From neil at blondeguy.com Fri Jan 9 17:59:36 2009 From: neil at blondeguy.com (Neil Waldhauer) Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 17:59:36 -0800 Subject: [BayWarp] more items for the OS/2 museum Message-ID: Thanks, Paul, for picking up the old OS/2 stuff and leaving it on my doorstep. There is a bunch of software and books OS/2 2.1 and OS/2 for Windows on diskette. (complete???) Lotus Freelance v1 and v2 IBM OS/2 Programmers guides and two SCSI drives: IBM 6157-002 150MB EXTERNAL TAPE DRIVE Including 50 pin SCSI cable (no media) IBM Ext 200MB Optical WORM Drive Type 3363 Interface is Sub-D 37 pin SCSI (no cables or media) I can bring this to the next meeting if Bill wants to store or optionally play with either of these. They are in two sturdy boxes, and the drives are also wrapped in a heavy trash bag to keep them dry. Neil -- Neil Waldhauer, neil at blondeguy.com Don't anthropomorphize machines: they hate it From plazaga at slvtechnology.com Fri Jan 9 18:54:28 2009 From: plazaga at slvtechnology.com (Paul Lazaga) Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:54:28 -0800 Subject: [BayWarp] more items for the OS/2 museum Message-ID: <49680DE4.6020402@slvtechnology.com> You're most welcome Neil. Hopefully sometime in the future I'll be able to participate in the group again.... Neil Waldhauer wrote: > Thanks, Paul, for picking up the old OS/2 stuff and leaving it on my doorstep. > > There is a bunch of software and books > > OS/2 2.1 and OS/2 for Windows on diskette. (complete???) > Lotus Freelance v1 and v2 > IBM OS/2 Programmers guides > > and two SCSI drives: > > IBM 6157-002 150MB EXTERNAL TAPE DRIVE > Including 50 pin SCSI cable (no media) > > IBM Ext 200MB Optical WORM Drive Type 3363 > Interface is Sub-D 37 pin SCSI (no cables or media) > > I can bring this to the next meeting if Bill wants to store or optionally play > with either of these. They are in two sturdy boxes, and the drives are also > wrapped in a heavy trash bag to keep them dry. > > Neil -- Regards, Paul G. Lazaga SLV Technology 831.454.6334 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: plazaga.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 230 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.baywarp.org/pipermail/members/attachments/20090109/8923859d/plazaga.vcf From wdloughman at earthlink.net Sat Jan 10 01:02:59 2009 From: wdloughman at earthlink.net (WD Loughman) Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:02:59 -0800 Subject: [BayWarp] more items for the OS/2 museum In-Reply-To: <200901092059.1llt8x5nd3Nl34m0@mx-casero.atl.sa.earthlink.net> References: <200901092059.1llt8x5nd3Nl34m0@mx-casero.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Message-ID: <49686443.8050005@earthlink.net> Neil Waldhauer wrote: > Thanks, Paul, for picking up the old OS/2 stuff and leaving it on my doorstep. > > There is a bunch of software and books > > OS/2 2.1 and OS/2 for Windows on diskette. (complete???) > Lotus Freelance v1 and v2 > IBM OS/2 Programmers guides > > and two SCSI drives: > > IBM 6157-002 150MB EXTERNAL TAPE DRIVE > Including 50 pin SCSI cable (no media) > > IBM Ext 200MB Optical WORM Drive Type 3363 > Interface is Sub-D 37 pin SCSI (no cables or media) > > I can bring this to the next meeting if Bill wants to store or optionally play > with either of these. They are in two sturdy boxes, and the drives are also > wrapped in a heavy trash bag to keep them dry. Depends on the total volume, but sure I'd try to store them. ...And certainly would like to play with the stuff awhile. ;) Ben, will there be space in your car for bringing the staff back from the meeting? - Bill -- WD "Bill" Loughman - Berkeley, California USA http://home.earthlink.net/~wdloughman/wdl.htm  From neil at blondeguy.com Sat Jan 10 06:53:22 2009 From: neil at blondeguy.com (Neil Waldhauer) Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:53:22 -0800 Subject: [BayWarp] more items for the OS/2 museum In-Reply-To: <49686443.8050005@earthlink.net> References: <200901092059.1llt8x5nd3Nl34m0@mx-casero.atl.sa.earthlink.net> <49686443.8050005@earthlink.net> Message-ID: On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:02:59 -0800, WD Loughman wrote: > Depends on the total volume, but sure I'd try to store them. > ...And certainly would like to play with the stuff awhile. ;) > > Ben, will there be space in your car for bringing the staff back from > the meeting? There are two boxes; each is 18 x 12 x 10 inches. They are the type of boxes that laser printer paper comes in. Neil -- Neil Waldhauer, neil at blondeguy.com Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. From bga0 at sbcglobal.net Sat Jan 10 08:51:14 2009 From: bga0 at sbcglobal.net (Benedict G Archer) Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 08:51:14 -0800 Subject: [BayWarp] more items for the OS/2 museum In-Reply-To: <200901101453.n0AErSDe024562@flpi193.prodigy.net> References: <200901092059.1llt8x5nd3Nl34m0@mx-casero.atl.sa.earthlink.net> <49686443.8050005@earthlink.net> <200901101453.n0AErSDe024562@flpi193.prodigy.net> Message-ID: <36C85FE7-5147-4612-BB11-F2DABCDBCB37@sbcglobal.net> On Jan 10, 2009, at 6:53 AM, Neil Waldhauer wrote: > On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:02:59 -0800, WD Loughman > > wrote: > >> Depends on the total volume, but sure I'd try to store them. >> ...And certainly would like