OS/2 Warp FAQ List (20 Feb 95)

0.9b (c) 1995 Peter Childs

(3.1) Applications

What applications are available for OS/2 Warp? 

In addition to the thousands of applications available for DOS and 
Windows, there are over 2,500 OS/2-specific applications representing 
almost every category imaginable.  OS/2 Warp provides an attractive, 
32-bit, Workplace Shell environment for new applications; many do not have 
DOS/Windows predecessors.  Here are just a few: 

 o AIM/SDS 

    - Galactic Civilizations 
    - Tensor 

 o Alpha Software 

    - AlphaFour 

 o Artisoft 

    - LANtastic for OS/2 

 o Athena Designs 

    - Mesa 2 Spreadsheet 

 o BocaSoft 

    - System Sounds 
    - WipeOut Screen Saver 

 o Borland 

    - C++ 
    - ObjectVision 
    - Interbase 

 o Cawthon Software 

    - Chipchat Wireless Communicator 

 o Computer Associates 

    - CommonView 
    - Compete! 
    - Datacom 
    - dBFast 
    - Easytrieve Workstation 
    - IDMS 
    - PAN/LCM 
    - QbyX 
    - Realia COBOL 
    - Realizer 
    - RET 
    - Simply Accounting 
    - SuperProject 
    - Telon/PWS 
    - Textor 
    - Unicenter 

 o Corel Systems 

    - CorelDraw 
    - CorelOffice 
    - Ventura Publisher 

 o Creative Systems Programming 

    - Golden CommPass 

 o DeScribe 

    - DeScribe 5 

 o DUX 

    - SimCity 

 o Global Village 

    - Faxworks Pro 
    - Faxworks LAN 

 o Hilgraeve 

    - HyperAccess 5 
    - KopyKat 

 o HockWare 

    - VisPro/REXX 
    - VisPro C/C++ 

 o IBM 

    - ADSM 
    - AnyNet/2 
    - APL 
    - Book Manager 
    - C Set ++ 
    - CallPath/2 
    - CICS 
    - Communications Manager/2 
    - Continuous Speech Series 
    - DB2 
    - DCAF 
    - DCE 
    - Developer Connection 
    - Device Driver Kit 
    - DirecTalk/2 
    - DualStor 
    - EduQuest educational software (including Columbus and Illuminated 
      Books) 
    - FlowMark 
    - FormTalk 
    - HyperWise 
    - LAN Distance 
    - LAN Server 4 
    - LAN Server for Macintosh 
    - LAN Server Ultimedia 
    - NetFinity 
    - Person to Person/2 
    - PL/1 
    - Programmer's Toolkit 
    - Prolog 
    - Screen Magnifier/2 
    - Screen Reader/2 
    - SearchManager/2 
    - SOM Toolkit 
    - TCP/IP 
    - THINKable/2 
    - Time and Place/2 
    - TranslationManager/2 
    - Ultimedia Builder/2 
    - Ultimedia Perfect Image/2 
    - VideoCharger 
    - VisualAge 
    - VisualGen 
    - VisualInfo 
    - Visualizer 
    - VoiceType Dictation for OS/2 
    - VRPG 
    - (Many others) 

 o Lotus Development 

    - 1-2-3 
    - Freelance Graphics 
    - Notes 
    - cc:Mail 
    - Ami Pro 

 o Maxis 

    - SimCity 2000 

 o Micrographx 

    - Draw 
    - Designer 

 o Microrim 

    - R:Base 

 o OneUp 

    - S.M.A.R.T. 
    - WindowWasher 

 o Online Data 

    - OnCmd xBase 

 o Proportional Software 

    - DCF/2 (disk compression) 

 o Software Corp. of America 

    - Poly/PM 
    - TalkThru 

 o Stac Electronics 

    - Stacker 4 

 o Sundial Systems 

    - Relish 

 o Sybase 

    - System 10 SQL Server 

 o Symantec 

    - Fastback Plus 
    - Norton Commander 
    - Zortech C++ 

 o Watcom 

    - C++ 
    - Fortran 
    - SQL Server 
    - VX-REXX 
 

 OS/2 Warp versions of popular utilities include Info-Zip's Zip and Unzip, 
 ARC, LHA, Zoo 2.1, many GNU tools, tens of different file finders, 
 desktop clocks, calculators, and many more.  Programming languages 
 include Ada, APL, Assembler, BASIC, C, C++, COBOL, Forth, Fortran, Icon, 
 LISP, Modula-2, Pascal, PL/1, Prolog, REXX (included with every copy of 
 OS/2 Warp), Smalltalk, and still more, from vendors such as Borland, 
 Cabot, Clarion, IBM, Microway, Symantec (through its Zortech subsidiary), 
 Watcom, and many more.  Two free ports of the 32-bit GNU C/C++ compiler, 
 GCC/2 and EMX/GCC, are available [see (3.2) Shareware and Freeware 
 Sources].  See the Programmer's Edition of the OS/2 Warp Frequently Asked 
 Questions List for more information on OS/2 Warp programming tools and 
 utilities. 

 The IBM PC Company BBS (919-517-0001) provides an online product database 
 of OS/2-specific software.  A directory of OS/2 applications, IBM 
 document number G362-0029, is published by Graphics Plus (phone 
 800-READ-OS2).  The OS/2 Development Tools Guide is available free of 
 charge by calling the IBM Developer Assistance Program at (407) 982-6408. 
  TINF [see (3.2) Shareware and Freeware Sources] is an applications 
 directory (for use with the OS/2 VIEW facility). 

 Related information: 

 (1.3)  DOS and Windows Compatibility 
 (3.2)  Shareware and Freeware Sources 
 (3.15) Dealers Specializing in OS/2 Warp 
  

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