THE OS/2 WARPFLASH  -  Issue #14 (May 22, 1995)
A Weekly Update On The World Of OS/2 and LAN Server
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                         CONTENTS

  1.     "IT'S A WARPED WORLD" TOUR COMING SOON!
  2.     1995 ISSUE 5 OF IBM SDO DEVELOPER SUPPORT NEWS
  3.     IBM DELIVERS NETWORKING POWER WITH OS/2 WARP CONNECT
  4.     USAC OFFICIALS USE OS/2 WARP
  5.     BENTLEY ANNOUNCES COMMITMENT TO IBM's OS/2 WARP
  6.     NEW OS/2 INTERNET APPLICATION ANNOUNCED BY SOFTOUCH SYSTEMS
  7.     OS/2 WARP IN THE MULTIMEDIA WORLD
  8.     IBM AND APPLE CREATE OPENDOC BASED TOOL SET
  9.     IBM BBS - HALIFAX,CANADA - OPEN FOR BUSINESS
 10.     MARKET STUDIES SHOW OS/2 WARP IS GOING STRONG
 11.     OS/2 WARP SPONSORING MAJOR CYCLE RACE
 12.     THE TECHNICAL CONNECTION CD-ROM


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 1.     "IT'S A WARPED WORLD" TOUR


 Join IBM for a FREE seminar about OS/2 and OS/2 products.
 Knowledgeable presenters will demonstrate the features and
 benefits of using OS/2 in both business and personal
 settings.

 During this fun, exciting day, you'll learn about
 installation, running DOS and Windows applications, running
 OS/2 applications, using the BonusPak applications

 - including the Internet Access Kit
 - and using OS/2 in a network.

 The day starts at 8:00am with coffee and a showcase of OS/2
 applications, The main tent presentation begins at 8:30. The
 three-hour session illustrates the benefits of OS/2
 available now, OpenDoc, Taligent, and the future of OS/2

 Afternoon Breakout Sessions

 "Warp Connections" - Attach to your existing NetWare
 network, host system, or other LAN. You'll learn about IBM's
 new peer-to-peer networking product and s why LAN Server is
 the fastest-growing network solution. You'll also get an
 overview of Communications Manager/2 and IBM's system
 management tools.

 "It's a Warped World" - How can OS/2 help you do more?
 During this session you'll see how to use the OS/2 desktop,
 work with some of the 30-plus BonusPak applications, and use
 OS/2 applications. You'll also get a look at some neat OS/2
 tricks.

 "Get with the Program" -  For independent software
 developers (ISVs), retailers, consultants, and VARs. You'll
 learn about the many programs IBM has to assist you with
 developing and selling OS/2 applications. Get the information
 you need about the OS/2 marketplace and how you can be a
 success in it!

 "Internet at Warp Speed" - Are you ready for the Internet?
 OS/2's Internet Access Kit makes it easy to create an
 Internet account and navigate the ever-expanding world of
 the Internet. Learn how to use the tools and utilities to
 find the information you need. And what kind of information
 is out there?  We'll show you!

 "Hot Stuff" - OS/2 is the platform for some of the neatest
 applications on the market today. During this session,
 you'll see hot new products from IBM and other vendors.
 Expect to see software and hardware for accessing
 information and data on your computer using voice,
 object-oriented technology, and visual front-ends.

 "Warp 101" - You're convinced that OS/2 is for you. Now you
 need the information to get OS/2 on your computer and run
 the applications you already have. During this session,
 you'll explore the installation options, learn to set up and
 run your existing applications, and customize the OS/2
 desktop. By the end of the hour, you'll know how to really
 take advantage of your new operating system.

 Doors open at 8:00am, first session at 8:30 Cost: FREE

 Call 1-800-766-4344 to reserve your seat or e-mail your
 name, address, and phone number to 74452.1633@compuserve.com

 DAY TWO -- VISUAL REVOLUTION

 This day-long session with a main tent and breakout sessions
 is for large development houses. During the day, you'll see
 a variety of IBM development tools for all IBM platforms.
 Breakout sessions include focuses on COBOL, VisualGen RPG,
 CICS and MQSeries, VisualAge, and PL/1.

