Addition of new companies

2005-09-18 22:58:57 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

One more developer of multiplatform product have entered into eComStation market: Pavel Kanzelsberger is going release the famous "Pixel image editor" for eComStation.

Look at this photos: photo 1, photo 2, photo 3.

Pixel is a RGB, CMYK and HDR image editing, photo retouching and manipulating program available for many operating systems formerly known as Pixel32.

The product is available in Mensys shop already.

The full list of companies working on eComStation market is published in "eComStation for business" section.

Reminder about NetDrive

2005-09-15 18:17:48 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

NetDrive for OS/2 is a virtual file system which allows seamless access to various resources. It let the user to create a virtual drive letter and to mount resources to the drive. The current version of NetDrive for OS/2 supports local, network and FTP sources and can use external plugins for different types of resources.

Plugins available:

• FTP plugin (free) -- access remote FTP directory as an ordinary OS/2 drive.
• SAMBA client (free) -- The plugin provides seamless access to SMB/CIFS file shares over your network using TCP/IP as the underlying transport protocol.
• ThirdEye plugin (shareware) -- access to digital cameras connected to COM-port
• WebDAV plugin (free) -- DAV client and can connect to Apache mod_dav, Novell NetStorage and Microsoft Windows XP WebFolders.
• VFAT plugin (shareware) -- The plugin allows read/write access, including creation of long file names, to a drive with Microsoft Windows 95 VFAT file system.
• NFS V2 plugin (shareware) -- NFS plugin can mount an NFS server disk to the NetDrive file system.
• Psion Plugin (free) -- The plugin allows to access Psion PDA disks as an ordinary OS/2 drive.
• Cipher Plugin (shareware) -- The plugin allows transparent access to files in cipher.
• ISO CD FileSystem (free) -- The plugin allows one to access contents of ISO-9660 CD images (read only) and CD disks.

NetDrive homepage: http://www.blueprintsoftwareworks.com/netdrive/

Обзоры и статьи про NetDrive:

• NetDrive Cipher plugin (english) -- http://ecomstation.ru/showarticle.php?id=13
• Samba server for OS/2 (english)-- http://www.os2voice.org/VNL/past_issues/VNL0405H/vnewsf5.htm

eComStation perspectives

2005-09-15 14:47:49 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

We have published new interview with developer of eComStation components. eCo Software vista - Eugene Evstigneev -- new projects of eCo Software, strategy for future (russian text).

Old texts:

• eCo Software vista - Pavel Shtemenko
• eCo Software vista - Yuri Prokushev

Week of PCI IO adapters

2005-09-14 00:15:03 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

The thirty sevenths week of 2005 is dedicated to collection of info about compatible/non-compatible PCI IO Adapters. Our database contains 42 records only... Major part of the models are not manufactured anymore. Post new reports using the web-form.

Attention! The developers of solutions are interested to know the list of unsupported adapters.

Four weeks until the sweetest Warpstock ever

2005-09-13 23:22:36 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [www.os2world.com, Andy Willis]

Warpstock 2005 will take place in less than a month, beginning Thursday, October 6th at the Wyndham Harrisburg Hershey hotel. Four days of non-stop OS/2 and eComStation classes, presentations, product demos and discussion. Please see the schedule of presentations listed.

Something new this year we will have a vintage OS/2 museum, with displays of several versions of OS/2, OS/2 software and vintage hardware from version 1.3 on a PS/2 laptop through Warp Server Advanced SMP on a Netfinity dual Pentium II server. We will also have an IBM Power Series PC with OS/2 for PowerPC. We will also have some other PS/2 machines with different vintage versions of OS/2 as well.

For more on this year's event location,

• including lots of Hershey area attractions
• To learn more about Warpstock visit the homepage
• Information about this years event can be found here
• Registration information is here

We also offer the Warpstock eNewsletter mailing list where you can get more detailed information bulletins electronically as we announce them. If you would like to subscribe to the Warpstock eNewsletter send the following message in the body of an email to majormajor@os2voice.orgDESPAM

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Or by clicking on the link and using the web form to subscribe/unsubscribe from the Warpstock eNews list.

Have you been to Warpstock yet?

• Warpstock 1997 - Diamond Bar, California
• Warpstock 1998 - Chicago, Illinois
• Warpstock 1999 - Atlanta, Georgia
• Warpstock 2000 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Warpstock 2001 - Toronto, Canada
• Warpstock 2002 - Austin, Texas
• Warpstock 2003 - San Francisco, California
• Warpstock 2004 - Denver, Colorado
• Warpstock 2005 - Hershey, Pennsylvania

Warpstock, Inc., is a North Carolina corporation. The Warpstock annual conference is a gathering of OS/2 users, developers, and vendors from around the world for the purpose of education and advocacy. More information is available at the Warpstock web site

Full list of conferences and international meetings: http://ecomstation.ru/conferences.php

Week of servers

2005-09-02 17:29:58 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

The thirty sixths week of 2005 is dedicated to collection of info about compatible/non-compatible servers (motherboards). Our database contains 65 records only... Major part of the models are not produced anymore. Post new reports using the web-form.

