Links

This page is formerly known as "Timur Tabi's Programming Links", from the old EDM/2 web site. The content has seen some recent updates but is still not fully checked so you will find the odd dead link.

Most of the links are to OS/2-specific sources of information, however links to generic (i.e. not platform-specific) sources are sometimes included for completeness.

Other OS/2 and eComStation related web sites

 * eCSoft/2 - OS/2 & eCS software news an listings - By far the best updated and most comprehensive out there - In both Italian and English.
 * eComStation.ru - Loads of info in Russian and English
 * OS/2 World - News, forums and Wiki.
 * OS/2 Warp News and Rumors
 * OS/2 and eComstation Korea South Korean user forums and so on, responsible for a number of OS/2 ports of UNIX software.
 * OS2.org Forum - German language forum.
 * WarpServer Blog - In German - News snippets on new and updated OS/2 software and more detailed blog postings on older ones.
 * Alex Chapman OS/2 Home Page - Tad outdated in parts but useful info buried in between.
 * Wisdomtree - Collection of eCS & OS/2 related links.

There are also a few related groups that have become invite only in the last couple of years.

Conferences

 * [//www.warpstock.org Warpstock] - An OS/2 user/developer conference held annually in North America
 * [//www.warpstock.eu Warpstock Europe] - An OS/2 user/developer conference held annually in Europe

User groups
Want to meet other OS/2 and eComstation users and developers?
 * SCOUG Programming SIG - A special interest group of the Southern California OS/2 User Group
 * VOICE - A "virtual" user group, i.e. not geographically constrained and holds meetings only on-line.
 * Wellington User Group - New Zealand
 * Team OS/2 Hamburg - Germany
 * A list of Worldwide OS/2 user groups - from VOICE

Companies and individuals offering OS/2 services

 * Arca Noae - USA based company, offers ArcaOS, driver updates, and sundry custom install, development, and deployment services.
 * BWW Bitwise Works - Austrian company that offers custom OS/2 programming services and more.
 * eComStation.it/Massimo Sangriso - Italian integrator, provides all common services and sales locally.
 * Neil Waldhauer aka Blond Guy - California, USA, does consulting and support of OS/2 related systems.
 * Russ Harvey - OS/2 consultation and services in Canada

Project and source hosting
Websites that provide a range of support options for OS/2 developers, the big two are SourceForge and GitHub and they have their own separate pages. See also: Configuration management
 * Bitbucket - Offers both free and paid project hosting.
 * Code Base - Project hosting - Not free but inexpensive and has more features than most free alternatives.
 * Launchpad - Project hosting - Primarily intended for open source projects.

Online References
Manuals and other online guides on OS/2 programming
 * The OS/2 API Project - OS/2 API documentation on the web

News groups

 * [news:comp.os.os2.programmer.tools comp.os.os2.programmer.tools] - OS/2 development tools
 * [news:comp.os.os2.programmer.porting comp.os.os2.programmer.porting] - Porting software from other operating systems to OS/2
 * [news:comp.os.os2.programmer.oop comp.os.os2.programmer.oop] - SOM, WPS, and other object-oriented OS/2 programming
 * [news:comp.os.os2.programmer.misc comp.os.os2.programmer.misc] - General OS/2 programming

Magazines and Journals

 * OS/2 e-Zine - The premier OS/2 news source, with the occasional developer-related article

FTP sites (or their WWW equivalents)

 * BMT Micro - A collection of shareware OS/2 tools
 * Hobbes' dev directory - Lots of stuff.

Low-level OS/2 programming
Device drivers, real-time control, hardware access, etc.
 * The OS/2 Programming Device Drivers mailing list - This page contains all driver-related information.

Visual programming, CASE, RAD

 * ZMECH - A cross-platform visual CASE tool

Presentation Manager (PM)

 * Generalised Bitmap Module - Libraries and source code for loading, saving, and manipulating images in a variety of file formats

Multimedia, Graphics, and Game Development

 * Crystal Space - A free 3D engine for OS/2 and other OS's, note that only older versions have explicit OS/2 support, but the code is fairly portable.
 * BlobCity - An OS/2 game like SimCity, with great multithreading and full source code

Version Control and Project Management

 * Opus Make - A cross-platform powerful make utility

Applications with documented plug-in API's

 * CadWare's BlueCAD 1.0 - An excellent small and fast CAD package for OS/2
 * Maul Publisher - An OS/2-only desktop publishing application

Editors and Viewers

 * Fast Editor Lite - Small yet powerful programmers editor for OS/2
 * Andys Source Code Folding Editor - Cross-platform editor with the ability to group lines into a larger 'meta-line'

Miscellaneous

 * [//i1.dk/ntos2/ OS/2 emulation layer for NT] - Emulates over 110 DOSCALL functions under NT
 * [//www.bratschi.net/english/index.html Christoph Bratschi's Homepage] - Small programmer's editor, Netscape plug-ins, MCI tester, some file viewers, etc.

Historical computing and programming

 * Historic Documents in Computer Science by Karl Kleine at the Jena University, the latter being historically important since it was the primus motor behind the early ALGOL development, unusual for a then East European country.

Other Languages

 * Czech
 * Dutch
 * French
 * Italian
 * Turkish