www.techrepublic.com/blog/window-on-windows/preview-ecomstation-22-beta-the-legacy-of-os2-lives-on/7319

Happy reading :-)

Roderick

Hi All,

I just updated the ERACC On-Line Shopping Current Promotions page. It now
includes eComStation as an option. You can see the page here:

shopping.eracc.com/current-promotions

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about this
promotion. Have a great 2013.

Sincerely,
Gene Alexander
-- ERA Computers & Consulting - www.eracc.com
ERACC Subscriptions subs@eracc.com
Order a computer: shopping.eracc.com/get-a-quote
Voice messages: 1(731)256-0973
[E-mail preferred. Please reply BELOW quoted text.]

WarpSans (Extended Sizes) is an unofficial extension to the "WarpSans" OS/2 bitmap font which adds a number of larger sizes.

Installing this file, WARPSANS.FON, will add 10- and 11-pt sizes of both WarpSans and WarpSans Bold to an OS/2 or eCS system. (11-pt is only available under 120dpi resolutions, normally 1024x768 and up.)

These larger sizes are useful when using very high-resolution screens (especially on some notebook computers) where 9-pt WarpSans font may be too small for comfortable reading.

To take full advantage of the larger WarpSans sizes, you can set your desktop scheme to use "10.WarpSans" or "11.WarpSans" for icon text, menu text, and window text. As a bonus, doing this seems to activate an interesting undocumented WPS feature: when the window text is set to 10 point, all of the standard WPS properties notebooks will automatically change to 10 point WarpSans as well! (This does not, however, apply to the new pages inserted by XWorkplace and/or various other WPS extensions.)

Available at:

www.altsan.org/creative/fonts/

or on Hobbes.

Note: This is not related to my Workplace Sans font. WarpSans is a bitmap (screen) font, and is not enabled for use with applications like Mozilla which use FreeType for font support.

Links:

• www.altsan.org/creative/fonts/

We updated our "OwnCloud Desktop Client for eCS" to the current version 1.2.0.

Everybody with a owncloud Server or owncloud account can synchronize one or more local directories to there private cloud. The Desktop Client will start minimized into the eCenter Extended Systray.

You can buy it via:

www.aventer.biz/93-1-OwnCloud-Desktop-Client.html

If you already bought the older version, you can download the new version for free via our members area.

If you don't have a ownCloud Server or account, or you just want to support us then maybe you will be interesting in one of our services:

www.aventer.biz/5-1-Web-Services.html

If you have any kind of trouble with this software, then please don't hesitate and open a ticket via:

https://www.aventer.biz/6-0-SERVICES.html

Kind regards,

your avEnter Team

Links:

• www.aventer.biz/93-1-OwnCloud-Desktop-Client.html   www.aventer.biz/5-1-Web-Services.html

The fact that it has been quiet does not mean that nothing happened:
in fact a lot of work has been done in particular on USBD.SYS and
USBEHCD.SYS.

I am no longer on my own: Wim Brul (the famous author of usbecd, the generic
USB control driver) has joined in and is working on getting
isochronous transfers (webcams and other devices with a steady data stream)
to work with EHCI (USBEHCD.SYS) and David Azarewicz (the developer of ACPI
support for OS/2) has had a close look at the rest of USBEHCD.SYS.
I have been working heavily on USBD.SYS in order to improve device attach
behaviour on bootup and also to eliminate some Trap D's that popped up when
I changed USBD.SYS to dynamically allocate memory for the USB device
configuration data.

We believe to have fixed the EHCI problem that has been haunting me since
version 10.185. David will do some stress testing on USBEHCD.SYS (he needs a
working and fast EHCI for his everyday backup use). I have fixed a couple
of shortcomings in USBD.SYS. Now's the time to do some extended testing.
We'll release new drivers when we will have gained enough confidence.

Lars

Date: Tuesday, February 26
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Place: Panera Bread
501 E Hamilton Ave
Campbell, CA 95008
(408) 370-7840

Panera Bread has plenty of room, it's quiet and they have WiFi. There is a
light rail station near the meeting location.

Meeting topics:
OS/2 Museum West collection
eCS 2.1 tips and tricks

As usual, we'll have an OS/2 Q and A for any user questions.

Come join us in our monthly meeting. We are OS/2 and eComStation users, and we
meet every month to discuss ideas about our favorite operating system.
-- Neil Waldhauer neil@blondeguy.com www.blondeguy.com
Expert consulting for OS/2 Warp and eComStation

This is the latest edition of the bi-weekly netlabs.org newsletter. The newsletter can be read on the web at the following URL:
wiki.netlabs.org/index.php

News from netlabs.org:
11. February - 17. February
Dynamic Windows Library
A few updates
See: svn.netlabs.org/dwindows/timeline

eFTE2 Editor
Updates and NLS enablement
See: svn.netlabs.org/efte/timeline

Java port for eCS (OS/2)
Sponsoring and fixes and GA5 released
See: svn.netlabs.org/java/timeline

