I'm also running eCS 1.2R (and OS/2 Warp MCP2 before that) on this board. I'm not using the onboard LAN, either, but everything else I've tried on it works well.
eCo Software have created several web-sites:
eComStation.RU - News and articles (the 2-nd by visitors)
eComStation.TV - video clips and interviews DevCon - for developers
Ideas for the developers:
Modern progress bar improves usability of your application, DevCon library.