
IBM ships Convenience Pack 2 (Warp 4.52) |
| Steven Levine shows us a CID installation of MCP; Sheridan George provids a tidy comparison between Python and REXX that everyone found easy to understand; and Gary Wong shows us some of the sites he visits each month to put his Download! column together |
December 2001 |
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January 2002 |
Zdenek Jizba explains the extensive numerical capabilities of the OS/2 version of APL, APL2
And, Greg Smith talks about AWK as a quick scripting language for OS/2 |
| Bill Ritcher is on hand with GUIFFY, his compare and merge utility for source files, folders, and file trees |
February 2002 |
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March 2002 |
Virginia Hetrick schools us on using Tidy HTML for our web pages; and Harry Chris Motin covers the Open Watcom project, telling us all we need to know for getting started
SCOUG's Board of Directors are relected: President Tony Butka, Vice President Sheridan George, Treasurer Steven Levine, Secretary Carla Hanzlik, Dallas Legan, Bob Blair, Greg Smith, Lynn Maxson, and Randell Flint |
| Rocky Rakijas takes us step-by-step through the process of
networking your home |
April 2002 |
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May 2002 |
Sheridan George shows us how to quickly create
html tables with REXX |
| SciTech's Michal Necasek gives us full-day, 3-part presentation: The OS/2 Years, SNAP Graphics (formerly SciTech Display Doctor), and Open Watcom |
June 2002 |
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July 2002 |
MultiMedia with Java is explained and demonstrated by Terry Warren |
| Steve Schiffman covers the essentials of networking a local OS/2 network |
August 2002 |
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September 2002 |
SCOUG's 9th Anniversary is a pizza party, and the presentation topic is all that's new with OS/2 web browsers |
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