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Warpstock 2004 eNewsletter #5
This is the fifth in a series of eNewletters with information about Warpstock
2004, being held October 21-24, in Denver, Colorado. This year's event is shaping
up to be a landmark educational event for OS/2-eCS users, developers and
supporters, with a rich selection of classes, presentations and tutorials being
offered.
This is also a reminder that EARLY BIRD PRICING ends August 15th, so you must
act now if you want to take advantage of the best registration prices for
Warpstock 2004.
IN THIS ISSUE
Final reminder for EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION
More Classes and Presentations confirmed
Getting to Denver/Accommodations
ACT NOW TO GET THE BEST PRICES ON YOUR REGISTRATION
Register for a single day, or for all four days, but REGISTER BY AUGUST 15th to
get the best prices. After the 15th, regular pricing will apply. Here's a list of
your Early Bird pricing options:
Registration choices (in USD)
- Warpstock 4-day (+both socials): $195
- Warpstock 4-day (w/o socials): $145
- Warpstock Thursday only (w/o social) $60
- Warpstock Friday only (w/o social) $60
- Warpstock Saturday only (w/o social) $60
- Warpstock Sunday only (w/o social) $60
You can register online at our Web Store, http://bamart.com/warpstockinc or
download a registration form from the store, or from
http://www.warpstock.org
Classes are included in the base registration price, although there may be some
additional costs associated with some classes to cover documentation, etc.
MORE CLASSES AND PRESENTATIONS ADDED
Class:
eCS Installation Workshop
Serenity Systems International will host a 4- hour workshop where hands on
installation issues are solved. Bring your PC and get eCS installed and humming.
Class:
Installing and using sVista
Serenity Systems will also host a 4-hour workshop on the installation and
operation of sVista.
Presentation:
eCS Roadmap
Serenity Systems will share its plans for the future direction of eComStation.
Hear about the new features in upcoming releases.
Presentation:
sVista Roadmap
Serenity will also give a presentation about the future of sVista - where it
is going and what new features it will have.
The full line- up of classes, presentations and tutorials can be found at:
http://www.warpstock.org/event_info/2004/presentations.html
There's bound to be something that interests you, so check it out. The following
presenters have also recently confirmed presentations for Warpstock 2004.
Chuck Berghorn is a former Senior Technical Staff Member at IBM, where he worked
on several OS/2-based products, including P/390, S/390 Integrated Server,
Multiprise 3000, and the 2074 communications controller.
Chuck is currently a senior architect with an EDA company, but he still uses OS/2
at home for most of his computing needs. Chuck has been involved with the IBM
operating system VM/CMS for years and was a very early REXX user. He has created
special interfaces between REXX and PL/I (one of his favorite programming
languages) and designed a documentation system that used the REXX subcommand
interface as its primary command processing environment.
Chuck will give the following presentation at Warpstock 2004...
Presentation:
HiFi Control -- Managing your music with OS/2
Chuck will describe an OS/2-based music server system, using DB2 to store and
search all the album titles, track titles and artists. Lyrics can also be indexed,
and are searchable. REXX code interfaces with the internet FREEDB cd information
service to retrieve title and track information when new CDs are acquired. A java
applet lets you build playlists and save playlists.
More than just a music search system, it actually controls up to 16 Pioneer CD
changers, each capable of holding 300 CDs. (Currently 3 are installed.) In
addition, two "Audiotrons" by turtle beach are also controlled by the system and
allow music to be stored on the hard drives (currently 1 terabyte installed) and
played via an ethernet LAN and fiber optic cable (toslink) through the main Hi Fi
system.
The system interface is through HTML protocol, so any web browser on the LAN can
search and play music through the home stereo system. A javascript program
highlights what track is currently playing. You can also play an album by scanning
the case with a bar code reader.
Chuck's presentation promises to be one of the most "noteworthy" at Warpstock
2004!
Chip Davis learned to program on an IBM 1620 in 1963. For most of his career he
was a systems programmer on IBM hardware, but he has spent the last 15 years
teaching OS/2 and VM internals, as well as Rexx and Assembler programming. He was
one of the authors of the ANSI Standard for Rexx and currently is the Rexx Project
Manager for SHARE and President of the Rexx Language Association.
Whenever possible, Chip flies his own plane to class locations.
Presentation:
Parse Rexx - Exposed!
PARSE is arguably the most powerful keyword instruction in Rexx (aside from
INTERPRET, of course). The PARSE template allows you to process strings by words,
columns, search strings, or any combination of them all. Such power usually comes
at a price; many Rexx programmers are intimidated or confused by the more complex
templates.
Chip's presentation will use many examples to step through increasingly complex
templates, demonstrating the simple yet elegant structure beneath. By the end of
the session there won't be a PARSE template that will stump you, Chip says.
GETTING TO DENVER/ACCOMMODATIONS
Warpstock 2004 will be held in the Sheraton Denver Tech Center Hotel. Make your
reservation by September 25, and you'll receive the special Warpstock rate of $79
per night for a Standard or Double King room. Ask for the special Warpstock rate
when you reserve. For more information:
http://www.warpstock.org/event_info/2004/location.html
From Air Canada to US Airways, you have plenty of choices (19 international and
US carriers) to reach Denver International Airport. See
http://www.flydenver.com/flights/airlines.asp
THE FINE PRINT
This e-newsletter is intended to provide regular communication in the
weeks leading up to the event. If you have any feedback, especially
positive feedback, write to the Mark Dodel at
eNewsReply@warpstock.org
Warpstock, Inc.
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Pompton Lakes, New Jersey 07442
United States of America
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