A new patch for MAID for OS/2 and eComStation had been released. (2013/06/13)

The features of this update allow the MAID editor to work with eComStation as well as OS/2.

Existing eCs MAID customers are receiving this patch via email with instruction on installation.

New customer downloads have the updated software included no additional action required.

MAID (Modular And Integrated Design) is software tool to create User Interface Front End for prototyping and creating interfaces.

WebSite: www.lestec.com.au/lestec/lestec.cgi

Any queries or questions please Contact LesTec

Links:

• www.lestec.com.au/lestec/lestec.cgi

Warpstock is pleased to have Lewis Rosenthal offer a 4 hour workshop on networking on Friday, October 4.

The fresh install will start with a system (probably a VM) ready to be set up. We'll start with an Easy install, and explore the meaning of the various networking options. Next, we'll start over, but select Advanced, and contrast the differences in the available networking options.

Using a running system, we'll make live changes to the network setup and observe the effects. This will be a good time for Q&A, as well, so attendees should bring along either their troubled machines or as much detail of their issues as possible, and we'll try to recreate them on a test box.

We'll have a look at the various configuration files which are managed through the graphical tools, as well, and discuss testing for basic IP connectivity, routing, and DNS resolution.

Finally, if time permits, we'll blend wireless into the mix, install a Wi-Fi adapter, the WPA supplicant upgrade, and create a profile in XWLAN for it. 

The location chosen is the Drury Inn& Suites Airport, located at 1270 Virginia Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia, United States 30344.

The dates for Warpstock 2013 are Friday, October 4 through Sunday, October 6, 2013.

The registration fee for this year's event is $149, and attendees who register prior to July 16 will receive a 10% early registration discount. Also note that room availability may only be guaranteed.

through September 3. See the registration page for details. Register NOW and SAVE!

Registration:

www.warpstock.org/staticpages/index.php

Note: Registration fees do not include hotel accommodations.

Please book your hotel stay via the web link below or by

telephone: 404-761-4900. Use Warpstock's group number

(2181402) to get the conference rate (King: $89.95/night;

Two Double:$99.95/night).

Hotel web link:

www.druryhotels.com/Reservations.aspx

Warpstock Corporation is a Virginia 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: www.warpstock.org

Links:

• www.warpstock.org/staticpages/index.php

The latest version of FtpServer (a shareware FTP daemon) can be obtained
from

ftp://pmoylan.org/FtpServer/ftpser1.35.zip

or from Hobbes.

hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php

LIST OF CHANGES since version 1.349 [*]

Changed the meaning of the HideList, to prevent
all operations on files listed there.
StorePRM and LoadPRM now store/retrieve HideList
data in the PRM file.
Fixed: Monitor half-dying when Esc key pressed.
Fixed: we stop any attempt to create a
directory inside a pseudodirectory.
Version number added to startup and shutdown
log messages.
Suppressed error message "socket error on non-socket"
when ftpd.exe terminated by another program.

[*] If you have not updated since the version 1.34 release, there are
many more changes.

-- Peter Moylan peter@pmoylan.org
www.pmoylan.org

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:
3. June - 9. June
ACPI Subsystem for eComStation
New ticket raised
See: svn.netlabs.org/acpi/timeline

eCUPS
Updated WPI for CUPS GUI
See: svn.netlabs.org/ecups/timeline

Java port for eCS (OS/2)
Two tickets raised and a request for porting SWT
See: svn.netlabs.org/java/timeline

kLIBC
Two new tickets raised
See: svn.netlabs.org/libc/timeline

Mozilla for OS/2
Steady progress
See: https://github.com/bitwiseworks/mozilla-os2/commits/master

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

RPM and YUM
Mix of updates, fixes and requests
See: svn.netlabs.org/rpm/timeline

Samba for eCS (OS/2)
One ticket closed and some wiki updates
See: svn.netlabs.org/samba/timeline

UNIAUD
Duplicate ticket closed
See: svn.netlabs.org/uniaud/timeline

Unix Ports and more
Various fixes implemented
See: svn.netlabs.org/ports/timeline

USB
Great progress again
See: svn.netlabs.org/usb/timeline

XWLAN
A bunch of fixes
See: svn.netlabs.org/xwlan/timeline

27. May - 2. June
4OS2
New ticket raised
See: svn.netlabs.org/4os2/timeline

ACPI Subsystem for eComStation
Quite some updates and fixes resulting in a new release
See: svn.netlabs.org/acpi/timeline

