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to: JORJ STRUMOLO
from: LAWRENCE LUCIER
date: 1997-10-24 18:56:00
subject: wandering blindly

Jorj Strumolo @ 1:323/120 wrote on 10-24-97 02:19 about *wandering blindly*
AZ>> One of the latest fixpacks is 26, as far as I know.  Probably you
Might as well just grab the latest which is #32....comes in at 18 disks or 
you can do the upgrade while online.
 JS>  I could likely download it, if I knew exactly where to get it. 
ps.software.ibm.com
 JS> That's one of my minor problems: there are things out there I 
 JS> might want, but I don't know where to get them. 
Here's some to get ya started:
cdrom os/2 incoming
ftp.cdrom.com
/.4/os2/new
hobbes incoming
hobbes.nmsu.edu
/pub/incoming
Juge
juge.com
testcase
testcase.boulder.ibm.com
kiyo
ftp.kiyo.com
hobbes patches
hobbes.nmsu.edu
/os2/patches
BMTmicro
bmtmicro.com
Ez Magazine
ftp.os2ezine.com
/pub
IBM software Watson
software.watson.ibm.com
/pub/os2
IBM software Hursley
ftp.hursley.ibm.com
/pub/os2
IBM Service Boulder
service.boulder.ibm.com
IBM updates
ps.software.ibm.com
IBM Netscape
service2.boulder.ibm.com
/software/netscape
EMX
src.doc.ic.ac.uk
IBM fixpacks
service.boulder.ibm.com
ps/products/os2/fixes/v3.0warp/english-us/xr_032
Stardock
http://www.stardock.com/
OS/2 SuperSite
http://www.os2ss.com/
The Best OS/2 Software
http://algol.falcon-net.com/bestos2/
Best of OS/2 Home Page
http://www.bestofos2.com/
OS/2 Must Have Utilities and FTP links
http://www.musthave.com/
 JS>  Plus, trying to do everything from scratch is difficult.  When
 JS> Win3 acted up, I could go into various INI files with from DOS
 JS> with a simple editor and play with them.  In OS/2, they're
 JS> binary, and I can't work on them from outside and learn about
 JS> them. 
There are various OS/2 INI file editors available........check out Hobbes for 
a good selection.
 JS>  I know exactly where every single file in \windows\ and
 JS> \windows\system\ came from, and what program put it there.
 JS> They're all neatly 4DOS- described.  I despair of reaching that
 JS> level of familiarity with OS/2. 
Grin!  Sounds like me and Linux.  Come to think of it, that also sounds like 
me when I made the switch from DOS to OS/2! 
 JS>  I don't even know why, of 189 directories on my FAT J: drive
 JS> where OS/2 is, 101 of them are empty.  Seems a hideous waste.
This doesn't sound right at all!  Maybe you should post a listing of the 
directories over in the OS/2 echo so that you may get some feedback on this 
situation.
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