The following BBSes hold large OS/2 libraries:
Name Number Fernwood (203) 483-0348 OS/2 Shareware (703) 385-4325 Bay Area OS/2 (510) 657-7948 Gateway/2 (314) 554-9313 Greater Chicago Online (708) 895-4042 OS/2 Connection (San (619) 549-4215 Diego) OS/2 Las Vegas (702) 433-5535 IBM Germany 049-711-785-777 IBM Germany (Another) +49-69-6645-325 IBM Denmark 45-42-88-72-22 OS/2 UK 0454-633197 IBM UK 0256-336655 IBM Norway 47-66-99-94-50 IBM Sweden +8-793 22 00 OS/2 Norway 47-22-38-09-49 OS/2 Australia 61-2-241-2466
Check OS/2 FAQ for a more extensive list of ftp sites.
(The monthly Worldwide OS/2 BBS Listing, available from these BBSes, lists others.) The IBM PC Company BBS (modem 404-835-6600) has some shareware/freeware as well, along with CSDs and the PS/2 Assistant (an invaluable resource for locating almost any sort of information on OS/2). For information on IBM's new OS/2 BBS phone 800-547-1283. IBM Canada maintains several support BBSes:
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):
Site IP Address Home OS/2 Directory american.megatrends.com 192.239.218.193 pub atitech.ca 198.133.44.2 pub/support/OS2 drivers for ATI video cards boombox.micro.umn.edu 134.84.132.2 pub/gopher/os2 home of gopher software cirrus.com 141.131.7.10 pub/support Cirrus video drivers; further sorted under /desktop, /laptop, etc. ctron.com 134.141.197.25 pub/drivers Cabletron - OS/2 drivers for their cards ftp.3com.com 129.213.128.5 /adaptors/drivers drivers for 3com cards ftp.cdrom.com 192.216.191.11 /pub/os2 ftp.creaf.com 198.95.32.3 Creative Labs archive: SoundBlaster drivers etc. ftp.germany.eu.net 192.76.144.75 .../os2 see under /newsarchive and /comp ftp.ibm.net 165.87.194.246 /pub/WebExplorer latest beta hobbes.nmsu.edu 128.123.35.151 pub/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 129.69.1.13 /pub/systems/os2 zaphod.cs.uwindsor.ca 137.207.224.3 pub/local/os2 ftp.luth.se 130.240.18.2 pub/os2 src.doc.ic.ac.uk 146.169.2.1 computing/systems/os2 mirrors ftp-os2.nmsu.edu/ ftp.cdrom.com ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de 131.159.0.198 /pub/comp/os/os2 ftp.informatik.uni-rostock.de 139.30.5.23 pub/os2 ftp.lexmark.com 192.146.101.4 pub/driver also other directories for os2*.* files ftp.ncr.com 192.127.252.6 pub PCI SCSI drivers in /ncrchips/ scsi/drivers/os2 ftp.netcom.com 192.100.81.1 /pub/kfan Fan's WWW server web2-101.zip ftp.novell.com 137.65.1.3 pub/updates former NetWire libraries ftp.pcco.ibm.com 198.79.74.29 ? all most dirs contain relevant files ftp.uni-bielefeld.de 129.70.4.55 pub/systems/os2 ftp.uni-erlangen.de 131.188.1.43 pub/os2 has German updates ftp.uni-kl.de 131.246.9.95 pub/pc/os2 also /incoming/pc/os2 ftp.uu.net 192.48.96.2 /usenet (e.g.) newsgroup archives - see comp.os.os2.*, among others ftp.uwp.edu 131.210.1.4 pub/msdos/proaudio FAQ, drivers, etc. for PAS16
The cdrom.com library is available on CD-ROM from Walnut Creek (phone 510-947-5996). EMS (phone 301-924-3594) offers an OS/2 shareware/freeware library on diskette.
Other sources include CompuServe (FIND OS/2) and archive servers (send a single line message with the word HELP to listserv@cc1.kuleuven.ac.be or mail-server@rus.uni-stuttgart.de for more information, or use ftp). TRICKLE servers are also available outside the United States. For more information on TRICKLE services, including automatic file subscription procedures, send a single line message with the word HELP to any one of the following sites nearest you:
Country
IBM has been releasing freely distributable employee written software (e.g. Visual REXX) and OS/2 patches to these sites.
(The previous was taken almost verbatim from the OS/2 General FAQ)