eComStation.RU - tons of joy

2013-01-02 20:43:31 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

eComStation.RU site is the largest site dedicated to eComStation and OS/2 Warp today (20 000 pages). All articles and databases published at the site - is the result of interoperability with the users, replies to their questions and requests. The whole community is participating in the building of eComStation.RU web-site.

What can you find on eComStation.RU site?

• All news related to eComStation and IBM OS/2 Warp since 2001. Every message (may have) has comments so it works like local mini-forum.
• All reviews and articles about eCS and apps since 2001.
• Announcements of software updates - in separate APeCS database
• Many pages are related to the history of eComStation and IBM OS/2 Warp.
• Here is additional forum forum.ecomstation.ru
• The lists of tested hardware
• There are many pages with software projects
• Polls to collect the statistics
• Additional site with video clips: eComStation.TV
• eCo Shop - the catalogue of software (RUB)
• Web-site for developers -- DevCon
• eCo Shop - ThinkPad notebooks for eComStation users (RUB)
• Frequently asked questions and answers -- FAQ

We add additional information to the sites every hour.

eComStation.RU - is the largest storage of knowledge about eComStation and OS/2.

We are ready share our success

You can publish reviews/articles on the site.

Sponsor units

Sponsor to eComStation.RU site

Flash Plugin Wrapper for eComStation version 0.4.0 GA available

2013-01-01 06:02:23 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [OS2VOICE]

Flash Plugin Wrapper for eComStation version 0.4.0 GA available Mensys BV is pleased to announce the availability of the Flash Plugin Wrapper for eComStation version 0.4.0 GA

This product is available for download to all registered users of Software Subscription Services for eComStation. For more information, please visit: http://www.ecomstation.com/subscription/

With the new release of this Flash wrapper, up-to-date Flash support for eComStation is provided.

Currently the included version is Flash Player 11.5.502.135.

This version of the Flash Plugin Wrapper for eComStation is considerd GA quality and will enable you to use websites implementing the latest Flash content.

Changes compared to beta 2 are:

• Bump wrapper version to 0.4.0 GA.
• Add support for cross-scripting (calling Flash ActionScript from container's JavaScript and vice versa, tickets #8, #34, #69 and many more). This makes many modern Flash sites work.
• Bump reported Flash version to 11.5 r502.
• Many Flash Plugin Warpper specific fixes are present in Odin 0.8.6 and 0.8.7, please see the changelog file of Odin.

This version is considered to be a GA release, please upgrade if possible.

Notes:

• This code should not be used on production systems. See the readme.txt document for details.
• This release requires eComStation 1.2, 1.2R, 2.0GA or eComStation 2.1GA.
• This release requires an installed version of Odin 0.8.7 or higher, which can be obtained from the same download location as the Flash Plugin Wrapper package.
• Feedback can be provided via http://svn.ecomstation.nl/flash10

Panorama VESA video driver 1.0.3

2012-12-31 22:15:12 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [OS2VOICE]

This version has the following changes:

• 1.0.3: Fixed a problem with certain ATI/ATOM BIOS systems

• 1.0.2: Fixed the hang at desktop start that occured on some systems.
• 1.0.2: Fixed some problems with setting a custom resolution on ATOM BIOS.
• 1.0.2: Some changes to the PanoUtil program.

• 1.0.1: Added support for more Intel CPUs.
• 1.0.1: Removed SetCustomRes.cmd and added that functionality to PanoUtil.exe
• 1.0.1: Added an alternate way to detect Intel Type 1 ROMS.

You can download this new release from your Software Subscription Services at the Mensys website. Log in to Mensys with your Mensys login id and click the Downloads link. Click the "Software Subscription Services for eComStation" Download link and the Panorama drivers should be listed.

You can report problems at: http://svn.ecomstation.nl/panorama

One more site: http://ecomstation.ru/panorama

Warpstock Europe 2013 - bicycles

2012-12-31 02:15:25 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Official site of the conference: warpstock.eu
More information about the coming conference: http://ecomstation.ru/wse

The conference is successful

• IF we attract more visitors (that's why we talk about the program, the presentations, Haarlem city, ..),
• IF the visitors and speakers work all 3 days and don't run away (that's why we are discussing chairs, length of presentation, the order, ..),
• IF the visitors take memories and come to the next conference (that's why we talk about souvenirs, photo stands and walls, social events, ..)

What topics to discuss?

For example,

• How to automate internet shop using eComStation
• How to build web-server based on eCS
• Mobile internet and eComStation, usage of communicator as access point
• How to configure WPS for special purposes
• (your idea?)

