Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 02:52:08 +0200
From: Matthias Paul <Matthias DOT Paul AT post DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Subject: [OT] Fw: Special edition of 4OS2 3.04C released by SciTech software
To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Cc: jhall AT freedos DOT org, shane_coughlan AT hotmail DOT com
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Hi,

I thought this exchange from JP Software's support forum (http://www.jpsoft.com)
might be interesting to some DOS (4DOS) and OS/2 (4OS2) users. (4DOS also
runs in DOS boxes under OS/2.)

Greetings,

 Matthias

| Subject: 4OS2 special edition
| From: "Mike Bessy [JPSOFT]" <support AT jpsoft DOT com>
| Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 22:48:28 -0500
| X-Message-Number: 29
|
| As you know, our 4OS2 command processor for OS/2 is now a free 
| unsupported product no longer under active development but still 
| available for download from our ftp site (see our 4OS2 web page).
|
| If you are still using OS/2, you may want to look at the 4OS2 version 
| provided by SciTech Software based on source code obtained from us.  I 
| know very little about the changes they have made, but I believe they 
| corrected a few potential buglets and may have added limited 
| functionality.
|
| That "4OS2 -SciTech Edition" is free and unsupported, but might be
| worth a look at:
| http://www.scitechsoft.com/products/enterprise/free_titles.html.
| Please remember that it is a package created (and maintained?) by 
| SciTech, and that JP Software will accept neither credit nor blame for 
| it besides our initial contribution of the source code...
|
|--
|  -------------------------------------------------
|  Mike Bessy                      JP Software, Inc.
|  support AT jpsoft DOT com             http://jpsoft.com/
|  _________________________________________________

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| Subject: Re: 4OS2 special edition
| From: Duane Bozarth <dp_bozarth AT swko DOT dot DOT net>
| Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 00:23:22 -0500
|
| "Mike Bessy [JPSOFT]" wrote:
|
| > That "4OS2 -SciTech Edition" is free and unsupported, ....
| > Please remember that it is a package created (and maintained?) by
| > SciTech, and that JP Software will accept neither credit nor blame for
| > it besides our initial contribution of the source code... 
|
| I just saw a posting in response to a suggestion I made that 4OS2 might
| help solve another's problems which elicited a post that they would be
| doing maintenance...a small win, hopefully, for those still w/OS/2...

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| Subject: Re: 4OS2 special edition
| From: Evzen Polenka <evzen AT netbrno DOT cz>
| Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 12:09:13 +0200
|
| Mike Bessy [JPSOFT] wrote:
|
| > I know very little about the changes they have made, but I believe they 
| > corrected a few potential buglets and may have added limited
| > functionality.
|
|  4OS2 version 3.04C, SciTech Edition
|  ===================================
|
|  This software is provided "AS IS" without a warranty of any kind.
|
|  This is a free release of the 4OS2 command processor. This software is
|  not supported by JP Software in any manner. For license terms please see
|  enclosed file license.txt.
|
|  Known problems
|  --------------
|  None, but it is unlikely that there wouldn't be any.
|
|  Fixes and changes since last release
|  ------------------------------------
|  - Fixed CHCP command crashes
|  - Changed JPOS2DLL.DLL loading
|  - Fixed changing the command window icon
|  - Fixed crashes caused by entering "cd,,"
|
|  More details are available in the online documentation (4OS2.INF).
|
|  All changes in version 3.04 and later were made by Michal Necasek at
|  SciTech Software and not by JP Software.
|
| --
| Bye, Evzen