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SOFTWARE: InJoy 1.0 (with comments)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bjarne Jensen)
Sat Jan 25 07:07:12 1997
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 24 Jan 1997 01:29:20 GMT
From: injoy@post3.tele.dk (Bjarne Jensen)
Reply-To: injoy@post3.tele.dk
Reply-to: injoy@post3.tele.dk
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Announce: InJoy for OS/2 - Version 1.0
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A quick note before anything else:
* Sorry for a slow announcement! InJoy has been out for a few weeks, but
not announced till now because of the following.
* After InJoy was released an INI file was discovered in the zip archive.
Please backup your old "in-joy.ini" before installing the new InJoy on
top of an existing copy.
* Those of you using SLIP should get an update from bj@fx.dk
The already successful InJoy PPP/SLIP dialer for OS/2 has now taken another
step forward with the version 1.0 release. The first non-beta release of InJoy
is available for download from:
* http://www.fx.dk
IP Masquerading, Dial On Demand, Phone lists, SLIP support, Minimum CONNECT
speed, and an awesome graphical ticker is there. Never has InJoy been extended
this much in between releasing.
My hat is off to all the loyal users who registered during the beta cycle.
THANKS to them InJoy is going to just keep getting better and better. And,I
hope those who looked at InJoy during the beta phase and decided not to
register will take another look now . . .
InJoy Feature List
******************
o Full 32 bit PPP connections (according to the latest RFC's)
o Full 32 bit compressed SLIP connections (according to the latest RFC's)
o Full terminal mode capability
o Dial on demand
o IP masquerading (share PPP connection simultaneously with work stations
on your LAN, including Mac's's, Win95, 3.1 and all other TCP/IP clients)
o Port speeds configurable to 345,600 (hardware and driver permitting)
o Disconnect actions. Exit at any of these events:
- Any disconnect
- Any unprovoked disconnect
- Idle TIMEOUT
- TIMER expire
- Dialing failure
o CHAP and PAP authentication fully supported
o Low CPU resource usage
o Easy configuration
o Connection info stored in CONNECT.TXT, and viewable while connected
o Easy auto learning of log on scripts
o Automatic grabbing of IP addresses when running SLIP. No need for REXX!
o Script pausing to allow changing password insertion. Perfect for
setup's with constantly changing passwords, e.g. SecureID.
o Auto Internet connect at program start
o Auto line drop if modem negotiates a connection at a speed lower
than the user configurable limit
o Auto re-connect if carrier drops unintentionally
o Auto start/stop programs (like mail, news and FTP clients).
o Programs to be auto started are user specified
o Auto re-dial upon failure to establish a connection
o Phone number list with up to 10 phone numbers. Dial sequence and which
numbers from the list that are to be dialed can be controlled via several
user selectable options.
o Backup name server
o Adjustable program priority
o PPP options allowing connection fine tuning
o Online time monitoring (since last reset)
o Tracing capabilities (including line monitoring)
o Monitor CPS rates in real time (both graphed and digits)
o Auto connection logging (date, start, stop, duration and CPS stats)
o Monitor connection speed and connection time
o Share modem within your IBM PEER workgroup
o Timeout function (drop line after x seconds of line inactivity)
o Timer function (drop line after y seconds even if line is active)
o Timeout warnings (prior to line drop)
o Improving performance tuning options
o Graceful logoff (if host does not allow carrier drop)
o Possible to copy your host's definitions
o Tunes at connect/disconnect/timer warning/timeout warning
o NULL modem support
o Allows parity changing within scripts (great for CompuServe)
o PM Patrol (tm) aware
o Hiding password and userid from scripts using the [$PASSWORD]
and [$USERID] metavariables
o Configurable user confirmations
o Stable connections, even on RAM starved machines
o Textual "news ticker", showing you OS/2 commercials
and announcements (obsoleted by new graphical ticker).
o Automatic graphical "news ticker" messages from the InJoy Command
Center
- InJoy Headquarter News
- OS/2 News
- OS/2 Advertisements
- Win 95/NT News
- Win 95/NT Advertisements
- Internet General
- Job openings
- More to come every day!!!
o Releases COM port when not in use
InJoy is neither an extension to, nor a user interface for the PPP.EXE
included in the OS/2 Internet Access Kit. Following either of those paths
would have served only to provide slower performance and more resource usage.
Instead InJoy is a completely new PPP dialer that uses the IBM TCP/IP stack
for transport. This means that InJoy provides improved performance and
functionality with your existing Internet applications.
FUTURE PLANS
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My goal for InJoy is for it to be the "standard" by which all other OS/2
Internet dialers are measured. I intend to achieve that goal through a
development program which will add these functions and features:
o PPP server
o SLIP server
o Presentation Manager version (GUI)
o Auto running modules at any event
o Wav-file support (sound)
o TCPOS2.INI file support (migrate your existing hosts)
o Periodic dialing
o Auto monitor POP servers and HTML pages on the net
o Automated downloading and installation of new InJoy versions
o Dedicated ISDN support via CAPI
o A few secret projects I just can't reveal yet . . .
o Your good idea might fit in here, e-mail me . . .
REVIEWS
*******
"It has so many features that it's unreal.
I did see an apparent average download speed increase on compressed
binaries of about 2-3%. All in all, very much worth it."
- Rob Hughes about InJoy 0.9
(www.SharewareJunkies.com/injoy.htm)
"Have you ever been frustrated by the IBM Dialer? Its onerous setup
and subsequent failures? Or by looking at numerous scripts to provide
the same functionality? Instead of fiddling with the Dialer, and
hacking at scripts that don't quite meet your needs, end your
frustration. In-Joy, is a dialer for PPP or SLIP connections that
provides an easy to use functionality and a robustness that is missing
from the above."
- Doug Glenn about InJoy v0.9 (www.musthave.com)
"I started searching for a dialer that would reconnect a dropped
connection automatically. At that time, there were two dialers in beta
testing that would reconnect automatically. Not wanting to waste
resources I chose InJoy because it was a text mode application."
- Jon Winters for OS/2 E-zine
(www.obscurasite.com/bj/article.html)
Regards
Bjarne Jensen
F/X Communications
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