Release of JUne

2004-12-18 19:30:19 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [eCo Software, software updates]

eCo Software has announced the release of JUne system utility which allows unerase files and directories from JFS volumes.

This is the unique product on the market. It's regular step in improvement of JFS support for eComStation operating system.

Previous projects:

1. Providing information to users about features and advantages of JFS file system. Propagation of JFS.
2. Participation in BooJFS project (Bootable JFS for eComStation; Customer: Serenity Systems International, USA)
3. JRescuer utility to recover data from damaged JFS volume.

"We have founded the base for future improvement of JFS in eComStation," according to Pavel Shtemenko, chief engineer of eCo Software. "We are going participate in the development of two additional JFS products in 2005."

JUne is FREE for JRescuer customers.

Additional information:

• Download JUne
• Published articles:
  • Time for JFS has come (Part 1)
  • Time for JFS has come (Part 2)
  • Time for JFS has come (Part 3)
  • JFS recovering methodology
  • Order of OS/2 boot
  • Time for JFS has come (Part I)
  • JFS recovering methodology
• JUne is distributed in bundle with JRescuer:
  • Mensys BV
• Developer:
  • eCo Software homepage

This press release is available in PDF format.

What is the lifetime of eComStation?

2004-12-18 13:36:23 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [eComStation@yahoogroups.com, Bob St.John]

December is the month of sum up and making plans for the next year.

After the discussion of SWC <> eComStation relations (no relations), new question appeared: "When the agreement between SSI and IBM expires? What will happen to eComStation after 2006?"

Bob St.John (Serenity Systems International) answers in eComStation@yahoogroups.com maillist:

First, we are talking about the OEM agreement. SSI had that before
eComStation and OS/2 is not the only product on it. And OEMs can
continue working with products after IBM withdraws them.  Some OEMs
are still using Warp3, for example.  One product we have is PCOM 4.3
.. which has been gone from the IBM active lists for awhile.

What I'm saying is .. as long as eComStation is a good business and
covers the expense, SSI will be able to continue to deliver it and OS/2 
as part of the product. The current plan is to continue investing in 
and improving eComStation. That is what is happening.

eComStation 1.2 German and Dutch language availability

2004-12-18 13:14:15 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS, Bob St.John]

Serenity Systems International is glad to announce the immediate availability of eComStation 1.2 in the German and Dutch language.

Both versions have been inofficially released at Warpstock Europe 2004 and are now available from your favorite reseller.

Both products are also available in Academic Edition, offering an interesting proposition for students and people involved in educational institutes.

SSI wishes to thank all people that made these releases possible and to thank all customers for their patience.

Playing chess in bank

2004-12-15 01:49:52 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [#netlabs]

A reference to fun story was published at #netlabs irc-channel. As you can see, a public information terminal in a german bank may be "cracked". What is inside?! IBM OS/2 Warp and its famous Chess game!

OS/2 e-Zine: November 2004 issue

2004-12-09 22:54:06 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS, Isaac Leung]

The November issue of OS/2 e-Zine is now on-line.

In this issue:

Reviews

• Golden Code's Java 1.4.1 -- Isaac Leung has a first look at the latest release

Articles

• Keyboard Input from A to ü - Part 2 -- Keith Merrington continues his look at keyboards and codepages
• Case Study: Redeveloping a web site with PPWizard (Part 5): Cascading Style Sheets -- AL du Pisani continues his series on using PPWizard to develop web sites

Forums

• Ask John -- John Bijnens answer your OS/2 questions in this ongoing forum;
• November Forums -- Questions for the authors? Disagree with us? Take it to the forums;

Updated compatible hardware lists

2004-12-09 22:41:29 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Group of sites announced updates of (non)comptabible hardware lists:

1. OS/2 and eCS Modems site
2. PCI Soundcard Matrix
   • SiS SI7012 + Yamaha YMF753
   • NVidia nForce2 + Realtek ALC650F
   • Intel 82801DB-ICH4 + Cirrus Logic CS4202
   • Intel I82801DB-ICH4 + SigmaTel STAC9750/51
   • Yamaha DS-XG (YMF754) + Asahi Kasei AK4543
3. ecomstation.ru database

You can post reports about your hardware using our web-form here.

November edition of PCWorld

2004-12-06 16:54:42 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

In the latest issue of popular computer magazine Russian PCWorld there is a short article related to eComStation (N 11, november 2004, pages 80-82). It talks about features of the operating system and main principles of its internal architecture. This information is useful for novice users or people non familiar with eComStation.

Warpstock Europe 2004

2004-11-17 02:00:30 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS, Gerrit Schoenmaker]

The final count down for Warpstock Europe 2004 (WSE2004) has started. Here are some important notes for those who are intending to visit the European OS/2 event in the Netherlands on november 26-28th at the city of Arnhem:

1. Because of the 10th anniversary of the HCC OS/2 User Group every visitor of Warpstock will get 25% discount on SVISTA virtual machine software during the event.
2. The online registration will be closed on November 22th at 24.00 hr. So, you still have some time to register online at Register page
3. Registration will always be possible at the Warpstock event itself. A slightly higher price will then be charged to you.
4. The session schedule has been had some changes last days. Some sessions were added, others were cancelled. However the total number of sessions remains the same. The new schedule can be found on Program page
5. The exhibitors at Warpstock will offer you the following issues:
   • OS/2 related hard- and software by Mensys
   • USB devices such as scanner, memory keys, printer and external HDD's by Dutch OS/2 group
   • TV capture software "Emperoar TV" by S&T System Technik
   • Wireless LAN Monitor by Team OS/2 Ruhr
   • OS/2 ThinClient Projekt by Team OS/2 KВln/Bonn
   • Lots of books with OS/2 related issues by C&L Verlag
   • Maul Desktop Publisher by Peter Koller

Besides all mentioned above the most important reason to visit Warpstock is to take advantage of a lot of OS/2 knowhow gathered on little square meters.