        ****** Second Quarter Dates and Places *******

         April 18        Omaha
         April 26-27     Detroit (First city for Application
                                  Development)
         May 3-4         Boston
         May 8-9         Ft. Lauderdale
         May 11          Orlando (Application Development only)
         May 16-17       Philadelphia
         May 23          Houston (Application Development only)
         May 24-25       Dallas
         May 31-1        Washington DC
         June 6-7        Chicago
         June 14-15      Tulsa
         June 20-21      Des Moines
         June 28-29      San Francisco

        ********Third Quarter********

         July 10-11      Columbus, OH
         July 13         Charlotte, NC (Visual Revolution only)
         July 19-20      Toronto, Canada
         July 26-27      Seattle, WA
         August 2-3      Vancouver, Canada
         August 9-10     Los Angeles, CA
         August 16-17    Hartford, CT
         August 23-24    Des Moines, IA
         September 12-13 Pittsburgh, PA

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 2.     1995 ISSUE 5 OF IBM SDO DEVELOPER SUPPORT NEWS


Announcing 1995 Issue 5 of IBM SDO Developer Support News (DSNEWS), in
ASCII format.

Produced monthly and distributed electronically by the IBM Solution
Developer Operations (SDO) organization, DSNEWS gives members of IBM's
Developer Assistance programs the latest information about all the IBM
technical, business, and marketing programs in place to help them
develop and market their software successfully.

DSNEWS is *only* distributed electronically; IBM is not producing
printed copies for distribution.

The monthly DSNEWS files are ZIPped into the file DSNymA.ZIP, where y =
last digit of year, and m = issue number represented as alpha (for
example, DSN5BA.ZIP is the 1995 second issue). DSNymA.ZIP contains:

-- This announcement file, DSNyA1.ANN
-- The current month's contents list, DSNym.SMY
-- An annual cumulative list of contents, DSNy.CUM (except for Issue 1)
-- The current month's ASCII newsletter, DSNymA.ASC

The ZIPped files are posted 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 FOS2 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).

We hope our newsletter serves your needs, and we'd like your feedback --
please send it to DSNEWS@VNET.IBM.COM.

(R) IBM and OS/2 are registered trademarks of International Business
    Machines Corp.
(R) CompuServe is a registered trademark of CompuServe Inc.

Mike Engelberg, Editor

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 3.     IBM DELIVERS NETWORKING POWER WITH OS/2 WARP CONNECT

NEW YORK, May 17, 1995 ... With the theme, "Make Your
Connections," IBM today used Grand Central Terminal as a backdrop
to announce the availability of OS/2* Warp Connect.

OS/2 Warp Connect follows the commercially successful,
technically acclaimed OS/2 Warp which began shipping in November
1994.  OS/2 Warp Connect combines OS/2 Warp and its BonusPak of
productivity applications with a full set of integrated
networking capabilities and software that provides peer and
remote connections along with TCP/IP for dial-up and LAN access
to the Internet, access to the most popular online services, and
Lotus Notes Express.

OS/2 Warp Connect includes built-in requesters for IBM LAN
Server and Novell NetWare, and can coexist with IBM LAN Server,
Novell Netware, Microsoft's NT** and Windows for Workgroups**,
Banyan Vines**, and LANtastic from Artisoft.** It features easy
and advanced installation options and Configuration, Installation
and Distribution (CID) for efficient installation across a
networked enterprise.

Single Box Business Network Solution for Small Businesses

OS/2 Warp Connect is a complete software solution for anybody
who is starting or running a small business. The operating
system, with its built-in peer-to-peer networking, combined with
the BonusPak of productivity software and Lotus Notes Express
gives a small business what it needs to get a staff connected and
productive, in a single box.  Notes Express will include seven
productivity templates.  Five of them consist of those that Lotus
ships in the retail version: discussion databases, client/server
mail, phone book, reference databases, news databases; plus two
of Lotus' other most popular templates.

Peer Networks Made Easy

OS/2 Warp Connect comes with everything needed to set up a peer
network right out of the box. The built-in peer capability gives
connected users an inexpensive, easy-to-use way to share
resources, such as files, printers, and modems. In addition,
users can share resources around the office or on the road with
OS/2 Warp Connect's remote access capabilities.

