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1994 Issue 14                                           15 November 1994
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                         SUMMARY OF CONTENTS

Title                              Abstract
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The IBM Technical Interchange,     Sunday through Thursday in the New
21-25 May 1995, New Orleans        Orleans Convention Center.
                                   Multi-platform conference.
                                   Conference overview. Registration
                                   fees. More information. Exhibitor
                                   information.

IBM Announces Integrated Solution  Solution Developer Operations unit.
Developer Organization             Solution developer recruiting,
                                   technical support, business
                                   relationship management for key IBM
                                   technologies. Questions and answers.
                                   Name change for this newsletter.

DAPTOOLS                           Free OS/2 productivity aids for DAP
                                   members. Accessing DAPTOOLS. More
                                   information. Currently available
                                   tools in DAPTOOLS.
                                   NOTE: This item is 552 lines long.

The IBM Developer Connection       Annual membership program for rapid
Device-Driver Kit for OS/2         development of device drivers for
                                   32-bit OS/2. Includes The IBM
                                   Developer Connection for OS/2
                                   membership program. Highlights.
                                   Description. Product overview. The
                                   Developer Connection for OS/2. The
                                   Developer Connection for OS/2
                                   Upgrade. Publications. Displayable
                                   softcopy publications. Program
                                   services. Hardware requirements.
                                   Software requirements. Program
                                   Package Upgrade. Additional License
                                   Copy. Additional License Copy
                                   Upgrade. Licensing. Charges.
                                   Ordering information.
                                   NOTE: This item is 380 lines long.

Contents of Volume 5 Special       Bitmaps. Development tools. Editors.
Edition of The Developer           Online documentation. Productivity
Connection for OS/2                tools. Service. Source code. Source
                                   code from The Developer Connection
                                   News. Test tools.

The Developer Connection Family    The Developer Connection for OS/2.
                                   The Developer Connection for LAN
                                   Systems. The Developer Connection
                                   Device-Driver Kit for OS/2.

IBM Power Personal Systems         Eligibility. Special prices.
Developer's ToolBox Program        Enrollment Application Kit.

IBM Developer Connection for AIX   Supporting software development on
                                   the AIX platform. Highlights.
                                   Developer discount qualification.
                                   Terms and conditions. Description.
                                   IBM Developer Connection for AIX home
                                   page. Hardware requirements. Software
                                   requirements. Charges. Ordering
                                   information.

New Version of EMEA Beta Software  Contents. IBM EMEA beta subscription
CD-ROM Available                   service. Ordering information.
                                   Countries that IBM SMS-EDS may sell
                                   and deliver to. More information.

IBM SOMobjects Developer Toolkit   Overview. Planned availability dates.
and Workgroup Enabler Version 2.1  Highlights. Description. Product
for OS/2, AIX, and Windows         positioning. Documentation. Technical
                                   guidelines for use of workstation
                                   enablers. Hardware requirements.
                                   Software requirements.
                                   Compatibility. Extended right to
                                   copy. Program services. Ordering
                                   information. Charges. Program
                                   Package. Additional License Copies.
                                   Program Upgrade. Additional License
                                   Copy Upgrade.
                                   NOTE: This item is 738 lines long.

Win a ThinkPad! Get                Drawing in January for members
Ready!-Certified This Year         certified by 31 December. How to get
                                   your certification package.

The IBM Product Certification      Ready! for IBM LAN. Ready! for OS/2.
Programs                           Tested and Approved for IBM LAN
                                   Systems. More information.

Sources & Solutions Third Edition  Publication promoting IBM software
Under Way                          and services to consumers.
                                   Distribution. Directory listings.
                                   Advertising rates.

Third Annual /AIXtra POWER         Conference highlights. Conference
Technical Conference, 9-14 April   features. Agenda. Conference fees.
1995, Chicago                      Early registration discount.
                                   Enrollment. More information.

LAN Server 4.0 Automated           Self-running demo scenarios. DOS
Demonstration Available            Storyboard story. Available in
                                   several languages. Ordering
                                   information.

IBM OS/2 Warp Version 3 Upgrade    25 USD rebate for Warp purchases
Promotion                          between 4 November and 31 December
                                   1994. Qualifying products.
                                   Redemption process.

Warp Speed Available on PC 300     Operating systems preloaded.
and 700 Series

Comparison of Performance: OS/2    Microsoft performance numbers
Warp Beta Versus Windows 95        inaccurate. Our test configuration.
                                   User scenarios. Performance test
                                   results. Performing an everyday task.
                                   OS/2 Warp makes the difference.

IBM PC Company Launches Internet   How to access. Contents. Other E-mail
World-Wide-Web Site                services.

New Client/Server Application      VisualGen Team Suite for OS/2. IBM
Development Tools Support Team     Team Connection for OS/2  IBM
Environments                       DataAtlas for OS/2. VisualGen.
                                   Pricing and Availability.

VisualGen V1.0 Compatible with     Statement of compatibility.
OS/2 Warp

IBM and Hughes Network Systems     Technical partnership for satellite
Announce Alliance to Establish     delivery of software. Potential pilot
Electronic Delivery Service        services. Increased distribution
                                   efficiency. Core competencies.
                                   Schedule. About Hughes Network
                                   Systems.