See you all at Warpstock.

OpenOffice.org 1.1.3 beta

2004-11-17 01:05:21 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru, eCo Shop]

A joint effort between Serenity Systems and InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH

OpenOffice.org for OS/2 is a port of the well known product [An Open Source Office Suite] to the eComStation and OS/2 Warp platforms with special support for InnoTek's font engine for OS/2.

To try out the beta, you have to download and install three products:

• InnoTek Font Engine for OS/2 http://www.innotek.de/products/ft2lib
• InnoTek Runtime for OS/2 http://www.innotek.de/products/innowin
• OpenOffice.org 1.1.3 for OS/2 Beta 1 (65MB): English, Deutsch, Russian

Note: OpenOffice.org for OS/2 Java support requires InnoTek OS/2 Kit for Java to function.

Please download and install the order given above. Refer to the documentation of each component for installation instructions and additional information.

For support and more information, please refer to the InnoTek Online Support Forums.

VOICE Newsletter 11/2004

2004-11-17 00:46:14 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS, Christian Hennecke]

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

In the latest issue you can find:

• Your turn to decide! -- by Christian Hennecke;
• F - file manager and power-user's toolbox -- by Christian Hennecke;
• Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 and OS/2 -- by Jason R Stefanovich;
• Wireless Internet access via ISDN -- by Bela Bargel;
• Warpstock in the Rockies -- by Mark Dodel;
• And of course letters, addenda, tips, and the compiled news of the previous month!

Win32PRN project (10/12)

2004-11-17 00:37:33 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

We continue to watch Win32PRN development progress. Current status:

• Waiting for reports from testers which value the complexity of Win32PRN installation and usage. This is important to understand, is it ready for distribution or not.
• Netlabs is ready join the project. They are going create bug-tracker for Win32PRN at xtracker.netlabs.org site.

EDM/2 web site reloaded!

2004-11-13 20:42:39 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS, Adrian Gschwend]

It's about five years ago that EDM/2 (Electronic Developer Magazine/2) had its last issue, so it was about time to change that!

edm2.com is hosted at netlabs.org for quite some time now so we finaly sat down and implemented something new for you! EDM/2 is now done in a so called Wiki, which makes it possible for everyone to add or edit articles.

The first article in the new magazine is "An introduction to SOM" by Yuri Prokushev!

You are very welcome to contribute to the new EDM/2 magazine, we also have jobs for non-programmers, just check the "General Stuff" section on the main page. Every contribution is very welcome!

Enjoy!

Designers & painters

2004-11-11 18:25:17 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Some pages of OS/2 designers was updated:

• WiZard's homepage
• eCo Design homepage
• Joerg Tiemann web-page

ISDNPM and PPtP protocol

2004-11-11 18:21:28 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

We recommend use eCSCoNet (ISDNPM) application if your Internet provider uses PPtP protocol (Point to Point Tunneling Protocol).

Read instructions from Stanislav Kozlov and remarks from Dmitry Froloff (russian text).

SVISTA(tm) Virtual Machine -- Alternative to VMWare(r) and Virtual PC(r) Released

2004-11-11 02:25:31 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/preview.jsp?resourceid=2803605]

LEWISVILLE, Texas, Oct. 29 (PRNewswire) -- Serenity Systems International (SSI) has announced the release of their Serenity Virtual Station(tm), SVISTA(tm), family of virtual machine products, http://www.serenity-systems.com. This is the latest entry into the hot field of virtual machine software which allows users to run multiple operating systems on their PC. A field dominated by VMWare(r) and Microsoft's Virtual PC(r).

"I have a lot of respect for the market leaders. But we have a value proposition which allows us to compete. Part of our strategy is to go into areas not well served by other products," according to Bob St.John, Director of Business Development for SSI. "For example, some Citrix(r) users have tested the product and found it to be surprisingly responsive in that environment."

Read full text of the press-release at media.prnewswire.com site.

Installation of eComStation Server Edition inside Serenity Virtual Station 2004. Host OS - eComStation/Rus 1.2	LAN Wizard utility may be used to configure routing in physical network

Evaluation software option appears at the bottom of the SHOP link on http://www.serenityvirtual.com

Source: Serenity Systems International

CONTACT: Bob St.John of Serenity Systems International. +1-214-222-3414, info@serenity-systems.com

Web site: http://www.serenity-systems.com/

OS/2 e-Zine: October 2004 issue

2004-11-09 23:21:04 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS, Isaac Leung]

The October issue of OS/2 e-Zine is now on-line.

In this issue:

Reviews

• JAlbum 5.04 -- Isaac Leung makes web albums the easy way
• ImageJ -- Isaac Leung has a quick look at a powerful image processing tool

Articles

• Warp 3 History -- Andrew Belov looks back 10 years ago at OS/2 Warp 3
• Case Study: Redeveloping a web site with PPWizard (Part 4): Generating a template file with REXX -- AL du Pisani continues his series on using PPWizard to develop web sites

Forums

• Ask John -- John Bijnens answer your OS/2 questions in this ongoing forum;
• October Forums -- Questions for the authors? Disagree with us? Take it to the forums;