Customers can use IBM Peer for OS/2* in a wide range of network
environments.  The peer software interoperates with OS/2 LAN
Server version 3.0 or later editions, Microsoft Windows for
Workgroups, Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft LAN Manager 2.x, PC
LAN Program 1.3, and Artisoft LANtastic 6.0.

A Perfect Fit in Existing Networks

For customers in large enterprises, OS/2 Warp Connect
seamlessly links desktop machines to each other and to all major
network operating systems, including IBM OS/2 LAN Server, Lotus
Notes, Microsoft NT Server, Novell NetWare, and a variety of
Internet servers.  The OS/2 Workplace Shell* offers a graphical
view of LAN resources by server and a hierarchical view of
resources within domains.

OS/2 Warp Connect demonstrates IBM's commitment to Open
Blueprint by supporting communication via NetBIOS, TCP/IP or IPX
on Ethernet, Token Ring, and FDDI networks, eliminating the need
to purchase network transports or client code when attaching to
the industry's leading servers.

OS/2 Warp Connect will ship with TCP/IP for OS/2 Version 3. This
version lets users simultaneously connect to local/wide area
networks and to the Internet with a complete set of applications
for browsing the World Wide Web, mail and file transfer.
Because of its multiprotocol support, OS/2 Warp Connect provides
a client/server platform so that customers can install DB2 for
OS/2, Lotus Notes and Oracle server, for example, without any
additional software.

"By including connectivity to industry-leading network operating
systems, full support for TCP/IP and the Internet, and remote
access, IBM has made OS/2 Warp a solid network citizen," said
Jamie Lewis, president of the Burton Group, a consulting firm in
Salt Lake City, Utah.  "Because OS/2 Warp Connect will be
network-enabled right out of the box, managers will no longer
have to scramble to get the network software they need. With OS/2
Warp Connect's streamlined install, customers can get connected
quickly in a variety of environments."

IBM is planning a release this summer of an additional CD for
enterprise customers that will contain advanced networking
support, including mobile file synchronization that enables users
to disconnect from LAN Server, perform network operations and
resynchronize their work after a session is re-established. The
enterprise features include IBM System Performance Monitor/2,
that allows system resources to be monitored on a single
workstation; Personal Communications/3270 for OS/2 - IEEE 802.2
Entry Level, which provides 3270 mainframe emulation capability
for up to two sessions; Communications Manager/2 SNA Application
Environment, that allows users to run Advanced Program-to-Program
Communication (APPC) applications; NetView Distribution Manager/2
(NVDM/2) StartUp, which provides for connection to a NVDM/2
server for easy download of the full NVDM/2 client, that is
licensed separately; and the OS/2 Distributed Computing
Environment (DCE) client, which allows an OS/2 system to
participate in client/server applications based on the Open
Software Foundation (OSF) remote procedure call.


Connect Provides Network Access for Employees on the Road or at
Home

OS/2 Warp Connect provides remote features that allow users to
remotely connect to their LANs from anywhere by phone, providing
real-time access to network resources. The remote features are
based on LAN Distance*, IBM's comprehensive remote LAN access
software solution.  With the peer software included with OS/2
Warp Connect and LAN Distance, users can set up a simple peer
network over a telephone line.

"Secure remote access to office networks is becoming a necessity
for almost all business users," said Frank Dzubeck, president of
Communications Network Architects, Inc., a consulting firm in
Washington, D.C.  "Whether it be for telecommuting from home or
conducting business from your car or hotel room, OS/2 Warp
Connect's rich remote access features will unequivocally help to
create a true virtual office."

OS/2 Warp Connect Integrated Installation

Installation is made easy through the integrated installation
options with OS/2 Warp Connect. Users can select between easy or
advanced installation options depending upon the amount of
customization they want to achieve.  Network administrators can
use CID to install OS/2 Warp Connect across the enterprise.

OS/2 Warp Connect will initially ship in a blue spine version
that includes IBM WIN-OS/2*, also known as "fullpack".

