Where can I obtain OS/2 Warp shareware and freeware?
See (4.11) OS/2 Warp BBSes for information on bulletin board systems that support OS/2 Warp.
On the Internet, the Usenet conference comp.binaries.os2 carries OS/2 software. And several sites are available via anonymous ftp. (No ftp? Send a single line message with the word HELP to bitftp@pucc.bitnet or ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com to learn about ftp mail servers.) Some are (with Internet node numbers and subdirectories):
ftp-os2.cdrom.com 192.153.46.2 pub/os2 ftp-os2.nmsu.edu 128.123.35.151 os2 software.watson.ibm.com 129.34.139.5 pub/os2 mtsg.ubc.ca 137.82.27.1 os2: access.usask.ca 128.233.3.1 pub/archives/os2 luga.latrobe.edu.au 131.172.2.2 pub/os2 funic.funet.fi 128.214.6.100 pub/os2 pdsoft.lancs.ac.uk 148.88.64.2 micros/ibmpc/os2 ftp.uni-stuttgart.de 129.69.1.12 soft/os2 src.doc.ic.ac.uk 146.169.2.1 computing/systems/os2 zaphod.cs.uwindsor.ca 137.207.224.3 pub/local/os2 ftp.luth.se 130.240.18.2 pub/pc/os2 ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de 131.159.0.198 pub/comp/os/os2
The ftp-os2.cdrom.com library is available on CD-ROM from Walnut Creek (phone 510-947-5996). A quarterly subscription is available. Profit Press (phone 800-843-7990) also offers OS/2 shareware and freeware on CD-ROM. EMS (phone 301-924-3594) offers an OS/2 shareware/freeware library on diskette.
Other sources include CompuServe, Prodigy, America Online, GEnie, BIX, and numerous other online services. See (4.7) Online Services.
IBM has been releasing freely distributable employee written software (e.g. Excal, Visual REXX) and OS/2 patches to these electronic archives.
Related information:
(3.3) "Must Have" Shareware and Freeware (3.5) Running a BBS Under OS/2 Warp (3.7) Viruses (4.6) Corrective Service Diskettes (4.7) Online Services (4.11) OS/2 Warp BBSes