DCE Hands-On Application           Five-day workshop. Objectives.
Programming for OS/2, AIX, and     Topics. Audience. Prerequisites.
Windows                            Benefits. Tuition. Enrollment. More
                                   information.

OS/2 DCE Administration Workshop   Five-day workshop. Objectives.
                                   Topics. Prerequisites. Benefits.
                                   Tuition. Enrollment. More
                                   information.

Designing DCE Applications         Four-day workshop. Objectives.
Hands-On Workshop                  Topics. Audience. Prerequisites.
                                   Benefits. Schedule. Tuition. More
                                   information.

First Taligent Book Available      Taligent's Guide to Designing
                                   Programs: Well-Mannered
                                   Object-Oriented Design in C++.
                                   Chapter list. How to order.

New OS/2 Books Launched at         Abstracts of nine new books.
COMDEX/Fall

"OS/2 Warp Unleashed" Available    Overview of third release. More
Soon                               information.

How to Join the IBM Developer      Worldwide Services. US Commercial
Assistance Program                 Services. US Premier Services.
                                   Developer Assistance Program contacts
                                   worldwide.

IBM Canada OS/2 Developer          Worldwide DAP. Canadian OS/2 DAP. The
Assistance Programs                Developer Connection for OS/2.
                                   Certification Programs. Phone
                                   numbers in Canada.

The IBM Developer Assistance       Overview. Open to anyone actively
Program in Europe, Middle East,    developing for OS/2. Bulletin boards
and Africa                         and CD-ROMs. Discounts. Technical
                                   seminars. HelpFax. Application
                                   marketing. CompuServe support.
                                   Programming tools and information.
                                   More information.

Subscription Information for The   Worldwide phone and fax numbers for
Developer Connection for OS/2 and  ordering.
the IBM Device Driver Source Kit
(DDK) for OS/2

800 Phone Numbers

Trademarks, Registered
Trademarks, Service Marks

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        Where to Find IBM PSP Developer Support News (DSNEWS)

Outside IBM
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DSNEWS zipped files are found on several e-mail and BBS systems:

o America Online, in the OS/2 forum, in the Newsletters library
o CompuServe, in OS2DF2 forum, *DAP library section 14
    and in OS2DF1 forum, OPEN FORUM library section 15
o Fidonet, in the OS2 Information file area, FWOS2INFO
o GEnie, in OS/2 Software Library 16
o Hitline mailbox (Switzerland), in file area 8
o IBM Canada BBS, in file area 35, OS/2 Programming
o IBM Europe/Middle East/Africa (E/ME/A) DAP BBS, in file area
    GENERAL.DOCS
o IBM France OS/2 Developer Assistance Program BBS, in area PUBS01
o IBM OS2BBS (TALKLink), in OS/2 Software Library, in Documents and Info
o IBM Personal Computer Company BBS, in file area 11, OS/2 Programming
o Internet, via anonymous ftp from software.watson.ibm.com, in
    directory /pub/os2/info; or via Gopher from index.almaden.ibm.com,
    in the OS/2 Information menu
o NIFTY-Serve (Japan), in FIBMFEEL forum, library section 4
o OS2NET (Europe), on all OS2NET bulletin boards in Europe, usually in
    the DSNEWS download area
o PRODIGY, in the OS/2 Club topic's download library, in IBM Files

Note: If you cannot find files named dsn... (in lower case), look for
files named DSN... (in upper case).

Within IBM
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All 1994 issues, in ASCII and INFBIN formats, are in DSN4 PACKAGE in the
OS2TOOLS tools catalog *only*. To obtain DSN4 PACKAGE, type

   TOOLCAT OS2TOOLS GET DSN4 PACKAGE
or
   TOOLS SENDTO KGNVMCB PCTOOLS OS2TOOLS GET DSN4 PACKAGE

You can also request DSN4 PACKAGE by typing
   REQUEST DSN4 FROM V1ENG AT BCRVM1

To subscribe to DSN4 PACKAGE, type
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All 1993 issues, in ASCII and INFBIN formats, are in DSNEWS PACKAGE in
the MKTTOOLS, OS2TOOLS, and PCWIN tools catalogs. To obtain
DSNEWS PACKAGE, type
   TOOLCAT catalogname GET DSNEWS PACKAGE
or
   TOOLS SENDTO catalogdisk GET DSNEWS PACKAGE
where
   catalogname MKTTOOLS is on catalogdisk USDIST MKTTOOLS MKTTOOLS
   catalogname OS2TOOLS is on catalogdisk KGNVMCB PCTOOLS OS2TOOLS
   catalogname PCWIN is on catalogdisk BCRVMMS1 PCWIN PCWIN
Examples: TOOLCAT MKTTOOLS GET DSNEWS PACKAGE
          TOOLS SENDTO USDIST MKTTOOLS MKTTOOLS GET DSNEWS PACKAGE

You can also request DSNEWS PACKAGE by typing
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DSNEWS PACKAGE is no longer being updated every month. 1994 updates are
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