Haarlem Bike Parking (source)

Haarlem and bicycle

Q: Can I come to the conference on bicycle? A: Yes, of course. Bicycle, motocycle, .. don't forget take the helmet.

• Colorful bikes in Haarlem
• bicycle underpass Haarlem, The Netherlands
• GoPro HD cycle around Haarlem, Netherlands 15 April 2010
• // useful video for tourist: Haarlem Netherlands

eCom-Santa comes to Finland

2012-12-28 13:33:11 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

It's easy switch English eComStation to Finnish user interface now, apply LIP pack and your eComStation computer starts talking Finnish language.

Whatsnew:

• the 1-st version; Send us more utilities and resources translated to finnish.

LIP project is an initiative of eCo Software (LIP homepage)

Available LIP packs:

• German language pack (basic)
• Spanish language pack
• Polish language pack
• Swedish language pack
• Norwegian language pack
• Czech language pack
• Korean language pack
• French language pack
• Italian language pack

It's easy to create new LIP packs, contact us and translate 100 lines of text to your language.

Recovery of general web-sites

2012-12-25 22:43:20 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

The general sites were damaged in the second part of 2012 and several monthes passed.. now the sites are restored partially.

• eComStation.RU was restored. DB not damaged. Sub-pages should be restored.
• www.os2world.com - the site is online now. Requires efforts to recover.
• http://bugs.ecomstation.nl - the bug-reports will be restored by emails

Use this backup tools to keep your business alive: PM Backup Suite

New computers - disable Secure Boot

2012-12-24 23:00:21 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

The holidays are coming and users buy new beautiful computers in super-markets. Some of them has Secure Boot feature and support Windows 8 only (by default).

Read more how to disable this revolutionary feature: osnews.com more links about Secure Boot: distrowatch.com, linuxfoundation.org

Several new OpenGL applications for eComStation

2012-12-17 23:34:15 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Screenshots and notes

Current task - create some small useful applications based on OpenGL. So the users can run the apps every day or 1 time per week and make some work.

You can send suggestions and sponsor units to OpenGL development. Mensys catalogue

eComStation 2.1 known issues

2012-12-17 17:29:57 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

What known issues of eComStation 2.1 do you know? List of problems and solutions

• Update ACPI driver (ALWAYS). Especially if computer hangs without reason.
• Thunderbird - some troubles (with indexing, with attaches saving). Solution: update the application.
• ..

eCo Software: feedback from users

2012-12-15 14:25:01 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

(duplicate)

All eComStation and IBM OS/2 Warp people are using eCo Software applications and drivers. The applications are based on powerful libraries and work stable and reliable. The development of this software required many efforts and resources.

Shareware applications: Special offer for november/december. No need to pay for upgrades. All fixes and upgrades are free. The upgrade to the next version is free.

Send testimonials via web-form (write if we should hide your name). We are going collect the testimonials from our users

P.S. The only thing which you should keep in mind: eCo Software runtime is available from the site http://ecomstation.ru/runtime , if something goes wrong then update the runtimes. During installation always select: overwrite all, unlock all.

DVD/CD Toys 1.03.00

2012-12-15 13:48:14 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Use DVD/CD Toys to burn operating system installation disks, to archive your data and create multimedia disks for other people.

If you like DVD/CD Toys, please share your testimonials

Burning audio disk from selected files

Please pay attention to excellent features of DVD/CD Toys: media can be verified after burning.

Whatsnew

New version 1.03.00 of the DVD/CD Toys,

• No more show error at beginning of reading from read-only devices.
• Trying to improve detection of a capabilities of a recording device.
• Huge execution logs are now correctly copied to clipboard.

Use DVD player from your Thinkpad

Take DVD player from laptop, attach to any other computer via special USB cable. No need to spend money to new devices.

Lenovo DVD with USB cable

The analytics are stupid

2012-12-06 14:43:20 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [habr]

The State Of The Web - Mary Meeker, drawed wrong pictures - OS/2 Warp not mentioned (russian text)

Here is the market share of OS/2 Warp

New version of Uniaud audio driver

2012-12-03 03:14:09 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

I have just placed a new version of Uniaud on http://svn.netlabs.org/uniaud

Uniaud32 is version 2.02.01 and is updated to ALSA version 1.0.24.

The port of ALSA 1.0.24 was done by Paul Smedley so he gets all the credit. I just cleaned up some build issues, built it and released it.

This version of Uniaud32 has only had very minimal testing so use with caution and backup first.

Uniaud16 is version 1.09.06 and is updated to include support for ACPI style suspend/resume.

