Re: OS/2 is free ?

There were German CD editions of OS/2 tools and shareware, like "Top OS/2
2.1 Tools from Inside OS/2" (published by Kelly EDV) and "Utility Box für
OS/2" (published by Mediaplex). Both CDs contains a variety of OS/2 and DOS
apps, IBM EWS included. A few of these will work also on OS/2 1.3.

Volume 12 of the "IBM Developer Connection for Java & Internet Tools" (1996)
contains interesting OS/2, AIX and W9x/NT apps and Java applets mostly from
the IBM research labs. It contains the sliced human body as a Java applet
(NPAC Visible Human Viewer).

FYI the index page of Vol. 12:
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Welcome to The Developer Connection for Java (tm) and Internet Tools, Volume
12
The following products are available on this CD:

ADK for Win 3.1 (IBM) ** (Ed. Java for Win 3.1, with long file names)
Agent Building Environment (IBM)
Bamba (IBM) ** (Ed. audio/video streaming)
CICS Gateway for Java (IBM)
Component Assembly Tool for Java (IBM)
GammaTech Internet Relay Chat (SofTouch Systems, Inc.)
HomePage Builder for OS/2 (IBM)
HomePage Publisher (JBC)
IBM Shareable Frameworks Technical Overview - Paper (IBM)
Internet Connection Server Version 4.1 for AIX (IBM)
Internet Connection Server Version 4.1 for OS/2 Warp (IBM)
IRC Client for Java (IBM)
J-Empower for OS/2 (IBM)
J-Empower for Windows (IBM)
Java Application Web Server (IBM)
Java Beans - Paper (Sun Microsystems, Inc.)
Java Language - White Paper (Sun Microsystems, Inc.)
Java Management API (Sun Microsystems, Inc.)
Java Overview - White Paper (Sun Microsystems, Inc.)
Java Platform White Paper (Sun Microsystems, Inc.)
Java Resource File Compiler (IBM)
Java WorkShop (Sun Microsystems, Inc.)
JDK for AIX (IBM)
JDK for OS/2 (IBM)
JECF White Paper (Sun Microsystems, Inc.)
Liquid Motion Pro (Dimension X)
Net.Data for AIX (IBM)
Net.Data for OS/2 (IBM)
NetRexx (IBM)
PanoramIX (IBM)
QBIC (IBM)
SNA for Java (IBM)
techexplorer (IBM)
VisualAge Database Connection for Java Clients (IBM)
Visual Web Manager for AIX (IBM)
Visual Web Manager for OS/2 (IBM)
Build IT (Wallop)
Web Browser Intelligence (IBM)
Winner's Circle Applets (Sun Microsystems, Inc.)
Winner's Circle: Access Key (TriNet Services)
Winner's Circle: CopyCat (J. Morey, Univ. of British Columbia)
Winner's Circle: Como (U. Gall & team)
Winner's Circle: CyberAgent (D. Gass, MKS, Inc)
Winner's Circle: Cybcerone (Singularis Communications)
Winner's Circle: DigSim (I. Van Rienen)
Winner's Circle: Gamelet Toolkit (M. Tacchi, NeXT Software, Inc)
Winner's Circle: Janne Button (J. Andersson, Torpa Konsult AB)
Winner's Circle: MapInfo (D. Kim, Univ. of British Columbia)
Winner's Circle: NPAC Visible Human Viewer (Y. Chang, Syracuse Univ.)
Winner's Circle: Personal Journal (J. Lee, Dow Jones & Co., Inc.)
Winner's Circle: Traffic Simulator (K. Liu)
Winner's Circle: Tubes (D. Bassarab, Technion, Israel Inst. of Tech.)
Winner's Circle: Turing Machine (K. Schweller, Buena Vista Univ.)
Winner's Circle: Volume Slicer (A. Barclay, Emory Univ.)
Winner's Circle: Web Draw (K. Daewoong, Namusoft)

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I installed a number if these apps and the IBM Internet Connection Server
Version 4.1 for OS/2 Warp, here some more about it:


IBM's Internet Connection Servers provide all the necessary features to
create a World Wide Web presence for you on the Internet. These products
provide the following:

HOME PAGE REPOSITORY: acts as a repository for resources (home pages)
created with Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).

