Subj : EXPLORER and SHEZ replace
To   : Mike Powell
From : Richard Steiner
Date : Tue Apr 19 2005 12:35 am

-=> MIKE POWELL wrote to ALL <=-

 MP> Windows Explorer - I have tried File Freedom and a couple of
 MP> others from Hobbes, and have found them severely lacking.  I have
 MP> one other, Filestar/2, which says that it expires after 30 days,
 MP> and costs $45.  I am looking for something a little cheaper.  ;-)

One GUI filemanager you might consider is FM/2 by Mark Kimes.

  http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/browser/fm2-3_02.zip

It used to be shareware but is now freeware, it comes with a whole pile
of supporting utilities, and it can be used as a monolithic filemanager
or launched as separate directory windows from either its VTree utility
or its Databar (a drive status display panel).

It also handles archive formats of various kinds using the standard
ARCHIVER.BB2 definition file that many programs use.

I also use a few text-mode filemanagers here under OS/2 (ZTree Bold,
FileJet, and Midnight Commander), but none of them are as flexible as
FM/2, though the first two are pretty good on their own.

 MP> SHEZ - this is a DOS ZIP, etc., archive manipulator.

SHEZ is old.  I used to use it in the DOS days before I discovered
Stereo Shell and AVIEW (a freeware ZIP/ARJ/LZH file viewer).

 MP> I am not real impressed with what is available on Hobbes for much
 MP> of anything so far.  Is it kept up to date at all?  They used to
 MP> have OS/2 files on tucows but, if they still have an os/2 area, I
 MP> can no longer find it.

The three best OS/2 collections I'm aware of are (in order):

  Hobbes (formerly a mirror of the original Hobbes on ftp.cdrom.com
          that used to release CDs, but now the main Hobbes site):

          http://hobbes.nmsu.edu

 OS/2 Shareware BBS:

          http://www.os2bbs.com    or   telnet://bbs.os2bbs.com

 Exec-PC (membership is free -- toss Curt (the Sysop) a note):

          telnet://www.execpc.com

The latter two are best accessed using a telnet client with Zmodem, so
you could either use SIO + Vmodem + some normal communications program,
or a Zmodem-capable telnet client like ZOC or mTelnet.  mTelnet can be
found on Hobbes:

  http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/internet/telnet/mtelb10.zip

but a slightly newer version is here:

  telnet://ozone.eesc.com

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