OS/2 Warp Connect with IBM WIN-OS/2 is shipping this week and
will be generally available in the United States and Canada
through IBM dealers, superstores and a variety of general retail
outlets by the end of May. A version of OS/2 Warp Connect that
uses customers' existing Windows will be available this summer.
OS/2 Warp Connect with WIN-OS/2 and OS/2 Warp Connect will be
available in 20 additional languages.

* Indicates trademark or registered trademark of the IBM Corp.
** Indicates trademark of the identified company.

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 4.     USAC OFFICIALS USE OS/2 WARP


                     THE WOMEN OF INDY GET "WARPED":
              IBM SOFTWARE HELPS RUN 1995 INDIANAPOLIS 500

         INDIANAPOLIS, May 13, 1995 . . . Ann Grobe, Lisa Lengerich,
Veronica Frost, Pat Johnson and Georgette Bundrant are just five of
more than 450 USAC officials who depend on OS/2* Warp and a wide
range of IBM PC software and hardware products to help time, score
and officiate the Indianapolis 500.  The technology they use
influences who gets to race and how the drivers and pit crews
prepare their machines and strategies for track conditions.

         The crew makes sure that the race cars are safe and
equally matched. Grobe inputs all of the technical data for each
car into an IBM OS/2- and DB2 for OS/2-based database management
system called the Integrated Race Information Systems (IRIS).  The
IRIS system is  a collection of USAC-written client/server application
programs running on an IBM local area network under OS/2 LAN Server.
The IRIS system serves as USAC's own information superhighway at the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

         Scoring technicians Lisa Lengerich and Veronica
Frost, who work in Indy's Gasoline Alley, also use the LAN so
they can supply race teams with detailed performance reports
during the weeks of practice, qualification and the race.  The
reports provide teams with car lap times, corner speeds and other
in-depth information generated by transmitters on the cars, which
communicate with the IMS/USAC timing system via a series of
antennas embedded in the track.

*  Indicates trademark or registered trademark of  International
Business Machines Corporation.

Indianapolis 500, Indy 500, Indy, and Gasoline Alley are
registered trademarks of the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation, USA.


IRIS in this context is the acronym for Integrated Race
Information Systems, a collection of proprietary USAC Timing &
Scoring programs used only at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

IBM news releases are available on the Internet via the IBM Home
Page at http://www.ibm.com.

The IBM Fax Information Service allows you to receive facsimiles
of prior IBM product press  releases.
Dial 1-800-IBM-4FAX and enter "99" at the voice menu.

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 5.     BENTLEY ANNOUNCES COMMITMENT TO IBM's OS/2 WARP


Huntsville, AL - May 8, 1995 - Bentley Systems, Inc., the leader in
professional computer-aided design products and services to engineers,
architects, drafters, and organizations whose overall success relies
on CAD,today announced that its MicroStation(R) Version 5.5 product
will support IBM's OS/2(R) Warp operating system.  Demonstrations of
MicroStation for OS/2, the first major CAD product for OS/2, are being
held at this week's International Intergraph Graphics Users Group
(IGUG) in Huntsville, where over 2,000 MicroStation users are expected
to convene.

MicroStation and OS/2 are well-matched products whose users share
similar enterprise-wide computing requirements.  MicroStation for OS/2
is expected to strengthen Bentley's position at IBM stronghold
accounts and to proliferate the use and standardization of OS/2 in
engineering organizations.  As IBM's award-winning 32-bit operating
system, OS/2 offers existing MicroStation users an important choice in
planning enterprise-wide automation strategies.

Bentley CEO, Keith Bentley, says, "The increasing popularity of OS/2
demonstrates that our users need and want platform choices."  Mr.
Bentley continues, "OS/2 offers companies and organizations important,
enterprise-wide information capabilities.  Information management of
this type is fast becoming a top priority for our users, as they
typically use MicroStation for large-scale engineering projects, such
as designing and maintaining airports, telecomm and electrical utility
networks, roadways and complex mechanical products."

MicroStation also offers applications developers "platform
independence." MicroStation applications developed using the MDL
environment can quickly support any of MicroStation's platforms.  For
instance, when MicroStation for OS/2 is released, an MDL(TM)
application can support OS/2 after a simple MDL recompilation.
Consequently, Bentley expects many existing MicroStation
applications to be available on OS/2 without delay.


