eComStation Software Subscription

2007-01-29 15:58:10 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

European users often ask us about Software Subscription. Please contact your reseller, we serve russian speaking users only.

We recommend switch to subscription because this will minimize your expenses to eComStation + this will make the manufacturer search for new users on other markets (this is good for eComStation community).

If your subscription expired - immediately contact your reseller. If reactivate it without delays, you get it for lower price.

Whats new in eComStation 1.2R

2007-01-26 15:07:17 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Don't publish this message at other sites. European users ask eComStation.Ru often, what new was introduced in eComStation 1.2R (aka 1.2.5)? Please visit this links: Easy to read list, Detailed list.

Evolutionary sprint 2006/12

2006-12-08 00:15:27 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [eCo Software, press-releases]

Marketing department of eCo Software is preparing community health-improvement and operating system development plan.

We published the first document Evolutionary sprint 2006/12 (english language)

The community is compared with small town (village), this allows make simple but important conclusions.

Join discussion of Evolutionary sprint (aka ES-way) in the forum.ecomstation.ru

The OS2 World petition follow-up

2006-12-02 02:25:15 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [eCo Software, press-releases]

We are planning a follow up on the earlier petition letter sent of to IBM and we now as well need the entire communities help! To really make our self heard we need your help to collect contact persons at different magazines and newspapers.

So please help out by submitting your favourite computer magazine, e-zine, newspaper or any media that you think should be added to our list of press worldwide.

And also, even if you think that there will be lots of other people submitting the same entries, please submit your own suggestion - I would rather have 10 entries of the same than missing some media - I can always sort out duplicates.

Please use following form to submit media contacts

Sincerely Yours, Kim Haverblad

Poll: Why do you use eComStation - OS/2?

2006-11-04 13:07:55 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Why do you use eComStation - OS/2? Please, choose the main reason. (Don't forget input anti-spam 6-digits CODE:)

eComStation Italian available

2006-08-26 01:08:27 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [www.ecomstation.com]

Serenity Systems International proudly announces Italian National Language Support (NLS) with the availability of eComStation 1.2R Italian.

Principal features of eComStation 1.2R include a new installation program jointly developed with IBM, enhancements to the desktop environment, additional Internet connection features, and improved device support.

The new installation program has powerful features which both existing and new users will appreciate. These features make installation of eComStation easier and more reliable. Updates to the User Interface, already the most advanced in the industry, make device management easier, as well as providing more facilities for managing the data and programs on the system. For OS/2 users, eComStation 1.2R provides updated software, new features, and continued access to fixes, drivers, and updates, lowering the overall cost of acquisition to the user while providing support which cannot be obtained from any other source.

More information and the full press-release can be found at http://www.ecomstation.com/press

About Serenity Systems International

Serenity Systems International (SSI) was founded in 1998 with a focus on Computer Telephony Integration applications and server managed workstations. SSI is an ISV and software OEM with principal offices in Flower Mound, TX. Through its relationship with IBM, SSI publishes eComStation, a complete commercial PC desktop which includes IBM's OS/2 technology. For more information please visit http://www.serenity-systems.com

Contact:
Bob St. John
888-299-6483
214-355-8478
BStJohnDESPAM@DESPAMserenity-systems.com

REXX for novice users

2006-06-01 13:11:23 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru, Dmitry Vinogradov]

www.ecomstation.ru site is going create page with description of REXX language for novice eComStation users. You can help us and send links and paragraphs of text.

Send us blocks of data:

• Description of REXX, features list
• Links for developer
  • REXX tutorials
  • tips and tricks, FAQ
• Links with common information
  • link to conference related to REXX
  • examples of large REXX applciations

Contact e-mail: support at ecomstation dot ru

What are you doing with the new version of eComStation?

2006-05-31 12:39:55 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Here is the new poll: What are you doing with the new version of eComStation?. Are you reinstalling the operating system or updating some components?

Please, input anti-spam code to confirm your vote.

Vote for eComStation

2006-03-22 22:50:21 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Users are invited to vote for eComStation (OS/2) in the poll of www.compulenta.ru site.

Demo-version of eComStation

2006-02-19 23:37:32 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Don't lazy to distribute eComStation demo-CD among your friends and colleagues. To minimize the entropy, pass the eComStation demo-CD to the person on the right of yourself.

FOSS for OS/2: Keeping the flame alive

2006-02-17 15:33:56 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [www.os2world.com]

NewsForge has published an article about OS2 with focus on the open source projects going on within the OS2 community by Bruce Byfield.

After a decade of neglect and increasingly reluctant support from IBM, the manufacturer, the OS/2 community persists. Where users of GNU/Linux or FreeBSD have turned to free and open source software (FOSS) for political and philosophical freedom and software quality, the surviving OS/2 community has been turning to FOSS as a means of defending members' right to use the operating system of their choice. The result is a small but surprisingly diverse collection of projects that, to a GNU/Linux user, is a mixture of the familiar and exotic.

