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Author Roger Henson
Date 2006
OS Version eComStation 2.1, OS/2 Warp 4.52
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Java applications reported to run with IBM Java 1.1.8, 1.3.x, Golden Code® J2SE™ 1.4.1 or Innotek's Java 1.4.x Kit for OS/2 and eComStation

Java for OS/2 and eCS

Name Version GA Short description & URL
IBM Java 1.1.8 Java version 1.1.8 by IBM.
IBM Java 1.3.1 Java™ 2 Technology Edition version 1.3.1 by IBM. http://www.ecomstation.com
IBM Java Features Kit 1.3.1 Contains Java Web Start for OS/2 and the eXtensible Markup Language (XML) Parser. http://www.ecomstation.com
InnoTek® OS/2 Kit for Java 1.4.2_09 20-Sep-2005 Integrated toolset to allow deploying the original Sun Java™ 2 Standard Edition, Runtime Environment (JRE) or Software Development Kit (SDK), on the OS/2 platform; by InnoTek. http://download.innotek.de/javaos2/142_09/install.exe
Golden Code® J2SE™ for OS/2 1.4.1_07 Licensed and branded, native port to OS/2 of Sun Microsystem's latest Java technology and Java Web Start. This is now a commercial product priced at 42 USD. http://www.goldencode.com/company/software/j2se
Jikes 1.22 Jikes™ is an open source, strictly Java compatible, high performance compiler. http://jikes.sourceforge.net//jikes
run_java 26-May-2003 Generic script for starting Java 1.3 and 1.4 applications in OS/2 or eCS by Cary Renquist.

FAQs, tutorials and books

Name Date Short description & URL
Free Java Guide Learn various Java technologies through a variety of online tutorials like Java tutorials, SQL tutorials and PLSQL tutorials to the J2EE platform. From Hemanth Balaji. http://www.freejavaguide.com
Java FAQ Java FAQ by Eliotte Rusty Harold. http://www.ibiblio.org/javafaq/javafaq.html
Java Glossary Roedy Green's Java & Internet Glossary. http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jgloss.html
Java How-to Real's Java/JavaScript/Powerbuilder How-to by Real Gagnon. http://www.rgagnon.com/howto.html
Java Q&A Java Q&A - Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about the Java language by David Reilly. http://www.javacoffeebreak.com formerly http://www.davidreilly.com/jcb/faq
Java tutorial 03-Nov-2003 Java tutorials by Richard G Baldwin. http://www.dickbaldwin.com/toc.htm
jGuru FAQs Java Guru FAQ Home Page by John Zukowski. http://www.jguru.com/faq
The Java™ Tutorial 15-Apr-2005 Java tutorial by Sun. Now updated to 5.0. http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial
Thinking in Java 3rd Edition 20-Nov-2002 Electronic book on programming in Java by Bruce Eckel. http://www.mindviewinc.com

Java resources and software sites

Name Version / GA Short description & URL
java.sun.com N/A The source for Java™ Technology. http://java.sun.com
Focus on Java Focus on Java by John Zukowski. http://java.about.com
FreewareJava.com Free Java applets, tutorials, references, Java books, and more. http://www.freewarejava.com
Freshmeat.net Claims to be the Web's largest index of Unix and cross-platform software. http://freshmeat.net
Gamelan.com Java Articles, tutorials, news, discussions, and more. http://www.developer.com/java
IBM 1.1.8 Java Performance Performance of IBM Developer Kit, Java Technology Edition, Version 1.1.8. http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-118/118.html
JARS.com Java Review Service. http://www.jars.com
Java Boutique Collection of Java applets, games, scripts, and tutorials. http://javaboutique.internet.com
Javable.com Daily Java News. http://www.javable.com
Javalobby Java discussion forums, newsletter, free software and books. http://www.javalobby.org/index.jsp
Javaspot.net Articles, Java resources, and forums for asking questions or general Java discussion. http://www.javaspot.net
JavaWorld Java news, columns, forums, tutorials and more.http://www.javaworld.com
JavaZOOM Open source projects, services and more. http://www.javazoom.net/index.shtml
JSurfer Portal for news, discussions and reviews related with programming or using Java™ software. http://www.jsurfer.org
SourceForge.net Java Foundry Open source projects, services and more. http://java.foundries.sourceforge.net
SourceForge.net Open source projects, services and more. http://sourceforge.net