Useful tables

2005-09-01 14:56:27 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

eComStation.Ru site invites you fill tables:

• The table of equivalents, replacements of Windows software in eComStation
• The companies working on eComStation market
• Solutions based on eComStation and OS/2

Please, post addons via web-form; All your reports will be placed to the queue and should be processed in one week.

eComStation perspectives

2005-09-01 13:58:17 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

We have published new interview with developer of eComStation components. eCo Software vista - Pavel Shtemenko -- new projects of eCo Software, strategy for future (russian text).

Old texts:

• eCo Software vista - Yuri Prokushev

ACPI 1.0.12 for eComStation

2005-08-30 02:12:16 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

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

Current version allows:

• evaluate any method from ACPI tree
• visualize ACPI tree
• wake up all devices
• catch Power/Sleep button click
• Power Managment timer, 3.6 times per microsecond
• the driver is completed almost (thirdparty developers may use it to create own control applications)
• Throttling CPU

Whatsnew:

• Added CPU throttling
• Improved memory managment
• Toolkit is available
• ACPI Manager is improved

We thank ACPI beta-testers. Please, continue send us reports and suggestions.

ACPI driver is a product of Netlabs.

ACPI driver is available in eComStation beta-zone

Why REXX Scripting Is Faster

2005-08-30 02:02:39 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [www.osnews.com]

If you learn Rexx, you'll know a scripting language that runs everywhere from mainframes to handhelds-and everything in between. This article shows you why the Rexx scripting language is faster than developing code in traditional languages like C++, Java, or COBOL. If you want to learn a quick way to develop database scripts, start here.

Remote Control Software for OS/2-eCS Poll

2005-08-29 00:16:35 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [www.os2world.com]

Do you use remote control software to access your eComStation and OS/2 system? Which application do you use on the server side? Please, visit the poll

• PMVNC
• NetOp Remote control
• IBM Desktop on call
• I don't use remote control

Week of laser printers

2005-08-25 14:08:39 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

The thirty fourth week of 2005 is dedicated to collection of info about compatible/non-compatible laser printers. Our database contains 36 records only... Major part of the models are not produced anymore. Post new reports using the web-form.

Attention! The developers of solutions are interested to know the list of unsupported devices.

New book for developers

2005-08-24 18:41:43 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Draft edition of new book OS/2 API Research was published (Author: Sergey Posokhov; Language: Russian)

This book should prove to be a valuable reference as well as an informative tutorial for Control Program and Presentation Manager programming.

Week of Touchscreen

2005-08-17 02:48:14 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

The thirty third week of 2005 is dedicated to collection of info about compatible/non-compatible touchscreens. Our database contains 3 records about industrial hardware only... Post new reports using the web-form.

Attention! The developers of solutions are interested to know the list of unsupported Touchscreens and modified drivers.

Moreover, we invite you send us logs of eCS installer. If sound/network card was not detected by the eCS 1.2 installer, then send instlog.zip file (\var\log) to support (at) ecomstation.com

VOICE Newsletter 08/2005 available

2005-08-11 14:44:39 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS, Christian Hennecke]

The August issue of the VOICE Newsletter is now available online.

In the latest issue you find:

• Maybe you can get a little blood from a stone! -- by Mark Dodel
• Translate - Vertalen -- by Jacques van Leeuwen
• OS/2 enters the living room -- by Lutz Wagner
• FotoGet/2: Camera software for eComstation -- by Menno Tillema
• Warpstock 2005, The sweetest one yet! -- by Mark Dodel, president, Warpstock, Inc.
• Some questions and answers about the OS/2 community -- by Mark Dodel
• And of course letters, addenda, tips, and the compiled news of the previous month!

Week of SCSI RAID

2005-08-07 19:31:46 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

The thirty second week of 2005 is dedicated to collection of info about compatible/non-compatible scanners. Our database contains 37 records only... Major part of the models are not manufactured anymore. Post new reports using the web-form.

Attention! The developers of solutions are interested to know the list of unsupported SCSI RAID controllers.

Moreover, we invite you send us logs of eCS installer. If sound/network card was not detected by the eCS 1.2 installer, then send instlog.zip file (\var\log) to support (at) ecomstation.com