OS/2 FAQ List: User's Edition (4 Apr 94)

0.9b (c) 1995 Peter Childs

(3.1) Applications

What applications are available for OS/2? 

In addition to the thousands of applications available for DOS and 
Windows, there are a couple thousand OS/2-specific applications 
representing almost every category imaginable. 

The DOS/Windows applications with 16-bit OS/2-specific counterparts 
include: 

 o Aldus 

    - Pagemaker 

 o AutoDesk 

    - AutoCAD 

 o Borland 

    - Sidekick 
    - Paradox 
    - Brief 

 o Corel Systems 

    - CorelDraw 

 o DeScribe 

    - Word Publisher 

 o FutureSoft 

    - DynaComm 

 o Hilgraeve 

    - HyperAccess/5 

 o IBM 

    - DisplayWrite 
    - DisplayWrite Composer 

 o Informix 

    - Wingz 

 o JP Software 

    - 4OS2 (4DOS for OS/2) 

 o Lotus Development 

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

 o Micrographx 

    - Designer 

 o Microrim 

    - R:Base 

 o Microsoft 

    - Word 
    - Excel 
    - Multiplan 
    - Mail 

 o New England Software 

    - Graph-in-the-Box 

 o Omen 

    - Pro-YAM 

 o Oracle 

    - Database 

 o SAS Institute 

    - SAS 

 o SemWare 

    - QEdit 

 o SPSS Inc. 

    - SPSS 

 o Ventura 

    - Publisher 

 o WordPerfect Corp. 

    - WordPerfect 
 

 and many others.  In some cases DOS and OS/2 versions ship together (e.g. 
 Microsoft Word 5.5, Lotus 1-2-3 3.0, Wingz). 

 OS/2 2.1 provides an attractive, 32-bit, Workplace Shell environment for 
 new applications; many do not have DOS/Windows predecessors.  This new 
 class of 32-bit applications will (or does) include: 

 o AIM/SDS 

    - Galactic Civilizations 
    - SimCity 

 o Athena Designs 

    - Mesa Spreadsheet 

 o BocaSoft 

    - System Sounds 
    - WipeOut Screen Saver 

 o Borland 

    - C++ 
    - ObjectVision 

 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 
    - {{ Ventura Publisher }} 

 o DeScribe 

    - Word Publisher 

 o Fifth Generation Systems 

    - FastBack Plus 

 o Hilgraeve 

    - HyperAccess/PM 

 o HockWare 

    - VisPro/REXX 

 o IBM 

    - DB2/2 
    - C Set ++ 
    - CICS 
    - Communications Manager/2 
    - Person to Person/2 
    - Personal Application System/2 
    - PL/1 
    - Programmer's Toolkit 
    - Prolog 
    - TCP/IP 
    - Time and Place/2 
    - Ultimedia Builder/2 
    - Ultimedia Perfect Image/2 
    - Ultimedia Workplace/2 
    - Ultimedia Video IN/2 
    - (Many others) 

 o Lotus Development 

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

 o Microformatic 

    - Fax/PM 

 o Micrographx 

    - Draw 
    - Designer 

 o Microrim 

    - R:Base 

 o OneUp 

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

 o Proportional Software 

    - DCF/2 (disk compression) 

 o SofNet 

    - FaxWorks 

 o Software Corp. of America 

    - TalkThru 

 o Spinnaker 

    - PFS:Works 

 o Stac Electronics 

    - Stacker 

 o Symantec 

    - Norton Commander 
    - Zortech C++ 

 o Vienna Software Publishing 

    - N/Joy: The World of Objects 

 o Watcom 

    - C++ 
    - Fortran 
    - VX-REXX 

 o WordPerfect Corp. 

    - Office 

 o ZSoft (WordStar) 

    - Publisher's Paintbrush 
 

 and many more.  Over 1200 new 32-bit OS/2 2.1 applications have been 
 released to date. 

 OS/2-specific versions of popular utilities include ZIP/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 2.1), 
 Smalltalk, and still more, from vendors such as Borland, 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]. 
  Fortran to C (f2c) and Pascal to C (p2c) translators are also available. 
  (See the Programmer's Edition of this List for more information.) 

 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 
  

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