Communication

Name Version GA Java Short description & URL
Amnesia 1.015 1.3.1 Newsreader by AmsterdamSoft. http://www.amnesianewsreader.com
BuddySpace 2.6 18-Nov-2005 1.3.x An excellent Jabber Java client with many bells and whistles. Domingos says it runs seamless in eCS 1.1. http://buddyspace.org
CBIRC 1.12 22-Nov-2005 1.4.1 Cross-platform IRC client by Christoph Bratschi. http://www.bratschi.net/cbirc
CollectMail 2.24b 1.3.x Free e-mail collector, intelligent proxy and spam filter formerly known as JavaEmailProxy. http://www.zenadsl2993.zen.co.uk/index.html
Columba 1.2 Final 05-Jun-2006 1.4.x Email client, featuring a user-friendly graphical interface with wizards and internationalization support by Timo Stich and Frederik Dietz. Note: The recent Webstart version appears to not work under GoldenCode Java. http://columba.sourceforge.net
DevWex 1.2006.0415 1.4.x Highly configurable command line web server by SEANOX. http://www.seanox.de/projects.devwex.php
Freenet 0.7 16-May-2006 1.4.x A Distributed Anonymous Information Storage and Retrieval System. From Raimund. http://freenetproject.org
FTPit! 1.3.x This Swing-based FTP tool by Hiroki Okuhata has been removed from http://www.hirokiok.com/en/ftpit and it may be obsolete
hitcounter Hit counter, server application and client applet for viewing hits to your site by XdebugX. http://www.xdebugx.net/xdebugx/applets.php
HotJava browser 3.0 1.1.x Unsupported browser by Sun. http://java.sun.com/products/archive/hotjava/index.html
I2P 0.6.1.13 26-Mar-2006 1.4.x I2P is an anonymizing network offering a simple layer that identity-sensitive applications can use to securely communicate. http://www.i2p.net/home Raimund recommends using his jbigi add-on (i2p_runplain100.zip
JamochaMUD 1.4 07-Aug-2006 1.1.4 Java MU* client by Jeff Robinson http://www.jamochamud.org/downloads.html
JAP 00.06.006 19-Oct-2006 1.1.8 Tool for privacy on the Internet by Hannes Federrath.http://anon.inf.tu-dresden.de/os2/download_en.html
JavuJavu 3.0.2 25-Aug-2006 1.1.8 This is a clone of Polish instant messenger GaduGadu, which is very popular in Poland. JavuJavu2 starts with Swing unless it detects an older version of Java (1.1+), then it starts with an AWT interface. http://www.javujavu.com
jBidWatcher 1.0 04-Sep-2006 1.2.2 Application allowing you to monitor auctions you're not part of, submit bids, snipe (bid at the last moment), and otherwise track your auction-site experience. From Raimund. http://www.jbidwatcher.com
JBoss 4.0.4 15-May-2006 1.4.x Full-fledged award-winning Java app-server by JBoss Group. http://sourceforge.net/projects/jboss
JBuddy Messenger(was JSuperChat) 2.2 10-Dec-2005 1.3.x Multi-network, multi-platform 'Universal IM Client' that supports AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, Sametime, MSN and Zion's JSC. http://www.zion.com/products/messenger/index.html Note: MSN Messenger uses SSL and it requires Java 1.4 JSSE (Java Secure Socket Extensions). One user reports success using Golden Code 1.4 with MSN, but not with InnoTek's 1.4.2.
Jeti/2 0.7.6.1 13-Dec-2006 1.4.x This is a Java 1.4x client for instant messenger services, including Jabber, AIM, MSN, Yahoo, and ICQ. From Warp News and Rumors. http://www.ehlertronic.de/jeti2.htm
Jetty 6.0.1 26-Sep-2006 1.4 HTTP Server and Servlet Container by Mort Bay Consulting. http://jetty.mortbay.org/jetty
JFtp 1.49 10-Dec-2006 1.4.x FTP-client with auto-resuming, recursive up/download and recognition of malformed pathnames (often found on warez-servers). http://sourceforge.net/projects/j-ftp
JFTP 4.0 19-Jun-2005 1.4.x Graphical FTP client by Sai Pullabhotla. http://www.jmethods.com/products/jftp
jJRU 0.1 21-Jul-2004 . Java Jabber Roster Utility can load the roster from your jabber account into a file without going online, change it (e.g. replace gateways) and then save it back. From Raimund. http://jabberstudio.org/projects/jJRU/project/view.php Here is a screenshot.
JMFS 2003-05-02 1.3.x Multi-OS files synchronizer by Helge Nordmann. http://www.norrsken-data-teknik.com/JMFS/index.html
