What small settings do you change manually?

2014-02-23 00:23:45 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

What system settings did you changed in the last few weeks? Share your experience, what and where to adjust *manually*?

• change cache of JFS in CONFIG.SYS
• change the value of PROGRAMS (default directory for installation of new apps)
• activate USB CD-ROM
• ? your advice

History of eComStation: OS/2 innovations

2014-02-23 00:17:26 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

The users collected facts about history of video players for eComStation and OS/2 Warp

Let's recall the history of Graphics editors for OS/2 (photo editors, picture editors, 3D) The results are publised here

eComStation: driver updates

2014-02-09 23:16:32 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Final version of OS should include debugged versions of drivers, let's make more iterations:

• Driver for Realtek Gigabit PCI-Express LAN adapters. This driver is based on the source code of r8169 Linux kernel module.

  MulitMac Realtek Gigabit PCIe NIC Driver for driver for eComStation version 1.0.0

• USB Audio - USB developers continue to update USB Audio driver. So you can attach adapters with SPDIF digital output, professional audio cards and multimedia devices (FM transmitters, etc) (RUS: How to install UBS Audio)
• Ethernet drivers (BETAZONE):
  • e1000e-0.2.5.wpi This is an OS/2 NDIS driver for Intel ... 112 kb 07/02/2014
  • nveth-0.1.12.wpi This is a driver for NVIDIA ... 63 kb 07/02/2014
  • r8169-0.3.3.wpi This is an NDIS driver for Realtek ... 102 kb 07/02/2014

eComStation Left/Right: Graphics setup utilities

2014-02-09 16:18:16 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

What direction to select? How eCS will grow?

• Keep all setup utilities as is, save new settings to CONFIG.SYS and os2*.ini files?
• Or all properties / settings should be available through graphics utility? All undocumented settings should be available too?

Our opinion: Simple users will continue to use eCS if we collect all settings to one application with graphics user interface.

Week of PCI serial add-on cards

2014-02-05 02:32:56 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

This week is dedicated to collection of info about compatible/non-compatible PCI serial add-on cards (example: 16 8 port RS-232 serial PCI adapters, com-port).

Our database contains ~ 10 records only.

Post reports via web-form.

PCI adapters. Which driver do you use, how to setup it? Does it work in SMP APIC mode? Do you use SIO or system driver pscom.sys?

Youtube and Firefox

2014-02-03 04:22:06 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Firefox 17 and Firefox 10 are available for eCS.

Major part of youtube videos are available if activate html5: youtube.com/html5 -> Activate

Enable HTML5 and plat test video:

Mistakes of eComStation

2014-02-01 18:30:28 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Let's analyze what mistakes we make, what problems can be fixed.

10 mistakes of eComStation in the past, 10 opportunities in the future (Part 2) (russian text)

Early we have published: 10 mistakes of eComStation in the past, 10 opportunities in the future (2012/04)

eComStation: winter goes to the end

2014-01-31 01:52:35 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Some news from internet:

BMT Micro company sponsored several thousand dollars to Wikipedia (Benefactors) (BMT Micro - one of eComStation software resellers and software developers)

Multimac - chipsets requiring support

IBM corporation was selling solutions with OS/2 embedded: OS/2 and Embedded

Buy eComStation PC in California, USA,
You can also but laptop with eComStation pre-installed in St.Petersburg, Russia.

Do you know how to install IBM DB2 7.x to eComStation 2.x? (and fix traps, crashes) Let's collect tricks and tips here: DevCon bits

This course offers hands-on labs and lectures focused on providing skills required to support and perform operational services (installation, configuration, management, usage, and problem determination) using OS/2 Warp Server for e-business.
IBM OS/2 Courseware
-> OS/2 Warp Server for e-business

Picture: IBM OS/2 Trade Show badge (1990)

Alaram! Node OS/2 sites are not working

2014-01-26 20:52:07 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ec]

Several important OS/2 web-sites are still not available

• www.os2voice.org
• www.ecomstationnews.com
• www.os2news.com
• http://news.warpevents.eu

The developers can't post news => the users don't receive notifications about updates software => no sellings of software => the developers don't update software

Previous message: 2013/11

History of eComStation and OS/2

2014-01-22 02:09:38 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Share your memoirs with young users,

• PLAYER: what is the history of video player for eCS / OS/2?
• GAMES: What is the history of games (90-th)? draft is here
• INNOVATION: what are the innovations of OS/2? Innovations of OS/2
• FUTURE: Continue logical sentences: eComStation .. if .. then .. else .. of-then-else

Modernization of system applications: Sqlite usage

2014-01-20 03:31:41 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

What system applications could use sqlite? (what small system utilities need small local databases?)

"All utilities which store data then search it"

Let's migrate this applications to sqlite:

• eCo Market - hundreds of apps, many data fields about every applications.
• System log? or better store as directories and files
• System registry (os2 ini files)?
• Scheduler / Alarm clock for users
• Different audio / video catalogue utilities

Sqlite is available with every eCS 2.2, it is distributed as part of eCo Software runtime, examles and library are included to eCo Software toolkit.

ATM machine: Windows XP inside

2014-01-20 02:08:40 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [os2.de]

95% of all ATM machines (in Germany ?) are running Windows XP or Windows 2000. (Source: www.heise.de)

Seems that all OS/2 ATM machines were replaced with Windows XP models in ~ 2005. (Read the articles at ATM machines and IBM OS/2 Warp web-site)

Now it's time to update ATM machines again and migrate to new version of Windows.

Week of PCI serial add-on cards

2014-01-13 18:10:38 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

This week is dedicated to collection of info about compatible/non-compatible PCI serial add-on cards (example: 16 8 port RS-232 serial PCI adapters, com-port).

Our database contains ~ 10 records only.

Post reports via web-form.

PCI adapters. Which driver do you use, how to setup it? Does it work in SMP APIC mode? Do you use SIO or system driver pscom.sys?

Russian version of eComStation 2.2

2014-01-07 04:10:24 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

eComStation 2.2 beta II (beta 11) can be switched to russian language.

After installation of english version, it's necessary execute LIP package deployment.

Homepage of LIP packages

Extracting russian resources:

We have created LIP packages for other languages. You can join testing / translation.

eComStation for car: GPS receiver

2014-01-03 05:13:44 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Leonid Kaganov compared OS/2 with a car in 2002: OS/2 car (rus)

Today let's talk about eComStation in the role of Board Computer:

• Where to place it?
• What model of PC to use?
• What functions eComStation can perform?

FUNC-1: The 1-st function: maps and navigation

We are going implement support of such GPS receiver in eComStation (setup):

Maps for eComStation:

Updated Mouse pointers (2014)

2014-01-01 01:32:47 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

The desktop became more colorful and bright during the last 15 years. It's difficult for users find the pointer on the screen now.

So we are going draw new modern pointers for eComStation and IBM OS/2 Warp. Prototypes:

Features of new pointers:

• more noticeable
• size: medium (default for all eCS desktops: small)
• can be installed to any version of eCS, even without AMPTR (Animated mouse pointers)
• derived from OS/2 pointers
• version for Obama, .. (left-handed people)

Mouse pointers for eComStation and IBM OS/2 Warp