AirBoot
New ticket raised
See: svn.netlabs.org/air-boot/timeline

eCUPS
Various fixes and improvements
See: svn.netlabs.org/ecups/timeline

FM/2
Typos corrected and one ticket fixed
See: svn.netlabs.org/fm2/timeline

Java port for eCS (OS/2)
Three sponsoring updates
See: svn.netlabs.org/java/timeline

Mozilla for OS/2
Nice progress
See: https://github.com/bitwiseworks/mozilla-os2/commits/master

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

Qt Applications for OS/2
Various applications got updated and fixed
See: svn.netlabs.org/qtapps/timeline

Unix Ports and more
A few updates
See: svn.netlabs.org/ports/timeline

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

VX Applications
Quite some updates in various areas
See: svn.netlabs.org/vxapps/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

The Board of Directors of Warpstock Corporation is pleased to announce Warpstock 2013.

The location chosen is the Drury Inn & Suites Airport, located at 1270 Virginia Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia, United States 30344.

The dates for Warpstock 2013 are Friday, October 4 through Sunday, October 6, 2013.

The registration fee for this year's event is $149, and attendees who register prior to July 16 will receive a 10% early registration discount. Also note that room availability may only be guaranteed through September 3. See the registration page for details. Register NOW and SAVE!

Registration: www.warpstock.org/staticpages/index.php

Note: Registration fees do not include hotel accommodations.
Please book your hotel stay via the web link below or by
telephone: 404-761-4900. Use Warpstock's group number (2181402)
to get the conference rate (King: $89.95/night; Two Double:
$99.95/night).

Hotel web link: www.druryhotels.com/Reservations.aspx

Warpstock Corporation is a Virginia 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:
<www.warpstock.org>

Mensys BV is pleased to announce the availability of the AHCI driver
for eComStation version 1.28

OS2AHCI is an AHCI disk driver for eComStation.

This product is available for download to all registered users of
Software Subscription Services for eComStation. For more information,
please visit: www.ecomstation.com/subscription/

Official binary distributions of OS2AHCI.ADD delivered as part of
eComStation or downloaded from the Software Subscription Services
for eComStation are only licensed to run with eComStation, and are
the only builds officially supported by Mensys.

More information about the AHCI disk driver can
be found at:

svn.ecomstation.nl/ahci

You can download this new release from your Software Subscription
Services at the Mensys website. Log in to Mensys with your Mensys
login id and click the Downloads link. Click the "Software
Subscription Services for eComStation" Download link and the
AHCI drivers should be listed.

You can report problems at:

svn.ecomstation.nl/ahci

-----
David Azarewicz
www.88watts.net

Mensys BV is pleased to announce the availability of the ACPI
Package for eComStation version 3.22.01

This product is available for download to all registered users of
Software Subscription Services for eComStation. For more information,
please visit: www.ecomstation.com/subscription/

This version does not have any significant functional changes from
the previous version so you should not see any difference with this
version. However, we would like to know if anything is broken with
this version that used to work in 3.21.07.

The significant changes are:

* Ported entire project to OpenWatcom
* Updated to ACPICA 20130517
* Added FBPR workaround.
* Changed order drivers are called during Suspend/Resume to be consistent.

There has been NO PROGRESS regarding suspend/resume and we still will not
address any tickets regarding suspend/resume until further notice.

This release is a limited install package that does not contain any of the
non-ACPI packages. Therefore, it will only install on an eCS 2.2 system or
a system that has had one of the ACPI 3.21.xx packages already installed.
If you have trouble installing this release because the installer says you
are missing required packages, install ACPI 3.21.07 first, and then install
this package.

More information about the ACPI software package can be found at:

svn.netlabs.org/acpi

You can download this new release from your Software Subscription
Services at the Mensys website. Log in to Mensys with your Mensys
login id and click the Downloads link. Click the "Software
Subscription Services for eComStation" Download link and the ACPI
drivers should be listed.

You can report problems at:

svn.netlabs.org/acpi

-----
David Azarewicz
www.88watts.net

Paul Smedley has updated the hpaio build for HP network/USB scanners to hplip 3.13.3 level.
smedley.id.au/os2ports_new/index.php

This is to provide support for HP scanners. Paul says that USB is now working.

Download: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/76425158/hpaio-3.13.3-os2-20130526.zip

Please let Paul know if you find this software useful. He needs user
feedback to continue work on these projects. He maintains a bug tracker
for many projects at mantis.smedley.info It just requires a simple
registration.