JMSN 0.9.8b7 16-Oct-2003 1.3.x Microsoft MSN Messenger clone, including Instant messaging, File Send/Receive, msnlib (for developers), and additional chat log by Jang-ho Hwang. http://sourceforge.net/projects/jmsn
Limewire 4.12.11 27-Jan-2007 1.4.x File sharing app for leeching mp3's and movies by Lime Wire. http://www.limewire.com Here is a list of tips and tricks for OS/2 users.
MailFaces 2.1.5 Jul-2002 1.1.x Application that will watch your Mail Server mailbox and display a set of images that represent for each mail, the originator of the e-mail by John Thomas. http://members.cruzio.com/~jthomas/mailfaces
Mercury Messenger (was dMSN) 1.7.10 22-Mar-2006 . Java MSN Messenger client. From OS2.org. http://www.andreas-peters.net/sites/programme/mercury.html
muCommander 0.8 beta2 27-Feb-2006 1.4.x Lightweight, cross-platform file manager featuring a Norton Commander style interface. From Thomas Nolte. http://www.mucommander.com/
NetGraph 0.01 1.1.8 Traceroute in a graphical window by Cyrille Morvan. It requires a traceroute utility named 'traceroute'. http://cyrille.morvan.free.fr/netgraph/en
PhexSee ver 3.0 note 2.8.10 18-Jul-2006 1.4.x Gnutella file sharing client by Gregor Koukkoullis and Konrad Haenel. Note: Newest version 3.0 released on 01-Jan-2007 requires Java 1.5. http://phex.kouk.de/mambo
Polarbar 1.25a 22-Mar-2003 1.1.8 E-mail application by Polarbar development team. http://www.polarbar.net
PostArmor 1.3.2 1.2.x Spam filtering e-mail proxy by P. Manna. Open-sourced in July 2005. http://www.postarmor.com
RconsoleJ 1.0 27-Nov-2002 1.1.8 RconsoleJ for NetWare (part of NetWare 5.x and 6.x) by Novell. http://www.novell.comAppropriate .cmd scripts by Lewis G Rosenthal. http://www2.2rosenthals.com:81/pcnet/ls_ult.html
RSSView 2.0.0 Beta 07-Oct-2004 . Java-based ticker application that uses JAXP to parse RSS-sites (RDF site summary). It has a browser-like view and a simple ticker-view. From Raimund. http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=49388
Secure FTP 2.5.9 01-Oct-2006 1.4.x Client application that allows for a 128-bit encrypted secure connection to a server that supports FTP over SSL or FTPS. Note: Per Johansson says the Java Webstart version was updated and it works well with InnoTek Java 1.4.2_05. http://www.glub.com/products/secureftp
Smart Cache 0.93 24-Jun-2005 1.1.8 Full featured caching proxy server and web forwarder by Radim Kolar. http://scache.sourceforge.net
TCPConfig 24-Jul-2006 1.1.x Replacement of IBM's TCPCFG2.CMD (JAVA) TCP/IP Configuration Program which needs Java 1.1x as default. The program is released as freeware by Reinhard Berger. [tcpconfig-2005-12-14.zip]
TCP PortScan 1.0 09-Aug-1997 1.1.x Port scanner by Eduardo Fernandez. [psjava10.zip]
TightVNC 1.2.9 1.4.x Free remote control software package derived from the popular VNC software. You can see the desktop of a remote machine and control it with your local mouse and keyboard, just like you would do it sitting in the front of that computer. Run it with this command: "java vncviewer HOST xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Port 5900" http://www.tightvnc.com/download.html
WebReader 3.0 07-Dec-1999 1.2.x Internet newsreader capable of posting and reading articles containing HyperText Markup Language (HTML) by The Fractal Images Company. http://www.fractals.com/webreader
XNap 3.0.1 20-Jun-2004 1.3.x File sharing client by Felix Berger, Steffen Pingel and Yven Leist. http://xnap.sourceforge.net
ZeroToaster::MTA 2.78b 04-Dec-2006 1.1.8+ Very fast, responsive POP3 and SMTP mail server with all the features an ISP, Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) or Individual user requires; by Bernd Hohmann. http://www.zerotoaster.net
ZeroToaster HTTPD 1.63 05-Sep-2006 1.1.8+ This is a web server that runs fine on eCS using Java 1.1.8, IBM 1.3.1 and Golden code; by Bent Nielsen. http://www.zwanzigeins.de
Ziga Development Ended 2003 1.3.x Note: Development for this file sharing application by Magnus Lidbom and Frederik Zimmer ended in 2003. Files were removed from http://sourceforge.net/projects/ziga