HTTP SUPPORT: services requests from a Web browser (client) using Hypertext
Transfer Protocol (HTTP) to transfer the document.

PROXY SUPPORT: acts as an agent for the browser to access remote servers not
directly accessible by the browser because of security access restrictions.
The proxy server supports requests from HTTP, FTP, Gopher, WAIS, and HTTPS,
and acts on their behalf.

PROXY CACHING: temporarily stores files, making subsequent requests for
those files available to the requester much quicker.

CGI SUPPORT: provides application interfaces using Common Gateway Interface
(CGI), which is an API between the Internet Connection Server and another
application such as a database. Sample CGI scripts are provided that will
negotiate the movement of data between the Internet Connection Server and an
outside application.

INTEGRATION OF DB2 (R) GATEWAY (AIX AND OS/2 ONLY): allows you to access DB2
data using standard Web browsers. Using this feature, you can develop Web
applications without a proprietary language, data encapsulation, or database
reformatting. Application programmers can combine dynamic SQL with HTML
forms to access DB2 databases. For more information about the DB2 Gateway,
use your Web browser to go to the following URL:
http://www.software.ibm.com/data/db2/db2wgafs.html

INTEGRATION OF CICS (TM) GATEWAY (AIX AND OS/2 ONLY): allows you to develop
and run transaction processing applications on the Web and to access new and
many existing CICS applications using standard Web browsers. Typically, no
changes are required for CICS applications using this feature, and no
application code is required to use the CICS Gateway. In most cases, you do
not need to recompile CICS applications or CICS Basic Mapping Support (BMS)
maps. For more information about the CICS Gateway, use your Web browser to
go to the following URL: http://www.hursley.ibm.com/cics/saints/index.html

QUICK AND EASY INSTALLATION: provides easy-to-use installation tools and
procedures to install the Internet Connection Server on the following
operating systems:
OS/2 Warp -- use the standard OS/2 installation tool, Software Installer.

AIX -- use the standard AIX installation procedures through SMIT using
installp.

EASY-TO-USE CONFIGURATION TOOL: provides HTML forms, which are used to
configure information such as time-out settings, proxy servers, and caching.
With IBM's Internet Servers, the Web browser of your choice can be used for
configuration and administration tasks.

New Features:

In addition to the base functions of the Internet Connection Servers, the
following new features are provided with Version 4.1.

IBM HTTPD API: allows you to extend the server's base functions. Using this
API, you can write extensions to perform site-specific processes, such as
publishing customized pages based on a client's code level, enhancing the
basic authentication, and adding error routines to track problems or alert
you about various conditions.

NSAPI SUPPORT: lets you easily port your existing NSAPI programs to run on
the IBM Internet Connection Servers without any loss of function. The IBM
httpd API includes a NSAPI compatibility module that supports the Netscape
API.

SERVER-SIDE INCLUDES: lets you dynamically insert information into an HTML
document that the server sends to a client. The current date, the size of a
file, and the last change of a file are examples of dynamic information that
can be sent to the client.

ERROR MESSAGE CUSTOMIZATION: allows you to customize the basic CERN messages
that your server sends back to the client when error conditions occur. By
creating your own HTML message files, you can provide additional
information, suggest solutions, and name a contact person, if desired.

ENHANCED LOGGING AND REPORTING: enables you to control which requests your
server logs. The reporting function lets you create and view reports based
on the information in your access logs.

MULTIPLE IP ADDRESS SUPPORT: lets you efficiently maintain multiple Web
sites on a single Internet Connection server. By running the server on a
machine with multiple network connections, you can serve different files
based on the host name entered by the client making the request. Clients can
reach each of your home pages with a simple URL that does not specify a file
name or port number.

Installation:

All components must be installed to an HPFS drive, and the list of
components may need to be scrolled to view/select all components. The
installation errors will occur if an attempt is made to copy longer file
names to a FAT partition.




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