If you'd like to help support continued development of this project (and
many others) for OS/2 & eComStation, please consider making a donation
either via Paypal using the link on Paul's website, or using the Mensys
Online Store www.mensys.net/os2ports/

Paul Smedley has added a port of libusb. smedley.id.au/os2ports_new/index.php

"libusb is a C library that gives applications easy access to USB devices on many different operating systems. libusb is an open source project, the code is licensed under the ​GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 or later.

This download itself can be used for developers to port applications that use libusb to OS/2 as it includes binaries, headers and libraries.

It will also be used by all future builds of CUPS, SANE and hplip to provide support for USB devices."

Download: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/76425158/libusb-1.0.16-rc6-20130525.zip

Please let Paul know if you find this software useful. He needs user
feedback to continue work on these projects. He maintains a bug tracker
for many projects at mantis.smedley.info It just requires a simple
registration.

If you'd like to help support continued development of this project (and
many others) for OS/2 & eComStation, please consider making a donation
either via Paypal using the link on Paul's website, or using the Mensys
Online Store www.mensys.net/os2ports/

Sorry for the people who listened to the audio stream and it dropping
out. The device that provided the audio stream was an Iphone hooked up to
the internet via Wifi. In one of the presentation rooms this worked. In
the other room however the wifi signal kept dropping out. Sorry
about that.

The request was made if recordings were made of the audio stream. This
did not happened.  However the presentations will be put online.

On Friday there were about 113 connection attempts  and on average 15
people tuned in during the day. On Saturday we had 40 visitors.

Roderick Klein
Ex Warpstock Europe 2013 team :-)

Anybody interested in doing it next year ?

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:
20. May - 26. May
ACPI Subsystem for eComStation
Feedback given about working in latest eCS Beta
See: svn.netlabs.org/acpi/timeline

eCUPS
Various GUI updates and a new ticket raised
See: svn.netlabs.org/ecups/timeline

FM/2
New ticket raised about WAV issue
See: svn.netlabs.org/fm2/timeline

Lucide
One ticket raised and closed
See: svn.netlabs.org/lucide/timeline

Mozilla for OS/2
Good progress and strategy outlined at WSE sounds promising
See: https://github.com/bitwiseworks/mozilla-os2/commits/master

Qt Applications for OS/2
Quite some applications got updated and a few new tickets got raised
See: svn.netlabs.org/qtapps/timeline

Qt Version 4 for OS/2
One ticket raised
See: svn.netlabs.org/qt4/timeline

USB
Great progress with mix of updates and fixes
See: svn.netlabs.org/usb/timeline

VX Applications
Documentation and wiki updates
See: svn.netlabs.org/vxapps/timeline

XWLAN
New ticket raised about crash
See: svn.netlabs.org/xwlan/timeline

13. May - 19. May
eCUPS
One update
See: svn.netlabs.org/ecups/timeline

Java port for eCS (OS/2)
Sponsoring update
See: svn.netlabs.org/java/timeline

kBuild
UTF-8 update
See: svn.netlabs.org/kbuild/timeline

Qt Applications for OS/2
Three applications updated and a new ticket raised
See: svn.netlabs.org/qtapps/timeline

Qt Version 4 for OS/2
Ticket raised about drive letter
See: svn.netlabs.org/qt4/timeline

Samba for eCS (OS/2)
Ticket raised about autostart
See: svn.netlabs.org/samba/timeline

Unix Ports and more
Libtorrent updates
See: svn.netlabs.org/ports/timeline

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

VX Applications
Updates and work on documentation
See: svn.netlabs.org/vxapps/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

Hi/2.

I've uploaded a IME's multiple clauses test version of Firefox.

Especially, please test this version if you are Japanese users.

What you should check in particular,

1. Multiple clauses are distinguished
2. Each clauses are marked correctly
3. Cursor is located properly in a conversion string

And if you find any different things about IME-related stuffs from
Windows build, let you know me.

You can get a test version, here

www.ecomstation.co.kr/komh/testcase/firefox-10.0.12esrpre.en-US.os2.zip

-- KO Myung-Hun

Using Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.7.2
Under OS/2 Warp 4 for Korean with FixPak #15
In VirtualBox v4.1.24 on Intel Core i7-3615QM 2.30GHz with 8GB RAM

Korean OS/2 User Community : www.ecomstation.co.kr

Official web-site of Warpstock Europe: www.warpstock.eu/

We are all interested in the future of Warpstock conference. We expect that the next conference will attract more visitors and more speakers. How to change Warpstock conference and make it successful, make it "grow"?
Some suggestions how to change the conference organization: ecomstation.ru/showarticle.php
You can post own suggestions or comment listed topics.