Development

Name Version GA Java Short description & URL
Ant 1.7.0 19-Dec-2006 1.3.x Java-based build tool, kind of like Make, but without Make's wrinkles. Note: User manual says higher versions of Java give you more Ant tasks. http://ant.apache.org
Arachnophilia 5.2 08-Dec-2003 1.4.x Powerful programming editor with special HTML production and editing features by Paul Lutus. http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia
ArgoUML 0.22 22-Aug-2006 1.4.x Cognitive modeling CASE tool to help you do your design using UML by the ArgoUML community of developers. http://argouml.tigris.org
Batik 1.6 11-Apr-2005 1.3.x Java™ technology based toolkit for applications or applets that want to use images in the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format for various purposes, such as viewing, generation or manipulation. http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik
BlueJ 1.3.5 1.3.x Integrated Java environment for teaching by Michael Kölling. http://www.bluej.org
CaffeineMark 3.0 1.1.8 Industry standard Java benchmark by Pendragon software. Note: CaffeineMark 3.0 scores cannot be compared with scores from earlier versions because of new tests and a different scoring/averaging scheme. http://www.benchmarkhq.ru/cm30/runtest.html
DbVisualizer 4.3.6 1.3.x Database visualization and management tool which entirely relies on the JDBC APIs by Minq Software. According to Vincenzo Venuto, it works with a lot of databases including the PostgreSQL OS/2 port. http://www.minq.se/products/dbvis
Ekit 1.1 05-Jan-2006 1.3.x Free open source Java HTML editor by Howard Kistler. http://www.hexidec.com/ekit.php
Guiffy 7.4 20-Sep-2006 1.1.8 Source file compare/merge utility by Guiffy Software. http://www.guiffy.comOS2 Install Instructions
hsql Database Engine 1.8.0.4 16-Apr-2006 1.4.x Relational database engine. Continuation of Thomas Mueller's closed Hypersonic SQL Project by SourceForge. http://hsqldb.org Note: jar is built for JVM 1.4. To re-compile for other JDKs using a JDK and ANT, see documentation in the /build directory.
HTML Converter 1.3.0_02 1.3.x Program that converts an HTML-file containing applets to a form that uses Java™ Plug-in. http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/1.3/docs/htmlconv.html
(X)HTML-Format 8 1.3.x (X)HTML-editor by Christian Diekmann. http://www.homepagehelper.de/software/html-format/html-editor.shtml
HTMLParser 1.4 Parser for HTML by Somik Raha. http://htmlparser.sourceforge.net
iSQL-Viewer 2.1.8 03-Oct-2004 1.4.1 Open-source JDBC 2.x compliant database front end by Markus A. Kobold. Note: Version 2.1.6 and newer require JRE 1.4.1; previous versions require JRE 1.3.1 http://isqlviewer.com
J 0.21.0 24-Sep-2004 1.4.x Text editor by Peter Graves. http://armedbear-j.sourceforge.net
JBuilder Foundation 7 1.3.1 Java compiler by Borland. http://www.borland.com/jbuilder
JBuilder Foundation 2006 1.4.2 Java IDE by Borland. http://www.borland.com/jbuilder/foundation Install info by Per Johannson. jbxf-inst.txt
JCSC 0.98.1 beta 06-Jul-2005 1.3.x Powerful tool to check source code against a highly definable coding standard and potential bad code; by Ralph Jocham. http://jcsc.sourceforge.net
jEdit 4.2 31-Aug-2004 1.4.x Programmer's text editor. Note: Starting with jEdit 4.3pre6, the development team will use JDK 1.5. The current release, jEdit 4.2 is stable and has many plug-ins that still work great with Java 1.4. http://jedit.org/index.php?page=download
JExpress Professional 7.0.3 04-Jan-2007 1.3.x JExpress lets you create Java-based multilingual installers and auto-updaters. From Warp News and Rumors. http://www.denova.com For more information about this release, see changes.
Jext 5.0.1 17-Aug-2004 1.3.x The other editor by Romain Guy. http://www.jext.org
JGraph 3.1 1.3.x Robust and complete graph component, surprisingly small and supporting drag and drop and all the selection modes and display/editing options you might expect; by Gaudenz Alder. http://www.jgraph.com/downloads.html
jTime-IT 1.31 1.3.x Project time tracker by Luc Van Bogaert. http://www.os2world.com/os2ecs/java_index.html
JSVN 0.8 28-Oct-2003 Java Swing client to access and manipulate a Subversion repository, by David Golpira. Use "x:>ant run" or "x:>java -jar jsvn-X.jar". http://jsvn.alternatecomputing.com
JUnit 3.8.2 or 4.0 05-Mar-2006 1.4.x5 JUnit is a regression unit testing framework written by Erich Gamma and Kent Beck. http://www.junit.org JUnit 4.0 requires SDK 5. Older versions are at SourceForge
MagicDraw UML 12.0 08-Dec-2006 1.4.x Visual UML modeling and CASE tool with teamwork support by NoMagic. Note: Some problems exist with older Java versions, e.g. drag and drop of components in the component tree. http://www.magicdraw.com
MindTerm 3.1.1 09-Jan-2007 1.1.x Implementation of a secure shell (both SSH1 and SSH2) client by AppGate. http://www.appgate.com/mindterm
NetBeans 5.04.1 1.4.x Free IDE for cross-platform Java development. Works fine with Golden Code Java; here are some install tips for version 5.0 Note: Version 5.5 is newer, but it requires Java 5. http://www.netbeans.info/downloads/all.php?b_id=1193
<oXygen/> 8.0 20-Nov-2006 1.4.2 XML editor by SyncRO Soft. Jens says this works fine with InnoTek's 1.4.2_09. http://www.oxygenxml.com Jens Tröger says the new version 7.2 works fine with InnoTek's 1.4.2_05
Poseidon for UML 4.1 21-Mar-2006 1.4.x UML CASE tool by Gentleware. Note: A free version is available and previous versions are archived. http://www.gentleware.com
SciMark 2.0a 1.2 Benchmark for scientific and numerical computing developed by Roldan Pozo and Bruce Miller. http://math.nist.gov/scimark2
Simplicity 2.1 1.1.8+ Rapid Application Development tool by Data Representations. Recommended System: Java SDK 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, or 1.4, 20 MB free disk, 300 MHz Pentium, 64 MB RAM, 800x600 display. User comments "It can't be registered when used with Golden Code J2SE for OS/2. (Bug in Simplicity?). Also "Cut and paste" from one application into Simplicity doesn't work." http://www.datareps.com/products/sfj/standard/index.jsp
SmartCVS 5.1.2 13-Dec-2006 1.4.1 Java CVS GUI by Thomas Singer. It requires a utility to unarchive the "tar.gz" file. http://www.syntevo.com/smartcvs/
SmartSVN 2.1.3 13-Jan-2007 1.4.1 SmartSVN is a multi-platform Subversion (SVN) client, the designated successor of CVS by Thomas Singer. It requires a utility to unarchive the "tar.gz" file. http://www.syntevo.com/smartsvn/
SmartSynchronize 2.5 11-Dec-2006 1.4.1 SmartSynchronize is a multi-platform file and directory compare and merge tool by Thomas Singer and Marc Strapetz. http://www.syntevo.com/smartsynchronize/
SQuirreL SQL 2.2 15-Apr-2006 1.4.x Graphical program that allows you to view the structure of a JDBC compliant database, browse the data in tables, issue SQL commands etc. by Colin Bell and Greg Mackness. http://sourceforge.net/projects/squirrel-sql Translations in Bulgarian, Brazilian and Czech added May-2006. Java 1.2 version is available http://www.squirrelsql.org/index.php?page=old
Together ControlCenter 4.2 1.3.x OOA/D tool, IDE J2EE development and deployment by TogetherSoft. (recent version is 6, not tested) http://www.togethersoft.com/products/controlcenter Scripts to run Together Control Center by Chris Graham. http://www.warpspeed.com.au/Products/JAVA
TomCat 5.0.28 1.2.x Servlet container that is used in the official Reference Implementation for the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies. Scripts to run Tomcat http://tomcat.apache.org/faq/otherOperatingSystems.html#scripts Jan Waliszewski reports that Apache Tomcat/5.0.28 runs well in production Warp4 and WSeB using JVM 1.4.1_03-GCD-b24-20030717 from GoldenCode

