SCOUG OS/2 For You - September 1999

On the web, content is king. Far more important than glitzy graphics, content makes people come back again and again.

Let's see how this month's chosen web sites measure up:

Ratings			Info
Content	Links	Glitz	Type	Site (url) and Comments
A	A	C+	Sound	MP3 Software on OS/2 Warp (http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~malstrom/mp3.html).  Short and sweet:  if you want MP3 sound, come here.  Note the "dash" in the url.
B+	B	A	Games	Kali (http://www.kali.net/).  Interactive online game playing against others on the 'net.  Free OS/2 demo with 15 minute timeout per game.  Click to "News" and read Sept 9 '98 ABC writeup, then see the OS/2 games list on the Games..Games page.
A+	B	A+	OS/2	The "Not Very Nice at All" OS/2 Page (http://home.kscable.com/notverynice/).  An OS/2 site with a definite attitude --- a refreshing outspokeness for those OS/2 users who are, well, not very nice.  Duck demands you read the OS/2 vs WinNT page.
A	C-	A-	DigiCamera	Digital Camera Image Transfer Utility for OS/2 (http://users.uniserve.ca/~software/dcitu/).  Move those images from your digital camera straight into OS/2.
A	A	B+	OS/2	IBM OS/2 Warp Update Summary (http://ourworld.compuserve.com/Homepages/orick/warpupd1.htm).  This uniquely designed web site feels like a spreadsheet.  Lots of info, kept up to date by Oliver Rick.
A	C-	A	Utilities	Filestar/2 and UniMaint (http://www.filestar.com/).  Yes, they're still around.  Two long-time utilities that you really ought to try.
B+	B+	B+	OS/2	Land Of Beyond (http://www2.crosswinds.net/hartford/~os2/).  Software reviews ("Subterranean Fudge"), hints ("Nudge Nudge"), more if you're nutty enough to keep looking.
B+	B-	C+	NetRexx	NetRexx Ring (http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/3015/netrexxRing.html).  One dozen odes to NetRexx, if you can figure out where to click.  (Psst -- try "NetRexx Ring Index").
A	D	B-	Servers	ServerConfig/2 (http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~dm898/sc/).  Here's a setup utility for Apache, InetPowerServer, and IBM's TCP/IP Firewall.
A	F	B-	OS/2	IBM Solution Partnership Center (http://www.spc.ibm.com/).  In particular, check out Seminars & Workshops --- great pricing.
A	F	C+	Programming	SFX Installer for OS/2 Warp (http://www.pillarsoft.net/sfx.html).  SFX installs your software onto customer machines.  It is slick.  Go straight to the bottom and click on the screenshots.
B+	F	B-	Antivirus	Command AntiVirus (http://www.commandcom.com/html/products/os2.html).  The Duck lives in the fast lane, and doesn't use antivirus software.  But if you don't think it's a thrill to dodge shotgun blasts at 20 yards, take aim at this product.
A-	B	B	OS/2	Fernando's Outpost (http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/fcassia/home.htm).  Some neat "stuff" if you poke around, especially in the Software & Other Stuff pages.  Plus a sense of humor -- peek at his home page source code.
A+	B	C+	Encyclopedia	Whatis?com (http://www.whatis.com/).  A great resource.  Go ahead --- look up "smileys".
B+	D+	B	Music-MIDI	Nota Musica (http://www.notamusica.com/).  Beautiful music charts and MIDI control.  Click the British flag for English.
?	?	B	OS/2	Russian Underground/2 (http://www.os2.spb.ru/).  The intriguing thing on this OS/2 site is that the underlying urls on the left sidebar are in English.
B+	D+	C+	Emulation	Bochs x86 PC Emulation Software (http://www.bochs.com/).  Bochs ("box") lets you run one operating system within another by "emulating" (don't worry about it) the hardware.  Go to the "What is Bochs" page, then follow the OS/2 links.  And review the entire site --- for example, the "On the drawing board" page.
A+	F	C+	Internet	Netcraft (http://www.netcraft.com/).  These screwballs spend their time asking other web servers what software they're running.  Click to "Web Server Survey" to see the results.
B-	C	B-	Software	Sergey I. Yevtushenko Home Page (http://www.naverex.kiev.ua/~evsi/).  Some nice programming efforts from Sergey.  Duck likes the PU Monitor screenshot.
B+	D+	C+	Networking	Delta Systems Engineering (http://www.deltasys.org/).  The "OS/2 Technical Support" page has a step-by-step for adding your network card.  Also see his Y2K page and the software link off his personal page.
A	F	D+	3-D	PoV-Ray 3.1e for OS/2 (http://w1.246.telia.com/~u24600028/).  PoV-Ray is a free ray tracing program for creating 3-D images.  Jan Danielsson has compiled an OS/2 version.
A+	F	C+	Servers	OS/2 Web Servers (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/internet/www/server/).  Stuff from 1999, stuff from 1995, you'll even find Squid.
B	F	B	Zipadeedoo	RPF Zip Control (http://www.rpfsoftware.com/).  Stop that command line zipping!  Just point and click.
B-	D+	C+	OS/2	Paul Ratcliffe's Home Page (http://home.clara.net/orac/index.htm).  Let's see.  You can choose "OS/2 DLL Entry Points", or "Miscellaneous Utilities" (heavy on the BBC TV there), or even "Why I hate CompuServe".
?	?	B	OS/2	Team OS/2pl (http://www.teamos2.org.pl/).  Team OS/2 in Poland.