For demonstrations or more information on the MicroStation range of
products, please contact Bentley at 800/778-4274,  via the Internet at
family@bentley.com, or on the World Wide Web at
http://www.bentley.com/.


Press Contact:
Michelle Allard
Boston Communications
617/247-1112
E-mail: mallard@bcomm.com

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MicroStation is a registered trademark; MDL is a trademark; and
MicroStationCSP is a service mark of Bentley Systems, Incorporated.
OS/2 is a registered trademark and RS/6000 is a trademark of
International Business Machines Corporation.  Windows and Windows NT
are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.  Other brands and product
names are trademarks of their respective owners.
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 6.     NEW OS/2 INTERNET APPLICATION ANNOUNCED BY SOFTOUCH SYSTEMS

 If you are looking for an excellent companions to OS/2 Warp's
 Internet Access Kit, look to SofTouch Systems.  They just announced
 the release of GammaTech Internet Relay Chat (IRC) version  1.0.
 This multi-user, multi-channel chat applications lets people all over
 the world have real-time conversations.

 Channels are the mechanisms by where people carry on public discussions.
 Users can also talk in groups or in private conversations by using
 a user-selected nickname.

 Rich Jones, president of SofTouch Systems says "Many  users are
 attracted to OS/2 by the superior connectivity features which a true
 multitasking operating environment provides.  By taking advantage of
 OS/2 technology the GammaTech IRC lets users join and change channels
 even as they monitor a conversation in Windows. As a complete
 Presentation Manager (PM) application, GammaTech provides menus
 and customizable toolbars to easily issue the IRC commands. SofTouch
 provides full documentation including an introduction to the Internet
 Relay Chat facility.

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 7.     OS/2 WARP IN THE MULTIMEDIA WORLD

 Multimedia World Online, May, p. 76 writes IBM's OS/2 Warp version 3.0
 may provide an alternative multimedia platform for users who are tired of
 fiddling with Windows to get multimedia to work and can't wait for what
 Microsoft may deliver in Windows 95.

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 8.     IBM AND APPLE CREATE OPENDOC BASED TOOL SET

 Apple and IBM Corp. created a Visual Basic-like programming environment
 based on OpenDoc. This new toolset, code-named Denali, will create
 compiled applications and OpenDoc parts.  Users will be able to
 work with this new development environment on Mac, OS/2, Windows and
 AIX operating system.

 In addition to the cross-platform support, the technology that is part
 of the tool set will be scalable from the workgroup to the enterprise.
 This scalability and flexibility makes Denali perfect for a wide
 range of users, from in-house programmers and value-added resellers
 to commercial developers.

 Some of the features and capabilities of Denali include:
 - Integrate OpenDoc parts with a scripting language similar to
   Visual Basic
 - Import and run many Visual Basic applications, but some
   component will need to be changed.
 - Include a set of OpenDoc parts that will allow users to
   create custom applications.
 - Strong database-access capabilities.

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 9.      IBM BBS - HALIFAX,CANADA - OPEN FOR BUSINESS


  The newest addition to the IBM BBS family (IBMnet) is
  open for business...

  Call 902-420-0300

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 10.      MARKET STUDIES SHOW OS/2 WARP IS GOING STRONG

 A Computer Intelligence InfoCorp (CII) study reported that OS/2 Warp
 sales have increased more than 300 percent since the product became
 available last fall. According to CII, Warp sales through US channels
 went from 11,000 in November '94 to over 46,000 in March '95.
 CII ascribes much of Warp's success to the large investment IBM  made in
 marketing, particularly in advertising targeted at the consumer market.
 In fact, the most recent StoreBoard figures for the US retail channel
 indicate that Warp has edged out Microsoft's  Windows 3.1 in market share
 during the first three months of 1995.