Games

Name Version / GA Java Short description & URL
OS/2 World Gaming Site 03-Jun-2006 . OS2World.com Gaming Site relaunched using the Joomla CMS script. From Martín Itúrbide. http://www.os2world.com/games
American History Lux 1.0705-Aug-2006 1.4 Game of strategy and domination inspired by the board game Risk, featuring the history of American wars. http://sillysoft.net
Ancient Empires Lux 1.007-Dec-2006 1.4 Game of strategy and domination inspired by the board game Risk, and takes you through all the greatest civilizations of early history. http://sillysoft.net/ael/
BGBlitz 2.0.118-Apr-2006 1.3 Strong backgammon playing program, that includes training aids and tools to analyze matches, by Frank Berger. http://www.bgblitz.de
Bomberman 02-Aug-2002 1.3 Bomberman game by Robert Hockauf. http://www.hockauf.net/robert/bomberman.php
Breakout! 08-Aug-1999 1.1.8 Breakout game by Lou Schiano. http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/6879
BrettspielWelt 1.4.x27-Apr-2006 Client to play popular boardgames online by Alexander Zbiek. http://www.brettspielwelt.de
CheckMate 1.0 1.3.x Chess game for two players on the same computer or over an intranet by Tanveer Rameez. http://www.tanveer.freeservers.com/programming/CheckMate.htm
Colossus 03-Mar-2006 1.4.x Java clone of Avalon Hill's Titan™ boardgame by David Ripton. http://colossus.sourceforge.net
Cribbage 2.0516-Mar-2006 1.3.x Game by Michael G. Slack. http://pws.prserv.net/usinet.slack/ms_java.html
Darkfish Checkers 1996 1.3 Standard American Checkers game by Timothy J. Rogers. Instructions, rules and sample games are provided. http://www.darkfish.com/checkers
Darkfish Five Field Kono 1996 1.3 Kono game by Timothy J. Rogers. http://www.darkfish.com/kono
Darkfish Nim Skulls 1996 1.3 Nim Skulls game by Timothy J. Rogers. http://www.darkfish.com/nimskulls
Darkfish Pentalpha 1996 1.4 Pentalpha puzzle game by Timothy J. Rogers. http://www.darkfish.com/pentalpha
Darkfish Reversi 1996 1.3 Reversi game by Timothy J. Rogers. http://www.darkfish.com/turncoat
Darkfish Taxi 1996 1.3 Taxi game by Timothy J. Rogers. http://www.darkfish.com/taxi
Expert Backgammon 1.62 1.1.x Backgammon game by Larry Parnes. http://www.lpsci.com/software
FreeCol 0.5.305-Dec-2006 1.4.x Open source Java clone of the game Colonization.http://freecol.sourceforge.net
Frozen Bubble 0.9.505-Sep-2005 1.1.x Clone of a game originally written in perl. Recommended by Cris Guadagnino. http://glenn.sanson.free.fr/fb
gGo 1.010-Jun-2004 1.3.x gGo is a Go board, full featured SGF editor and client for the Internet Go Server by Peter Strempel. http://panda-igs.joyjoy.net/java/gGo
Jago 4.707-Feb-2006 1.1.x Client for internet go servers and editor for the SGF go format by Rene Grothmann. http://www.rene-grothmann.de/jago
JavaChess 30-Jun-2003 1.3.x Chess program by Andreas Rueckert. http://www.java-chess.de
JavaFIBS 2001 1.00904-Mar-2006 1.3.x Graphical interface for the First Internet Backgammon Server (FIBS) by Peter Nevalainen. http://www.fibs.com/~cthulhu
JavaSolitaire 1.110-May-2002 Java implementation of the famous Klondike solitaire game by Frederic Bergeron. http://sourceforge.net/projects/javasol
JChessBoard 1.526-Dec-2004 1.3.x Chess program by Claus Divossen that can connect via a direct TCP/IP connection to another computer running JChessBoard. It is also a full featured PGN viewer and editor. http://jchessboard.sourceforge.net
Jetris 1.0401-May-2004 1.3.x Tetris game by Luc Van Bogaert. http://www.os2world.com/os2ecs/java_index.html
JMines 1.11 1.4.x MineSweeper clone by Luc Van Bogaert. http://www.os2world.com/os2ecs/java_index.html
JSkat 0.531-Oct-2005 1.4.x Free implementation of the German card game Skat, written by Jan Schäfer and Markus J. Luzius. Tested in OS/2 by c.http://sourceforge.net/projects/jskat/
JSokoban 0.224-Jun-2002 1.3.x Sokoban-like game by Gustavo F Bett and Matthias Jell. http://jsokoban.sourceforge.net
jTans 1.0 1.3.x Tangram game by Philippe Banwarth. http://jtans.sourceforge.net
JTetris 1.0409-Dec-2002 1.3.x Tetris game by Michael G. Slack. http://pws.prserv.net/usinet.slack/ms_java.html
JVexed 1.1 1.3.x Vexed applet by Mr. Dobeliou. http://www.gjeux.com/java.xhtml
Ladder 1.1 1.3.x ASCII arcade game similar to Donkey Kong by Stephen Ostermiller. http://ostermiller.org/ladder
Lazyman Minefield 1.018-Aug-2004 1.3.x Lazyman Minefield game by Tom Almy is available as a jar file and as an applet. Andreas Kohl tested this with IBM JRE 1.3.1 & Innotek 1.4.2 and says its 1600x1200 mode is the crucial enhancement over M$ minesweeper. http://almy.us/lazymine.html
Lux Delux 5.602-Feb-2007 1.4 Game of strategy and domination inspired by the board game Risk. http://sillysoft.net
NesCafe 0.705Aug-2006 1.3.x This is a Java Nintendo Entertainment System emulator, which includes the source code under the GPL by David deNiese. From Warp News and Rumors. http://www.davieboy.net/nescafe
Nicand's Dame 1.1 1.1.x Dame board game by Nico Kämpchen and Andreas Ebbert-Karroum. Note: Andreas said until the applet link http://nicand.ebbert.org is fixed, you can download the game from here: http://www.myjavaserver.com/~nicand/NicandsDame.jar
Sudoku Java 0.9.12 1.4.x Free Sudoku Java Project generates and plays Sudoku games, from Mike. http://freesudoku.sourceforge.net
Tavli 1.0 1.4.x Famous game in Greece, includes portes, plakoto and fevga. Portes is much like backgammon. Plakoto and fevga are different variations. Play against the computer in this applet by Vagelis Lamprinidis. http://www.kb.neostrada.pl/tavli/tavli.htm
TwentyOne 2.0315-Mar-2006 1.3.x Card game by Michael G. Slack. http://pws.prserv.net/usinet.slack/ms_java.html
WyvernDown for maintenance beta4-Feb-2002 1.4.x Multiplayer action/role-playing game similar to a text-based MUD (or "Multi-User Dungeon with a graphical view of the game by Cabochon Technologies (Steve Yegge). http://www.cabochon.com

