Welcome to the
OS/2 Special Interest Group

of the Capital PC Users Group



Welcome! We are the OS/2 Special Interest Group (SIG) of the Capital PC Users Group (CPCUG). We hold our meetings in Silver Spring, Maryland, on the second Wednesday of every month. The meetings are free and open to the public.

Our current SIG chairman is Richard Price (richard_price@compuserve.com). The Maryland SIG Vice-Chair is Pat Zilliacus (patrick.zilliacus@mix.cpcug.org) and the Virginia Vice-Chair is vacant. The training coordinator is Kirby Thornton (rocket@mnsinc.com).

Click here for OS/2 SIG meeting information: Format/Times/Location/Directions 


Previous and Upcoming Meetings' Topics

Future meeting topics will include:

eComStation
DeskMan/2

2001 Meeting Topics

February 2001 - Napster clients for OS/2
January 2001 - Papyrus for OS/2

2000 Meeting Topics

December 2000 - XWorkPlace for OS/2
August 2000 - New hardware options for OS/2
July 2000 - GhostScript for OS/2
June 2000 - Enhanced E Editor
May 2000 - GIMP for OS/2
February 2000 - XFree86 for OS/2
January 2000 - PMView 2000 for OS/2

1999 Meeting Topics

December 1999 - Win32OS2 Project
November 1999 - InJoy Dialer for OS/2
October 1999 - TrueSpectra Photo>Graphics Pro
September 1999 - Entrepreneur
July 1999 - PriorityMaster for OS/2
May 1999 -  HotJava Browser
April 1999 - Avarice
March 1999 - Aurora Beta
February 1999 - Process Commander
January 1999 - StarOffice Suite

1998 Meeting Topics

December 98 - Lotus SmartSuite for OS/2
November 98 - Master of the Empire
October 98 -  Netscape Communicator for OS/2
September 98 - XFolderSmartWindows
July - August 98 - Meetings canceled due to hardware problems
June 98 - Stardock's PlusPak: Themes
May 98 - Using Scanners Under OS/2 (handouts are still available for SIG members)
April 98 - Meeting canceled due to CPCUG move
March 98 - OS/2 and Encryption: PGPRC5, etc.
February 98 - CUSeeMe/2 Internet Video Transfer
January 98 - SMACK! Labeling Program

1997 Meeting Topics

December 97 - Trials of Battle
November 97 - Databeam Corp Net120 Data Collaboration Tool
October 97 - Zydacron Corp, Video Teleconferencing for OS/2
September 97 - TBA
August 97 - Stardock's Trials of Battle Game
July 97 - Redwood Demonstration
June 97 - Special Meeting
May 97 - Getting Started with REXX presented by Troy Klein.
April 97 - FaxWorks Pro
March '97 - Home Page Publisher - An HTML Editor
February '97 - OS/2 favorites?
January '97 - Surfing the 'Net For OS/2 sites


We also have what happened in 1995 and 1996 still online if you're interested..

OS/2 SIG Mail List Processor

The OS/2 SIG's mail list processor, hosted by Pete Norloff and the OS/2 Shareware BBS, is used for SIG business only. Traffic on this list is limited to OS/2 SIG meeting announcements and (occasionally) other items deemed (by the SIG officers) to be of general interest to our members.

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Most recent revision: February 25, 2001
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