Odin32
Fixes and updates, 0.8.9 released
See: svn.netlabs.org/odin32/timeline

Qt Applications for OS/2
Six applications updated and a new beta for qPDFView released
See: svn.netlabs.org/qtapps/timeline

Qt Version 4 for OS/2
One fix and one new ticket
See: svn.netlabs.org/qt4/timeline

RPM and YUM
Two updates
See: svn.netlabs.org/rpm/timeline

Samba for eCS (OS/2)
Mix of updates and fixes
See: svn.netlabs.org/samba/timeline

USB
Loads of updates
See: svn.netlabs.org/usb/timeline

4. February - 10. February
ACPI Subsystem for eComStation
New ticket raised
See: svn.netlabs.org/acpi/timeline

eCUPS
Packages updated
See: svn.netlabs.org/ecups/timeline

Java port for eCS (OS/2)
One ticket raised and one closed as well as sponsoring updates
See: svn.netlabs.org/java/timeline

kBuild
A few updates
See: svn.netlabs.org/kbuild/timeline

Qt Applications for OS/2
Eight applications updated
See: svn.netlabs.org/qtapps/timeline

Qt Version 4 for OS/2
Sponsoring updates
See: svn.netlabs.org/qt4/timeline

USB
Mix of updates
See: svn.netlabs.org/usb/timeline

XWLAN
New ticket raised and solved already. And an update.
See: svn.netlabs.org/xwlan/timeline

Netlabs.org relies on your support as well. We hire developers to have better progress on projects, for instance. For sure this costs money so any sponsoring is very welcome! You can support netlabs.org via netlabs.org sponsoring units:
www.mensys.net/NETLABS/

Thanks for your support!

We can be reached at: news@netlabs.org
And we are on Twitter now as well! See: twitter.com

Greetings,
netlabs.org team

Java is a very popular sophisticated programming environment. Applications written in the Java language are run inside a virtual machine (Java Virtual Machine, JVM) which provides a nearly identical behavior on all platforms that have a JVM implementation available. This "write once, run anywhere" approach means that developers can support a multitude of platforms while only having to maintain one code base. For users, availability of a current Java for OS/2 and eComStation means access to a huge number of existing applications.

For more information about Java, see:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_%28programming_language%29

Previously, Java had been made available for OS/2 and eComStation by IBM, Golden Code and Innotek. However, new versions with many changes and improvements have been released since then and current applications require a current JVM implementation. The new project will port a current JVM to OS/2 and eComStation.

For information about the project and its status, please see:
svn.netlabs.org/java

To contribute to fund further development of this project go to
www.mensys.com/shop/NetlabsJava6

OpenJDK 6 JRE package needed to run Java programs.
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/java/openjdk6_b27_ga5/openjdk6_b27_jre_os2_ga5-20130217.zip

WarpIn package: hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/incoming/openjdk6b27ga5.wpi

OpenJDK 6 SDK package needed to compile Java programs. Includes a copy of the JRE package.
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/java/openjdk6_b27_ga5/openjdk6_b27_sdk_os2_ga5-20130217.zip

Requires the following:

kLIBC 0.6.5: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0_6_5-csd5.wpi

GCC 4: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/gcc4core-1_2_1.wpi

Odin: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/odin/0.8.9/odin-0.8.9.zip

Report bugs: svn.netlabs.org/java/report

Please report problems on the wiki at svn.netlabs.org/lucide/newticket
If you need a logon to the netlabs wiki, then first go to www.netlabs.org/en/site/member/member.xml

There is a new version of ODIN on the Netlabs FTP server.
ODIN is the Open Source project to provide a win32 API for OS/2 and eComStation. Originally to allow OS/2 users to run Windows 32 bit applications. Now used primarily to port windows applications to OS/2 and eComStation. The Odin runtime is a requirement for the newest developed versions of JAVA and Flash 10 for OS/2 and eCS.

For more information and downloads, see:

svn.netlabs.org/odin32
See the above web page for the primary way to install Odin using RPM/YUM. Other methods of installing include the following:

Download: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/odin/0.8.9/odin-0.8.9.zip
Debug: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/odin/0.8.9/odin-0.8.9-debug.zip
WPI release: hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/incoming/odin32bin-0_8_9.wpi

Requires the following:
- kLIBC runtime v0.6.5 ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0_6_5-csd5.wpi
- GCC runtime v4.4.6 ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/gcc4core-1_2_1.wpi

0.8.9 (2013-02-17)
------------------
- kernel32: Fix long string output to stdout in console I/O mode.
- kernel32: Fix endless loop in new console I/O mode. This
fixes hangs of Java applicaitons logging to the console.
- gdi32: Fix crash in ResetDCW() caused by accessing invalid memory.
This fixes printing in all Java applications.
- riched32: Return TRUE from EM_SETBKGNDCOLOR and EM_SETCHARFORMAT.

Please report problems on the wiki at
svn.netlabs.org/lucide/newticket
If you need a logon to the netlabs wiki, then first go to
www.netlabs.org/en/site/member/member.xml

Odin mailing list archive:
dir.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.odin.user

To support future Netlabs development consider making a donation
www.mensys.com/shop/Netlabs/

We have collected many Warpin packages in eCo Market.