Graphic and image

Name Version / GA Java Short description & URL
AbsoluteDenoiser 1.2.0 1.4.x Noise reduction filtering software for digital images. Mike says it runs very satisfying with Innotek Java on a Sempron 3000 and 1024MB. It also runs with GoldenCode Java on my slower 400MHz, 320MB machine. Modify the included RUN script to specify a new Java path and memory. http://absolutedenoiser.free.fr/
Adobe Acrobat Viewer 1.1 1.1.8 PDF viewer by Adobe. Will not run under Java 1.3. http://www.adobe.com/products/acrviewer/acrvdnld.html
AlbumGrabber 0.8002-Nov-2004 1.3.x Grabs album covers of www.allmusic.com by Kevin Schmidt. http://bluedragontavern.dyndns.org/albumgrabber/index.html
Art of Illusion 2.409-Dec-2006 1.4.x Free, open source 3D modelling and rendering studio by Peter Eastman. http://www.artofillusion.org
C.a.R.New Link 5.212-Jan-2007 1.2.x Program that simulates school geometry constructions with a pair of compasses and a straightedge (ruler) by Rene Grothmann. Note: The new documentation is now available in English. http://www.z-u-l.de/doc_en/index.html
Draw SWF 1.2.9 1.4.x Simple drawing program that can save your drawings as animated flash file; by Tom Schindl and Max Lynch. http://drawswf.sourceforge.net
Exif-O-Matic 1.1.8 1.3.x Application around Drew Noakes' raw extraction library that exports EXIF to TXT and HTML by the Institute of the Future. http://www.instituteofthefuture.org/exifomatic
ImageJ 1.3713-Oct-2006 1.3.1 Scientific image processing and analysis software by Wayne Rasband. http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij
Java Movie Database (JMDB) 1.35 Beta411-Nov-2006 1.3.x1.4.x** Application for searching and getting information about movies, actors, etc. from Internet Movie Database; by Juergen Ulbts and Uwe Freese. Note: This version includes several fixes on the query side and now has a built-in PDF export** (Java 1.4.x or newer). http://www.jmdb.de
JAlbum 7.0.102-Feb-2007 1.4.x Free web-based photo album creator with thumbnails and slide pages by David Ekholm. "Works with eCS 1.0 and Innotek java 1.4.2_05" http://jalbum.net
Jave 6.0_M704-Dec-2005 1.3.x Java ASCII-ART editor by Markus Gebhard. http://www.jave.de
JDraw 1.1.503-May-2006 1.3.x A pixel oriented graphics editor written in Java (1.3 or above) that can save in (animated) GIF, ICO, and PNG formats. From OS/2 Warp News and Rumors. http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=96520
jFIG 2.00a 1.3.x 2D graphics editor, based upon xfig, the de-facto standard graphics editor for the X11 window system, by Norman Hendrich. http://tech-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/applets/javafig
JGraphPad 5.8.1.106-May-2006 1.3.x Powerful, free diagram editor based on JGraph by Gaudenz Alder, that allows you to create flow charts, maps, UML diagrams, and more. Thanks to OS/2 Warp News & Rumors. http://sourceforge.net/project/ showfiles.php?group_id=43118&package_id=65494
JIBS 1.8.328-Jan-2007 1.4 The Java Image Browser Sorter is an image browser with a full-screen slide show, image sorting, and printable contact sheet. http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=31289
JIPP 08-Mar-2001 1.3.x Image processing program (German only), offering various scientific analysis and transformation methods, by Manuel Kauers and Stefan Röhrich. http://www.roehri.ch/~sr/studium/jipp
JIUNew Link 0.14.117-Apr-2006 1.1.8 Java library for loading, editing, analyzing and saving pixel image files by Marco Schmidt. http://schmidt.devlib.org/jiu/
JPhotoBrush Pro 1.3 1.3.x27-Jun-2004 Image enhancement and editing tool by Tanveer Rameez. http://www.jphotobrushpro.com
jPixDb 4.115-Sep-2006 1.4.x Java picture album database from Bluemont Software that allows you to organize, view and print picture albums. jPixDb runs on any platform that supports Java version 1.4. http://www.bluemontsw.com
JSane 0.2113-Nov-2000 1.1.8 Frontend for the SANE scanner program by Frank Schmittroth. [jsane021.zip]
JUMP 1.220-Nov-2006 1.3.x The Unified Mapping Platform (JUMP) is a GUI-based application for viewing and processing spatial data. It includes many common spatial and GIS functions. http://www.vividsolutions.com/jump/ See the wiki for more information or visit one of the fork sites.
Panoply 2.1.404-Jan-2007 1.4.x This is a Java application which enables the user to plot raster images of geo-gridded data from netCDF datasets. Depending on the data, it can draw global longitude-latitude images or pole-to-pole latitude-vertical images. http://www.giss.nasa.gov/tools/panoply
PhotoMesa 3.1.1 N/A Zoomable image browser by Ben Bederson. http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/photomesaNote: PhotoMesa now runs only on Windows ( 2000/XP, .NET 1.1, 512MB, 1 GHz).
PolySolve 2.020-Nov-2003 1.3.x Java applet for generating a polynomial or trigonometric regression given a set of x,y pairs. http://vps.arachnoid.com/polysolve/index.html Here is a nice review by Niels Jensen in the October 2006 OS/2 VOICE.
yet another Java Movie Database (yaJMDb) 1.0.17 1.4.1 Java Movie Database is a local IMDb database featuring a sophisticated GUI to query for titles, names and release dates, and using SQL (for now); by Thorsten M. Wahl. http://home.eplus-online.de/twahl