     Share of Operating System Units Sold -- US StoreBoard Retail
     Channels

     Includes PC Superstores, Office Superstores, Consumer Electronics
     Outlets

 Product         Nov. 94   Dec. 94   Jan. 95   Feb. 95   Mar.95
 MAC-OS             5.3%      4.3%      4.6%      2.0%     4.0%
 OS/2              12.7%      8.3%      1.6%      0.8%     1.5%
 OS/2 WARP         10.5%     16.4%     20.0%     19.5%    19.5%
 Windows NT         2.1%      1.9%      2.1%      2.3%     1.9%
 Windows 3.1       17.3%     18.9%     18.3%     18.3%    17.9%
 DOS               52.1%     50.2%     53.4%     57.1%    55.2%

 Source:  CII StoreBoard Channel Tracking, March 1995

 "We expect IBM to see continued gains coming from corporate  purchases
 over the coming months, such as we saw in our March  results, as IBM
 demonstrates its ability to provide multitasking and  communications
 capability for both OS/2 and Windows users,"  stated Stella Kelly,
 Service Director for CII's StoreBoard Channel Tracking.

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 11.     OS/2 WARP SPONSORING MAJOR CYCLE RACE

 OS/2 Warp, by way of IBM Italy, is sponsoring the Giro D'Italia, a
 major European cycle race, lasting 23 days.  As part of the sponsorship
 effort, PSM EMEA has put up a series of Web pages relating
 to the race and will, over the next month, be publishing the daily
 results as they happen.

  The url is:

  http://www.europe.ibm.com/getdoc/psmemea/underground/warpgiro/

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 12.     THE TECHNICAL CONNECTION CD-ROM

 If you want to be less dependent on IBM Support and
 Service there's a perfect solution  -- The
 Technical Connection CD-ROM. This is the same Technical Connection
 CD-ROM that had OS/2 2.X, DOS and LAN information, now with the
 latest OS/2 Warp information as well.

 Seven databases continue to make up the bulk of the Technical Connection
 information. These include AskPSP, closed APARs, Reference and Diagnos-
 tic Diskettes (compressed images), Product Information, Corrective
 Service (compressed images), Device Drivers, and Technical Bulletins.

 AskPSP is an expert system tool using Casepoint 3.1 from the Inference
 Corporation.  You simply type in the question or problem without regard
 for spelling and grammar considerations, and a series of questions are
 posed for you to answer. As you answer them, possible solutions are
 prioritized to review at any time.  For Warp an entire casebase has
 been created specifically tailored to Warp which separates them from
 the other OS/2 information. You merely select the Warp casebase and
 proceed.

 The list of closed APARs include everything available for Warp and the
 BonusPak apps.  It's easy to check here to find if your problem or
 question has already been addressed.

 The Corrective Service for Warp includes the latest available
 information. For example, the March edition included ThinkPad
 updates, install fixes, and some game fixes among others. Just insert a
 diskette or copy onto your hard file with a click of the mouse.
 It's that easy.

 Device drivers beyond those provided with the operating system are
 always in demand. A recent version included device drivers for Warp
 like 586NPX, ThainkPad 350 and 750, PCMCIA for Compaq LTE Elite,
 LANStreamer, CD-ROM, and others. New ones are added each month as they
 become available.

 There's also a Frequently Asked Question section which has a number of
 the questions the service reps see the most. Looking here may save you
 time and avoid a call into the center.

 The best is that you can still access the information for all the
 other products as before, keep up-to-date on Warp, and many of the
 products you were using before you installed Warp.

 All of this information is quickly accessible when you want it.  There
 is so much information is has expanded to 2 volumes each month. In the
 US and Canada it is available as an annual subscription in either
 monthly or quarterly updates, or as a single issue. Other geographies
 have availability in quarterly subscriptions or a single issue.  To
 order in the US and Canada call toll free 800 992-4777. Customers can
 use their credit card to place an immediate order.

------------------ Important Disclaimer ----------------------------

I do this newsletter in my spare time. Please respect that I
will sometimes make typographical errors that result in in-
correct phone numbers and/or e-mail addresses. I would appreciate
it if you would contact ME and let me know before firing off
e-mail to the general IBM in-box. This will help me
continue to work at IBM and therefore, continue this informal
newsletter. <grin>

Although notices within this newsletter may be IBM press releases,
the OS/2 WarpFlash as a whole is not an official IBM communication and
should not be treated or represented as such.

All efforts have made to internationalize the OS/2 WarpFlash where
possible; however, it is entirely possible that certain 
information with OS/2 WarpFlash may be applicable only in the US and
Canada. 

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