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

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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.

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.ecomstaion.com/democd

Regards,

The eComStation development team

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:
6. May - 12. May
eCUPS
One new ticket raised and fixes applied
See: svn.netlabs.org/ecups/timeline

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

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

USB
Loads of updates and fixes again and a few new tickets raised
See: svn.netlabs.org/usb/timeline

XWLAN
Mix of updates and fixes
See: svn.netlabs.org/xwlan/timeline

29. April - 5. May
ACPI Subsystem for eComStation
Two tickets closed
See: svn.netlabs.org/acpi/timeline

eCUPS
Mix of updates and fixes
See: svn.netlabs.org/ecups/timeline

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

kBuild
One update applied
See: svn.netlabs.org/kbuild/timeline

Qt Applications for OS/2
Couple of fixes and updates
See: svn.netlabs.org/qtapps/timeline

REXXlibs
Functions added
See: svn.netlabs.org/rexxlibs/timeline

Samba for eCS (OS/2)
One fix applied and a new ticket raised
See: svn.netlabs.org/samba/timeline

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

XWLAN
EOL handling changed
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

While I fully understand its 2 weeks before the event.

The program for Warpstock Europe 2013 is online with all presentations
publicly.
You can view them here:
www.warpstock.eu/en/agenda/presentation_timetable.html

We have experienced problems with the typo 3 website on which the Warpstock Europe is hosted. Warpstock Europe 2013 will held in the Stay Okay Youth Hostel in Heemskerk The Netherlands from Friday the 24th of May, Saturday and Sunday. At this event you can learn everything about the latest developments regarding eComStation (OS/2).  For more information visit http://www.warpstock.eu.
If you have any questions how to reach the event please let me know.
Regards,

Roderick Klein
Warpstock Europe 2013

I have updated the USB host controller drivers

USBUHCD.SYS, USBOHCD.SYS, USBEHCD.SYS, USBD.SYS (and now also: USBRESMG.SYS)
I have now placed these on hobbes.
hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/incoming/usbhcd191.zip

They will eventually make it into directory:
/pub/os2/system/drivers/misc

1) USBEHCD: setting speed (/S: switch) back to the default of 8 (if /S:
not specified). Unfortunately, a "chkdsk x: /F:3" against a HPFS
formatted stick will otherwise lead to problems.
Everyone who had problems with USBEHCD.SYS should now either run with
/S:8 or not specify /S: switch at all. You can experiment with lower
values (/S:4, /S:2, /S:1) to see if that will still work on your system.
USBMSD.ADD would need updates in order to be able to queue transmission
requests and therefore increase the throughput.
Currently it will only issue a transmission once the preceding
transmission has finished.
Other fixes were made to allow to attach USB mice and keyboard to
external USB hubs.

3) USBD: reset external USB hubs before powering on ports. This should
fix some problems where devices plugged into external hubs won't
properly attach.

4) USBRESMG, USBUHCD, USBOHCD: nothing, just increased version number