For example, there are all versions of the kernels.

Easy to select and install needed version.

ecomstation.ru/projects/ecomarket/screenshots/ecomarket-20130108.png

Check the listings:

* We have published the report some weeks ago: eComStation and compatible hardware -- ecomstation.ru/showarticle.php

* list of UEFI-enabled ThinkPad, ThinkCentre and ThinkStation systems --

support.lenovo.com/en_US/research/hints-or-tips/detail.page

(http://www.ecoshop.biz/?action=review-0263)

The users are posting new reports about new motherboards.

This week is dedicated to collection of info about compatible/non-compatible

motherboards. Our database contains 329 records only..

ecomstation.ru/hardware.php

Major part of the models are not manufactured anymore.

Post new reports using the web-form -- ecomstation.ru/hardware.php

Does the motherboard use UEFI interface?

Does ACPI driver work with the motherboard?

This is the latest edition of the bi-weekly netlabs.org newsletter. The newsletter can be read on the web at the following URL:
wiki.netlabs.org/index.php

News from netlabs.org:
28. January - 3. February
ACPI Subsystem for eComStation
One ticket closed
See: svn.netlabs.org/acpi/timeline

Java port for eCS (OS/2)
Two tickets raised and two others fixed
See: svn.netlabs.org/java/timeline

kBuild
A number of updates
See: svn.netlabs.org/kbuild/timeline

kLIBC
New ticket raised
See: svn.netlabs.org/libc/timeline

Lucide
Ticket raised and closed as it is a poppler issue
See: svn.netlabs.org/lucide/timeline

Odin32
Two tickets closed
See: svn.netlabs.org/odin32/timeline

Qt Applications for OS/2
Three applications updated, one ticket raised as well as a improvement request
See: svn.netlabs.org/qtapps/timeline

RPM and YUM
One ticket reopened and some changes applied
See: svn.netlabs.org/rpm/timeline

UNIAUD
Trap ticket raised
See: svn.netlabs.org/uniaud/timeline

USB
Two fixes and an update
See: svn.netlabs.org/usb/timeline

WebDAV Plugin for NetDrive
New ticket raised about Mediacenter
See: svn.netlabs.org/ndpdav/timeline

WSE Events
Option added
See: svn.netlabs.org/wse_events/timeline

21. January - 27. January
eCUPS
NLS and NLV work
See: svn.netlabs.org/ecups/timeline

eFTE2 Editor
Loads of updates and tickets fixed
See: svn.netlabs.org/efte/timeline

Java port for eCS (OS/2)
Two fixes and sponsoring update
See: svn.netlabs.org/java/timeline

Lucide
New ticket created
See: svn.netlabs.org/lucide/timeline

Odin32
Two tickets raised
See: svn.netlabs.org/odin32/timeline

Qt Applications for OS/2
Quite some updates and one new ticket raised
See: svn.netlabs.org/qtapps/timeline

RPM and YUM
One ticket opened and closed and one update
See: svn.netlabs.org/rpm/timeline

Samba for eCS (OS/2)
One update
See: svn.netlabs.org/samba/timeline

USB
Document added
See: svn.netlabs.org/usb/timeline

WPS Toolkit
New project
See: svn.netlabs.org/wpstk/timeline

WSE Events
Options added for calendar files
See: svn.netlabs.org/wse_events/timeline

XWLAN
New project
See: svn.netlabs.org/xwlan/timeline

Netlabs.org relies on your support as well. We hire developers to have better progress on projects, for instance. For sure this costs money so any sponsoring is very welcome! You can support netlabs.org via netlabs.org sponsoring units:
www.mensys.net/NETLABS/

Thanks for your support!

We can be reached at: news@netlabs.org
And we are on Twitter now as well! See: twitter.com

Greetings,
netlabs.org team

In the second week of April Mensys will release:

* The new updated eComStation demo CD based on eComStation 2.2
* eComStation 2.2 German and English will then be out of beta and
released as a final product.

A beta of the English beta product will follow. The hold up of this
beta public is to make the transfer of the from the IBM USB host
controller drivers to the newly updated drivers. The keyboard and mouse
driver are already finished. There is currently still being worked on
the USB host controller (these communicate with the USB controller
chips in your computer).

In eComStation 2.2 ACPI has been switched on by default when
eComStation is not installed in a virtualmachine such as Virtualbox or
Virtual PC. This will enable eComStation to boot on modern hardware with a much
higher degree of success. This will also resolve the TRAPS/hangs on
loading screen01.sys.

Also in eCS 2.2 the Panorama graphics driver has been upgraded to
provide much better performance on modern hardware.

A lot of drivers such as IBMKBD.SYS, DANIS506.ADD, AMOUSE.SYS and
UNIAUD have been updated to work better with ACPI. Some updates have
been to fix suspend/resume issue's.

The current eComStation 2.2 beta is basicly complete and being tested
to work out the last installer issue's.

YUM/RPM is included but can be installed as an optional package. Its
not required.

CUPS has also been integrated in eCS to have more up to date printer
support on eComStation.

Roderick Klein
Mensys B.V.