Panorama VESA 2012 (preview) - significant updates

2012-12-03 03:11:55 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [Mensys, Roderick Klein]

Panorama is slower then SNAP, but since the PMSHELL is such a lightwheight shell a proper tuned VESA driver can get you VERY far in terms of performance. The newly published Panorama drivers proves that. Many many systems that where slow with Panorama are now MUCH more responsive!

Right now for eCS 2.2 SNAP is not a topic for us to focus on with our development team. We have the code and will return to this topic after the release of eCS 2.2. We hope to release this beta version in the next 2 to 3 weeks.

SNAP has exactly the same problems with slow performance on some systems as Panorama had. the so called MTRR registers where setup incorrectly and on some SMP systems that can also lead to problems. On top of that there is code in SNAP that scans the PCI bus looking for video card. This code is broken on at least on test sytsem in the test lab at work. Also some TRAP's occur we need to go back and fix does.

The changes in Panorama will be merged in time into SNAP so we fix the slow video performance as wel. The whole point is that SNAP at this moment is time is not very usefull until we have the MTRR/PAT stuff sorted out. That with Panorama is now done! There might still be issue's with this newly updated video drivers but most feedback is very good!

David Azarewicz writes:

Roderick wanted me to release a new Panorama driver sooner rather than later. However, there are still numerous administrative issues that need to be resolved before I can release an official version. Therefore I have made available a "preview" version which you can download and try out.

Since a Panorama section of the BetaZone does not exist yet, I have temporarily uploaded the preview Panorama driver to the ACPI section since that is the only place where I have write permission. This is not the correct place for the Panorama driver and it will be moved when a Panorama section is created.

You can download this preview version from your Software Subscription Services at the Mensys website. Log in to Mensys with your Mensys login id and click the Downloads link. Click the "Software Subscription Services for eComStation" Download link and find the ACPI section. The Panorama driver should be listed there until it is moved to its correct location.

You cannot report problems with this preview version. This is a preview version. Also, the ticketing system for Panorama is not setup yet and it will take me some time to do so. You must wait for a new announcement regarding a new Panorama version and/or an announcement regarding the ability to report problems. I will not respond to problem reports via e-mail.

ACPI package 3.21.03 has been released

2012-12-03 03:05:57 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [OS2VOICE, David Azarewicz]

I have released version 3.21.03 of the ACPI software package.

This version has the following changes:

• Updated to ACPICA version 20121018.
• The Toolkit was updated.
• Removed powerdlg from distribution since it is no longer maintained and no longer supported.
• Added a new function to syncronize memory type registers on multi-CPU systems.
• Some changes to command line switches
• Documentation updates.

More information about the ACPI software package can be found at: http://svn.netlabs.org/acpi

You can download this new release from your Software Subscription Services at the Mensys website. Log in to Mensys with your Mensys login id and click the Downloads link. Click the "Software Subscription Services for eComStation" Download link and the ACPI drivers should be listed.

You can report problems at: http://svn.netlabs.org/acpi

Warpstock Europe 2013 - Haarlem Train Station

2012-11-29 02:42:32 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Information about WSE2012

The conferences play important role in the life and functioning of the community. The developers and managers are working for the conference during 6 monthes,
they are using the energy received at the conference during the next 6 monthes. Full list of previous eComStation / OS/2 conferences: http://ecomstation.ru/conferences.php

Imagine that eComStation captured new markets and is growing. Why this happened? New solutions were developed, new libraries. Some interesting user interface features were introduced. New applications based on universal templates were created.

So, you know what we should make to achieve success. What topic are you going to research in the next 6 monthes? What presentation are you going prepare? (If you know a specialist which can work on this, send him information about the conference)

• What changes make to User interface
• What templates of applications should be developed?
• How to join different applications to pipelines to solve more complex tasks?
• How to give the 2-nd life to REXX
• Usage of eComStation in school/university
• (your topic)

Some words about Haarlem (the city which you can visit during/after the conference):

The original train station in Haarlem Holland was called Haarlem Station. Originally constructed in 1839 to carry passengers between Haarlem and Amsterdam, the station was rebuilt in 1905-1908. Today, 6 trains per hour run from Haarlem to Amsterdam. Travel time is approximately 20 minutes.

• Videos video 1 and video 2
• Photos: www.flickr.com

Reforms:

• It's always difficult make good photos of the speakers. Let's give 30 seconds for photographers to make some photos (after/before) with selected slides in the backround. [this is important for good reports]
• Social event (restaurant or tourist walk) should be available for all guests of the conference by default. People can't imagine what do they miss, it's necessary invite more people, so they get more impressions from the conference. Of course, the visitor can decline the invitation. [this is important for communication among people]