Multimedia

Name Version / GA Java Short description & URL
AVgen and XmtBatch 1.4.011-Dec-2006 1.3.1 MPEG-4 player and content developers toolkit from IBM Alphaworks. Reportedly, it plays MPEG4 video (samples included) just fine on a PII-300MHz machine. From Warp News and Rumors. http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/tk4mpeg4
CDox 1.03 1.4.1 CD-Label/Booklet/Cover program by Rutger Bezema and Andreas Schmitz. http://sammael.mine.nu:8081/cdox
Entagged 0.2105-Feb-2006 1.4.1 Audio File Tagger that uses the freedb online database for retrieval of tags. It allows custom file renaming and supports: mp3, ogg, flac, mpc, ape, wma. Cris Guadagnino uses it to mass-edit mp3 files and says it works well with Innotek and GoldenCode Java. http://entagged.sourceforge.net/
Java™ Media Framework 2.1.1e 1.3.x Application programming interface (API) for incorporating media data such as audio and video into Java applications and applets by Sun. http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/jmf
jlGui 2.3.209-Jul-2005 1.3.x Music player by JavaZoom team. http://www.javazoom.net/jlgui/jlgui.html
Jiver 1.127-Aug-2003 1.3.x MP3 player featuring ID3 tag editing and extended filtering to create playlists by Serge de Schaetzen. http://java.internet.com/Jiver
jOggPlayer 1.1.415-Apr-2003 1.3.x Graphical Ogg Vorbis player by Tom Gutwin. http://joggplayer.webarts.bc.ca
JPlayer 1.10 1.3.x Mp3 audio player by SureShot. Also supports AIFF, AU, AVI, GSM, MIDI, MP2, QT, RMF and WAV files. http://www.bysoft.se/sureshot/jplayer
MP3 Automagic CD Cover Creator (MACCC) 1.4 1.4.1 Printable CD cover creator for MP3 CDs by Brian Pipa. http://pipasoft.com/maccc
MultiShow 2.4 1.4.x Multipurpose file viewer for audio, video, images and text by Werner Randelshofer. http://www.randelshofer.ch/multishow/download.html
MusicFrame 0.05 1.1.8 Management software for MC-, CD-, LP collections by Frank Ambacher. Database can be exported to the most used CD-Player. http://www.anakor.de
PTViewer 3.1.206-Jan-2004 1.1.8 Panorama viewer can be run stand-alone or as an applet by Helmut Dersch. http://webuser.fh-furtwangen.de/~dersch/ Examples: Gallery (German), Partial Panorama, Full Spherical Panorama
TV Browser 2.2.119-Jul-2006 1.4.x Digital TV Guide that is very popular in Germany. PlugIns are also available for British and Swedish TV. From Andreas Kohl. http://tvbrowser.org

Palm

Name Version / GA Java Short description & URL
JmakeZtxt 1.7 June 2006 1.2.x Converts text files (e.g. from Project Gutenberg) into the format needed by Weasel Reader for Palm; by Karin Herm and Martin Smith. http://jmakeztxt.sourceforge.net
JPilot-DB 1.3.19 18-Mar-2006 1.3.x Java library and GUI for reading/manipulating Pilot-DB database files by Trever Shick. http://jpilot-db.sourceforge.net
JPluck JPluck is no longer being maintained and has been superseded by Sunrise.
JProgect 0.1.2 15-Nov-2002 1.3.x Open desktop client application for the Palm project manager Progect by Bill Mair. http://sourceforge.net/projects/jprogect
jSyncManager API 3.2b01 12-Nov-2004 1.3.x jSyncManager Application Programming Interface that allows synchronization and data management applications for PalmOS-based hand-held devices; by Brad Barclay. http://www.jsyncmanager.org
jSyncManager Core Application Set 3.2b01 12-Nov-2004 1.3.x Suite of applications that allows data synchronization tasks for PalmOS based hand-helds; by Brad Barclay. http://www.jsyncmanager.org
Sunrise(replaced JPluck) 19-Oct-2005 . Sunrise converts websites and newsfeeds for offline reading on your handheld. http://sourceforge.net/projects/sunrisexp

Utilities

Name Version / GA Java Short description & URL
Bookmarks Unifier 2.0 beta 702-Jan-2006 1.4.x Bookmarks converter/manager/cleaner that enables users to create/maintain internet bookmark collections, by Wei-Tsun Sun. Various formats include Internet Explorer, Mozilla/Firefox and Opera are supported and it works with Golden Code Java http://shell.world-net.co.nz/~knightw/bu
Harddisk Manager 1.1.5 1.3.x GUI to manage harddisks and removeables; LVM replacement by Frank Ambacher. [hdman114.zip]
JDiskReport 1.2.412-Mar-2006 1.4.x Disk analysis tool that collects several statistics which you can view as overview charts and details tables; by Karsten Lentzsch. http://www.jgoodies.com
Java GUI 1.815-Jun-2006 . Frontend for Java that creates a program object from different Java versions, by Chris Roosien. [javagui_1_8.zip] Note: Chris reports this now uses a standard OS/2 file dialog, so now the enter key works as we are used to.
JIP 0.916-Jan-2006 1.4.2 This is a Java client for DynDNS.org and other dynamic DNS providers. http://www.bashiro.com/soft/html/downloads.html
jzip 0.2.008-Sep-2003 1.2.x GUI to create zip and Jar archives by Greg Kowal. http://sourceforge.net/projects/jzipdotorg
Multivalent Varies 1.4.x Java software for scanned paper, PDF, HTML, UNIX manual pages, TeX DVI, and more. A PDF compressor tool allows you to reduce the size of PDF files that contain graphics. Thanks to Wilber E. Hong. http://multivalent.sourceforge.net
Password Manager V5.0.4_Beta 1.4.1 Password Manager allows you to Organize all your userids, passwords, urls and notes information in one file that is encrypted with the BlowfishJ algorithm. From Warp News & Rumors. http://www.geocities.com/ramix_info/passwordmanager.html
ProjectX 0.90.331-Dec-2005 1.4.2 This is a Java program that converts, repairs, and/or cuts DVB (MPEG-2) files.
Time . 1.1.8 This applet displays a real-time or static clock, as a public service by two time agencies of the United States http://www.time.gov. For official US times, select a time zone from the image map or select UTC and use the time zone offset from this world map to calculate the time. From Roger Henson.
Varsha 0.7216-Jul-2006 1.4.x GUI based DVD authoring tool that can create DVD menus incorporating a backdrop of still pictures as well as moving video backgrounds. Ported from Linux by Paul Smedley. http://smedley.info/os2ports/others.html. SourceForge has some information about the Linux version from its developer. http://varsha.sourceforge.net
ZipControl 3.0.1024-Jun-2006 1.4.x ZipControl is a GUI for zip file management that was originally developed for OS/2, from Frank Fortson. http://www.rpfsoftware.com