Report from the conference, russian language: Warpstock Europe 2013 report: ru.ecomstation.ru/showarticle.php

Date: Tuesday, May 28
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:
eCS 2.2 beta
Firefox under eCS
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.

Note that we are skipping the June meeting.

Meeting announcements and more are available on the BayWarp website.
www.baywarp.org
-- Neil Waldhauer neil@blondeguy.com www.blondeguy.com
Expert consulting for OS/2 Warp and eComStation

Want to stay informed about everything that is happening regarding
eComStation ? Come to Heemskerk in the Netherlands next week to
Warpstock Europe 2013!

At this conference users and developers can talk to each and visit
presentations about the latest items that are under development for
eComStation.

For an overview of the latest presentations added to schedule, visit:
www.warpstock.eu/en/agenda/presentation_timetable.html

Warpstock Europe 2013 will be held on Friday, Saturday, Sunday 24,25
and 26 of May in Heemskerk the Netherlands. See the website: www.warpstock.

If you can not make it to Warpstock Europe you can always listen to the
presentations live via an audio stream for details please
visit: www.warpstock.eu/en/agenda/live_audio_stream.html

Regards,

Roderick Klein
Warpstock Europe 2013 team

Next week from Friday 24th, Saturday 25th and Sunday the 26th of May
Warpstock Europe will be held in Heemskerk the Netherlands.
See www.warpstock.eu for details.
At the event you can learn everything about eComStation and talk to
developers and users. We hope to see you at the event!

But if you can not make it to the event! You can listen to the
presentations via an MP3 audio stream and ask questions via an IRC
channel.
See www.warpstock.eu/en/agenda/live_audio_stream.html for
details.

Roderick Klein
Mensys B.V.
Warpstock team

Mensys BV is pleased to announce the availability of the MulitMac
Realtek Gigabit PCIe NIC Driver for driver for eComStation version 0.3.1.

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

This product is available for download from the eComStation BetaZone.

This version has the following changes:

* Now supports 41 different chip variations.

More information about the MultiMac drivers can be found at:

svn.ecomstation.nl/multimac

You can download this new release from the eComStation BetaZone.
First log in at www.ecomstation.com then click Access the BetaZone.

You can report problems at:

svn.ecomstation.nl/multimac

-----
David Azarewicz
www.88watts.net

[Moderator note: Correction: Note that the URL to request a Demo CD was incorrect. The Correct URL is www.ecomstation.com/democd ]

Hello everybody,

Mensys B.V. has released a new eCS 2.2 beta live CD yesterday. This
replaces the first eCS 2.2 beta live CD released in February of this
year. We would like everybody to test this new demo CD and report succes
and/or problems via //supportteam@ecomstation.com

Bug fixes in this demo CD:

* New USB stack that should fix people who have problems with mouse and
USB keyboard not working. Please let us know if this new now works for
you, especialy if previous versions of the eCS 2.2 live and install CD
did not work for you!

* The danis506.add and os2ahci.add driver have been updated to fix
problems and regressions in the danis506.add driver.

* Problems with loading the NIC driver under Virtual PC should be fixed
now also (it would hang).

* People who reported hangs at startup on the network card setup
program, this hang is also fixed.

On some systems the supported NIC driver is not yet properly detected
and loaded yet. We are still working on this.

This new demo CD contains the latest USB stack version 10.192. Which
should fix most problems with USB mouse and keyboard not working.
You can download a copy of the new demo CD via
www.ecomstation.com/democd

Regards,

The eComStation development team

On Friday 24th, Saurday 25th and Sunday the 26th of May Warpstock
Europe will be held in the StayOkay youth hostel.

On Saturday the Dutch eCS usergroup will also be present. You can also
see a demonstration of a model train railway being controlled from
eComStation.

Some of the presentations being given are about the latest maintenance on
Firefox being done by the company Bitwise. What was completed for eCS 2.2
as well as all the device drivers that have been updated.  You will get
inside information of what will happen in the coming year.

For more information about Warpstock Europe please visit
www.warpstock.eu

We hope to see you at Warpstock.

Roderick Klein
Warpstock team

Most of the critical bugs reported by customers have been resolved. The
CUPS installer works better. Most OS2AHCI, DANIS506.ADD and USB stack
problems seem to be fixed now. People that have reported bugs have been
send private builds of the fixed drivers or private builds of the eCS
2.2 ISO to verify the bugs are fixed.

We are currently performing more testing and will release another beta
track ASAP. An exact release date of the new public beta is uncertain
as we are still waiting for feedback from some customers to verify the
bugs have been resolved.

Regards,

Roderick Klein
eComStation development team.