The full article can be found here

Update of important drivers

2006-01-23 21:44:36 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

ACPI for eComStation is updated:

• Using the latest source from Intel
• Expand support embedded controller
• added some code for C1/C2/C3 state
• added some code for CPU perfomance state

The ACPI driver is a part of future eComStation 2.0. It is available for eComStation subscibers today. Login to beta-zone via mensys.nl

USB drivers are available at www.ecomstation.com

IBM has updated USB drivers for us (USB basic drivers, USB Keyboard and USB Mass Storage Device drivers dated 12-21-2005).

Notes:

In the usb10162.zip zipfile a new USBD.SYS is included. This version might solve some problems with some MSD devices that don't even show up on the USB bus under OS/2,

The ZIP file usbs10162.zip contains a new USBMSD.ADD

There are 2 new switches:

/CHS       Driver calculates and adds Cylinder/Heads/Sectors values to
           device geometry. This key helps to support USB drives
           with capacity more than 40GB for systems with os2dasd driver
           without 512GB support and for non-lvm systems.

This might also be interesting for people who have difficult with partition table errors (minilvm). Thats just a gues on my side, its worth a try.

/MS10_OFF  Driver avoids of using ModeSense10 command for geometry detection.

Sometimes people received traps in OS2DASD. This might prevent that.

Chinese eComStation (Traditional chinese)

2005-12-26 18:09:49 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Alex Lee has provided a lot of screenshots on the TW version of eComStation 1.2 and has kindly permitted us to put them on the eComStation website as well, so www.ecomstation.com gallery has been updated with a selection of these screenshots.

There are many NLV versions of eComStation: english, german, russian, dutch, italian and chinese. Look at the map of eComStation users.

eComStation 1.2R reminder

2005-12-18 03:39:06 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Serenity Systems International announced the availability of the eComStation 1.2R english GA product.

Customers with a registered copy of eComStation 1.2 are able to download this release free of charge after a login at http://www.ecomstation.com/

This product is released as an ISO file which needs to be burned onto CD rom. Explanation on how to create the CDs is available at the download location.

eComStation demo CD released to the world

2005-12-15 03:18:35 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

The long awaited eComStation democd has been released some weeks ago.

You can grab it at http://www.ecomstation.com/democd

See website for details. An official press lease will follow later. If you do not want to download it you can also purchase a CD.

Russian demo-CD is available too! The demo CD will also be published in more languages.

Feedback from users:

• It's great, I missed my old OS/2 sooo much!
• Just downloaded the demo CD to try for myself before lending it out. Works well (so far) on an HP Pavilion ZD7000. Thanks
• Even configured dsl automatically. Not surprisingly, it looks a lot like OS/2
• It picked up the NIC automatically. I haven't played with it much, but it looks Great so far!
• Visually it is a wast improvement compared to Warp3, the last OS/2 release I've regularly used, years ago. Thanks for providing this interesting demo of what it's like today!
• I am trying the Demo CD on my daughter's Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop PC, after seeing it yesterday on an IBM Thinkpad T42 at the monthly SCOUG (So Cal OS/2 Users' Group) meeting. With no fanfare or problems, the machine booted right up, played the Flash presentation with sound, showed a clear screen, and connected to the Internet. I plan to make a few copies of the Demo CD to hand to my Windows using friends. Maybe it will open their eyes to other possibilities!
• The demo CD works with my GeForce5900XT, well done! I'm seriously debating getting the full release! Thanks again!
• This is surprisingly good for a less known operating system.
• Absolutely awesome! Runs like hell on my ThinkPad T22 - now the only thing I need are drivers for my WLAN-Card (Netgear WG511T) ;-) Seriously it's good to see that OS/2 is still alive and kicking and I'm seriously thinking about getting myself eComStation 1.2 (German) now :-)
• Very smooth install, I love it! I will be making copies and handing them out!
• Not a bad effort. Booted off the CD and I was presented with the ESC desktop. ECS detected my DHCP server without and problems [reltek 8139 nic], alas Firefox locks the computer as tight as a drum. CAD to reboot. I have a USB mouse that worked OK, Sound OK [SB live] Nivdia FX5900 Ultra, Nforce2 chipset, 1.5gig RAM I'm going to try it on some Sony VAIO laptops. I service Sony VAIO laptops for Sony under warranty so I have access to the latest hardware to try it on.Not a bad effort. Booted off the CD and I was presented with the ESC desktop. ECS detected my DHCP server without and problems [reltek 8139 nic], alas Firefox locks the computer as tight as a drum. CAD to reboot. I have a USB mouse that worked OK, Sound OK [SB live] Nivdia FX5900 Ultra, Nforce2 chipset, 1.5gig RAM I'm going to try it on some Sony VAIO laptops. I service Sony VAIO laptops for Sony under warranty so I have access to the latest hardware to try it on.

eComStation supports modern multiprocessor systems now

2005-12-05 03:15:49 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

eComStation supports modern multiprocessor systems now (equipped with SMP, DualCore and HyperThreading CPUs).

ACPI 2.0.0

The purpose of the ACPI driver is provide ACPI interface to applied developers. ACPI project consists of:

• ACPI-CA driver
• Toolkit for developers of drivers and applications

Whatsnew:

• Fresh Intel code
• SMP support added

ACPI driver is a product of Netlabs.

http://betazone.ecomstation.nl/