Various

Name Version / GA Java Short description & URL
Borg 1.6beta204-Feb-2007 1.4.x Calendar/task tracking program, with RDBMS support and address book by Michael Berger. http://borg-calendar.sourceforge.net
BrutusNew Link 1.0 beta 327-Jul-2006 1.4 Program for organizing and cataloging collections of albums (recordings), books, movies, and software by Dale Erwin. http://pagliaccio.lunarpages.com/brutusV1B3.zip with installation notes on his Casa Erwin site. All navigational messages and GUI labels are selectable in four languages: English, German, Italian and Spanish. Help is available in English and Spanish.
Comic Collection 1.04 1.1.8 Application for keeping a local copy of web-comics and downloading them each day. It uses a MySQL backend; by Robert Synnott. http://comiccollection.sourceforge.net
Diary 2006-05-15 1.3.x Diary by Helge Nordmann; in German only. http://www.norrsken-data-teknik.com
Gendatam Beta 2 refresh 218-Jul-2006 1.1 Genealogical data model, developed to support the computer use of genealogical data. Gendatam was developed as a better structured solution to the problem of storing genealogical data compared with other well-known solutions. Note: Developers want comments.http://www.gendatam.com
GenealogyJ 2.4 1.4 Program which can handle all your genealogic information in a graphical way by Nils Meier. http://sourceforge.net/projects/genj
GFP 0.6.018-Aug-2006 1.4.2 Personal finance manager from Igor Regis. Note: Developers want user feedback.http://gfd.sourceforge.net
Gryphon 4.0.22004 1.3.1 Completely integrated financial administration system by Thorwin Software; in Dutch only. http://www.thorwin.nl
JavaDict 1.15 1.1.3 Japanese/English dictionary and character dictionary browser, featuring handwriting recognition-based character lookup by Todd Rudick. http://www.cs.arizona.edu/japan/JavaDict
JBook 1.2 1.3.x Retrieve, read, and bookmark electronic texts from Project Gutenberg; by Andrew Oliver. http://jbook.sourceforge.net
JCalendar 1.2.2 1.4.x Date chooser bean for graphically picking a date by Kai Toedter. http://www.toedter.com/en/jcalendar
jDictionary 1.8 1.3.x Plugin based dictionary by Csaba Kertész. http://jdictionary.info
jEnEV 3.3 1.3.x Calculates whether your planned house meets the european Energie Preservation advice as documented in the ENEV; german language only. http://www.enev-soft.de
J-Euro 1.01 1.3.x European currency convertor by Luc Van Bogaert. http://www.os2world.com/os2ecs/java_index.html
JMoney 0.4.429-Sep-2003 1.4.x Personal finance manager by Johann Gyger. Note: Newer versions require Eclipse and Java 1.5. http://jmoney.sourceforge.net
jMoney@Home 0.53.109-Jan-2004 1.4.x Small personal finance software by Markus Iofcea; in German. http://www.iofcea.de
JSword Bible Desktop 1.0.518-Nov-2006 1.4.x The JSword Project is a group of programs that work together to bring Bible study to a wide range of people using the Java platform. It includes Bible Desktop, a desktop based Bible study tool. http://www.crosswire.org/jsword/
Moneydance 2007 (562)19-Jan-2007 1.3.1 Personal finance software (bank accounts, investments, budgeting) by Sean Reilly. http://moneydance.com
PANDA 0.6020-Nov-2006 1.4.x Personal Assistant for Notes, Dates and Addresses by Harald Gruber. Thomas Klein runs this with Java 1.4.2 on eCS and I found it works with GCD Java 1.4. (My install notes) http://home.pages.at/hagru/en/tools/panda.html
Pauker 1.7.318-Dec-2006 1.4.x Generic flashcard program by Ronny Standtke. http://pauker.sourceforge.net
PLCash 2.00b215230-Jan-2005 1.4.1 Personal financial program by Paul Lutus. http://www.arachnoid.com/PLCash
ProRealTime 2005 1.4.1 Professional stock trader's workstation program. http://www.prorealtime.com/en
Sheep 0.1 1.2.x Personal finance manager by Johann Gyger.http://sourceforge.net/projects/sheep
Typist 3.1h 1.1.8 Program to provide you with instruction and practice in using a computer keyboard; by Simon Baldwin. http://www.geocities.com/simon_baldwin/typist
WatchStocks 2004.08.11 1.3.x Stock analysis program by Helge Nordmann. http://www.norrsken-data-teknik.com

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