to play with the stuff awhile. ;) >> >> Ben, will there be space in your car for bringing the staff back from >> the meeting? > > There are two boxes; each is 18 x 12 x 10 inches. They are the type > of boxes > that laser printer paper comes in. > > Neil Two boxes will fit easily, even five would be okay. Ben > _______________________________________________ > Members mailing list > Members at baywarp.org > http://lists.baywarp.org/mailman/listinfo/members From wdloughman at earthlink.net Sat Jan 10 09:54:24 2009 From: wdloughman at earthlink.net (WD Loughman) Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:54:24 -0800 Subject: [BayWarp] more items for the OS/2 museum In-Reply-To: <36C85FE7-5147-4612-BB11-F2DABCDBCB37@sbcglobal.net> References: <200901092059.1llt8x5nd3Nl34m0@mx-casero.atl.sa.earthlink.net> <49686443.8050005@earthlink.net> <200901101453.n0AErSDe024562@flpi193.prodigy.net> <36C85FE7-5147-4612-BB11-F2DABCDBCB37@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: <4968E0D0.9050303@earthlink.net> Benedict G Archer wrote: > On Jan 10, 2009, at 6:53 AM, Neil Waldhauer wrote: > >> On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:02:59 -0800, WD Loughman > wrote: >> >>> Depends on the total volume, but sure I'd try to store them. >>> ...And certainly would like to play with the stuff awhile. ;) >>> >>> Ben, will there be space in your car for bringing the staff back from >>> the meeting? >> There are two boxes; each is 18 x 12 x 10 inches. They are the type >> of boxes >> that laser printer paper comes in. >> >> Neil > > Two boxes will fit easily, even five would be okay. > Ben Which means I'll take the various boxes and drives. - Bill -- WD "Bill" Loughman - Berkeley, California USA http://home.earthlink.net/~wdloughman/wdl.htm  From neil at blondeguy.com Wed Jan 21 19:17:20 2009 From: neil at blondeguy.com (Neil Waldhauer) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:17:20 -0800 Subject: [BayWarp] Event: BayWarp meeting Tuesday, January 27 Message-ID: Date: Tuesday, January 27 Time: 6:00 - 9:00 PM Place: Denny's Milpitas, 442 W Calaveras Blvd, Milpitas, CA 95035 Come join us in our monthly meeting. We are OS/2 and eComStation users, and we meet every month to show off our latest software and hardware. Hint: Denny's is right off of the 880/237 interchange to the east of 880. Phone: (408) 262-9090 WiFi is available at the restaurant. Note: the BayWarp e-mail list is available http://lists.baywarp.org/mailman/listinfo/members Topics: * OpenOffice 3.1 beta 1 * Networking Apple Macintosh to eComStation * Survey of recent Flash animation * OS/2 Question & Answer Web Page: http://www.baywarp.org/ -- Neil Waldhauer neil at blondeguy.com www.blondeguy.com Expert consulting for OS/2 Warp and eComStation From neil at blondeguy.com Tue Jan 27 12:47:45 2009 From: neil at blondeguy.com (Neil Waldhauer) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:47:45 -0800 Subject: [BayWarp] BayWarp... In-Reply-To: <25DF828B-2994-486E-849C-251DFD1FC459@sbcglobal.net> References: <497F5CBB.9020004@earthlink.net> <25DF828B-2994-486E-849C-251DFD1FC459@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: Hi Ben, you'll be missed. See you next month. best regards, Neil On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:36:43 -0800, Benedict G Archer wrote: > Neil, > > I won't be making the drive this month. Neither Bill nor Ted can make > it, and I've been working until the early morning hours to try to stay > on schedule and the drive home alone--no conversation to keep me > awake--would be difficult. But I should be there next month. > > Ben > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Benedict G Archer > bga0 at sbcglobal.net > dum spiro spero > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > On Jan 27, 2009, at 11:12 AM, WD Loughman wrote: > > > Ben, Ted - > > > > Sorry, I'll not be able to attend the meeting tonight. > > > > A minor medical issue. But prudence (and my wife) says I better pay > > attention. > > > > I guess Neil will have to hang on to his OS/2 Museum stuff a bit > > longer. > > > > - Bill > > > > -- > > WD "Bill" Loughman - Berkeley, California USA > > http://home.earthlink.net/~wdloughman/wdl.htm > > -- Neil Waldhauer, neil at blondeguy.com Over the hill and picking up speed. From neil at blondeguy.com Wed Jan 28 07:30:56 2009 From: neil at blondeguy.com (Neil Waldhauer) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:30:56 -0800 Subject: [BayWarp] At last night's meeting Message-ID: OpenOffice.org for OS/2 and eComStation version 3.1 beta Quick access URL: http://www.ecomstation.com/support/tickets/ticket_view.php?FormValue_TicketID=2594&FormValue_Email=neil at blondeguy.com Ticket ID: #2594 Subject: MS XML data files don't open Assigned operator: Support Team Department: OpenOffice.org Details: At a recent BayWarp meeting, we obtained simple examples of the Microsoft Open XML files described in this article. http://openxmldeveloper.org/archive/2006/03/19/OpenXMLsamples.aspx We attempted to open these files with the following results. sample.docx -- crashes sample.pptx -- opens fine, no data displayed sample.xlsx -- opens fine, no data displayed sample.doc -- opens fine sample.ppt -- opens fine sample.xls -- opens fine -- Neil Waldhauer, neil at blondeguy.com What do you get when you cross a kangaroo with an elephant? Potholes all over Australia.