Device Manage for OS/2

DevCon for OS/2 - Developer Connection

 		Operating systems:
ArcaOS, eComStation, IBM OS/2 Warp
eComStation myths 

(Unsorted)  
 
 
Compilers  
 
 
Tools  
 
 
REXX  
 
 
Drivers/kernel  
 
 

 

 

SysInfo -- System information

The library is useful for configurators, system utilities, applications.

NameDescriptionDownload
esysinfo.dll eSysInfo - query system information eCo Software toolkit (h/lib),
eCo Software runtime (dll)

Function prototype 

APIRET eSysInfo(ULONG QueryID, void *CopyResultsTo, ULONG StructureSize);

always call sizeof() as the third parameter, don't use constant value. System requirements:

  • eComStation operating system

eSysInfo collects information

OS information:

  • OS generarion: eComStation or IBM OS/2 Warp
  • OS version
  • NLV version
  • NeoWPS extender
  • date of OS installation

Components:

  • ACPI sub-system
  • APM supported sleep states

Memory:

  • total physical memory

Screen:

  • Screen width, height

Disk:

  • bootable drive
  • name, size of harddisks

PC:

  • CPU ID
  • Quantity of processors
  • Motherboard manufacturer, model

 
sysinfo.dll should provide information for developers:
  • Motherboard information (BIOS)
  • ACPI info
  • Memory (free physical, virtual, OBJ_ANY)
  • Disk information (type, space), bootable disk (detect of harddisks, write: name, size)
  • Video mode information
  • Uptime

The library should use ACPI to query information from the computer.

CPU Information

Measuring CPU Usage (Written by Sergey Yevtushenko)

SYSLEVEL

DosQuerySysInfo system function

DosQuerySysInfo.exe

 


 

 

ArcaOS 5.1.1 - DOS works again

DOS virtual machine works again (it was working on Core 2 Duo, and didn't for i5). Install ArcaOS in UEFI mode to use DOS VM.

PNG icons on Desktop

eCo Software: it's a significant achievement that we have created PNG icons engine for OS/2 Desktop. and designed the set of system icons. In other words, we have modernized the external view of OS/2.

Now we can discuss how to attract new users.

// надо на ENG!!

 
Every conference is important.

Warpstock Europe 2016

Interview with Lars Erdmann
talking about USB drivers development

What was happening at that conference? The work on ArcaOS was starting..

 

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