Jacco's OS/2 page

• OS/2 port of rdesktop, a free client for the RDP protocol. It works as a "thin client" which you can use to connect to Windows NT4TS/2000/2003/XP. This is not a native PM port. You'll need EMX and XFree86/OS2.
• Lots of information on networking with Samba and OS/2. Problems getting your OS/2 machine connected to a Samba server? Need an OS/2 version of Samba? Want to use Warp 3 non-Connect or OS/2 2.x to connect to a Samba server? It's all there!
• What if you don't have Warp Connect or Warp 4 but you do have a network card in your OS/2 1.x, OS/2 2.x or Warp machine? So you're on a network and you want to access files on other machines, including ones running Windows for Workgroups, Windows95, Windows NT, LanServer, Warp Server, Warp Connect, Warp 4, Samba and LanManager? Well, contrary to popular belief, Microsoft still has some free OS/2 software for you on their FTP site: Microsoft LAN Manager Client for OS/2. Read more about MS LanMan.
• Not really OS/2 related, but nevertheless interesting if you want to connect a whole Ethernet LAN with multiple (OS/2) machines to the Internet, using a personal (= cheap) Internet account. The focus is mainly on ISDN, but  OS/2 is mentioned here and there.
• 'Release candidate' of NPSWPS 1.90 (superb desktop enhancement, includes exit button and full window drag). I added an easy install script (REXX is great!) and translated the docs plus the program itself into Dutch. NPSWPS nu ook in het Nederlands! French, Finnish, Italian and German versions included! Latest version of the IPF source code in English and other languages.
• FreeTCP will allow you to use regular Warp on your (Ethernet) LAN. Included with it is also a script which creates new icons for the applications IBM supplied in the IAK. You can use it if you get tired of "Not connected to the Internet" messages when using 'Dial Other Providers'.
• FreeIPX will allow you to run IPX network programs (DOS games such as Doom, Duke3D, Descent, etc.) with regular Warp on your (Ethernet) LAN. The advantage over using DOS IPX drivers in a DOS box is that with FreeIPX you can use the network card concurrently with other applications. For instance, you could download a big file with FTP (see FreeTCP below!) AND blow somebody's brain out with Duke3D over the same network! :-)
• A bunch of texture BMPs (marble, stone, raindrops, wood, etc.) which can be used as a background for folders (Windows can't do that). Unzip them to a directory, then use the Drives object to locate that directory. Even on a FAT partition you'll see long filenames, provided you used Info-Zip's Unzip. PMView was used to convert the bitmaps from .IFF (Amiga) to .BMP and it created the icons/thumbnails automatically. Open up the settings of a folder, click on the "Background" tab and drag a background icon to the white "preview" spot.
• Information on using SLiRP and Warp.
• The FDISK from OS/2 2.1, which might be used if you experience difficulties with your partition table under OS/2 Warp (in most cases, however, you simply need an updated IDE driver).
• Want to install OS/2 but your CD-ROM is not supported (or the CD-ROM is only available elsewhere on your LAN)? Read these instructions on copying the OS/2 installation files to harddisk.
• Got troubles using your Sound Blaster 2.0 clone with OS/2 Warp? Let's hack the SoundBlaster security check out of the way!
• Need more time to evaluate the Visual Age C++ trial CD? Use the command PATCH VISAGE.TXT and then decide later. (Yeah, this is a crack. But it's for Age old software...).