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Youtube and Firefox

2014-02-03 04:22:06 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Firefox 17 and Firefox 10 are available for eCS.

Major part of youtube videos are available if activate html5: youtube.com/html5 -> Activate

Enable HTML5 and plat test video:


eComStation for car: GPS receiver

2014-01-03 05:13:44 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Leonid Kaganov compared OS/2 with a car in 2002: OS/2 car (rus)

Today let's talk about eComStation in the role of Board Computer:

  • Where to place it?
  • What model of PC to use?
  • What functions eComStation can perform?

FUNC-1: The 1-st function: maps and navigation

We are going implement support of such GPS receiver in eComStation (setup):

Maps for eComStation:


Updated Mouse pointers (2014)

2014-01-01 01:32:47 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

The desktop became more colorful and bright during the last 15 years. It's difficult for users find the pointer on the screen now.

So we are going draw new modern pointers for eComStation and IBM OS/2 Warp. Prototypes:

Features of new pointers:

  • more noticeable
  • size: medium (default for all eCS desktops: small)
  • can be installed to any version of eCS, even without AMPTR (Animated mouse pointers)
  • derived from OS/2 pointers
  • version for Obama, .. (left-handed people)

Mouse pointers for eComStation and IBM OS/2 Warp


eComStation 2013/11 drivers update

2013-11-28 23:22:15 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

You can download updates from Mensys web-site, you should have active Software Subscription.

1) AHCI driver (SATA 2 driver) was updated several days ago (version 1.32) / http://svn.ecomstation.nl/ahci / requires: subscription

2) Panorama VESA package was updated (1.06) / http://svn.ecomstation.nl/panorama / requires: subscription

3) ACPI sub-system is updated, (3.22.03) / http://svn.netlabs.org/acpi / requires: subscription

4) Updated USB drivers (hobbes), Lars Erdmann writes (source)

  • David has worked on AHCI and released a new version to iron out problems with HDs reporting back wrong status info. I am sure Mensys wants this to go into the distribution. But it needs to be tested on as many machines as possible (in order to prevent regressions) and finally it has to go into the production tree.
  • David has worked on ACPI to work around some systems that give incorrect returns on some ACPI method invocations. For the rest, see 1)
  • David and me we are working on USB. The short range goal is to have USB keyboards and mice work for say 98% of the people (over the years I learned that with USB you will never reach the 100%). We are already working on USBEHCD.SYS,USBOHCD.SYS,USBUHCD.SYS,USBKBD.SYS,USBMOUSE.SYS and USBHID.SYS to get this problem fixed. Unfortunately, USB is a "driver stack" and not an individual driver ...

Zippy (new generation)

2013-11-22 18:24:19 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Zippy is the most advanced archive manager for IBM OS/2 and eComStation operating systems. It allows browse and extract files from any archive (all popular formats are supported). It helps you create standard Zip and 7z archives.

Zippy Homepage: http://ecomstation.ru/zippy

New version 0.06.01 of Zippy is available. The functionality of command line was extended significantly. Start "zippy /?" to see help.

You can manipulate archive files from REXX scripts now, use Zippy library for REXX (name of library: eZip).

Don't forget install the latest version of eCo Software runtime (includes important fixes). http://ecomstation.ru/runtime

P.S. Tricks&tips:

File Commander/2, add to User menu (F9->Commands->Edit User Menu) this lines:

A:  Create Zippy archive
    zippy /C !x !f

Now select files and directory, press F2 -> A to archive selected files.


eCo Software (fall/winter 2013-2014)

2013-11-19 03:27:25 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

eCo Software is able create several useful applications and libraries for eComStation / IBM OS/2 Warp during the next few monthes. You can become shareholder of our projects.

One of the prototypes: utility aimed to print postal labels (for label printers) (project #723)


(input address)

(output: ready for use postal label)

List of supported hardware: Zebra LP 2844

eCo Software is working on eComStation / IBM OS/2 Warp market since the 90-th. We are specialized in development of native software (and hybrids).


Rexx for Android Available

2013-10-31 19:57:32 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Rexx for Android has been officially released as open source software. It is available at Google Play, and the source code repository is on Jaxo's github: https://github.com/Jaxo/yaxx The git repository also contains a pre-compiled version (Rexxoid.apk) ready to be downloaded to android devices. "Rexx for Android" descends from the Rexx implementation that Joe Latone and Pierre Richard wrote in early 2000. Joe and Pierre were employed as Researcher at the IBM TJ Watson Center in the mid 80's, and there they met Mike Cowlishaw and his Rexx vision. Twenty years later, they have realized their own implementation of Rexx in C++. Designed with portability in mind, it was aimed at running on mobile devices (Palm OS, at the time), beside the classic Windows and Linux. This port to Android was started in 2010 and a preview was shown in 2011. RexxLA thanks Pierre Richard for completing this magnificent implementation and donating it to the world.

P.S. REXX is the general (system) scripting language in eComStation / IBM OS/2 Warp. --------------


SysInfo, new generation

2013-10-26 23:22:14 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

eCo Software is working on new version of SysInfo utility. Download beta version: ecomstation.ru/sysinfo

Please share your experience, what information do you need?

  • Resellers of eCS computers: what system parameters do you demonstrate the customers?
  • Developers: what system information do you need?
  • Home/Office users?
  • Administrators of eComStation computer farms: what information about computer do you check?

Yuri Larin talks: "Current target is collect useful functions in libraries so the developers can re-use SysInfo/2 functions in own applications.

Target #2: We should sort information on the pages of the utility and simplify it.

Target #3: Add additional (modern) information about computer to SysInfo/2."


Firefox is jumping around

2013-10-24 00:49:55 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [netlabs irc]

The porting of Firefox 17 ESR continues (Homepage of the project)

Current state: the browser starts working. Wait for official announcenents for details.


eCo Software (fall/winter 2013-2014)

2013-10-12 03:20:54 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

eCo Software is able create several useful applications and libraries for eComStation / IBM OS/2 Warp during the next few monthes. You can become shareholder of our projects.

One of the prototypes: utility aimed to print postal labels (for label printers) (project #723)


(input address)

(output: ready for use postal label)

eCo Software is working on eComStation / IBM OS/2 Warp market since the 90-th. We are specialized in development of native software (and hybrids).


eComStation for business

2013-08-21 03:38:48 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

What means aimed to organize work are available in eComStation?

  • Chat for group of workers, located in different offices / cities - answer: IRC-chat
  • Generate tasks for workers - ?
  • Queue of customers and N employees - ? How to give access to the queue? (so employees can monitor the queue, change status of the orders)
  • Keep record of hardware / commodities (internal, without web-interface)
  • Small phone call center, detect number, show information about the customer from DB.

See also: Order database for eCS


eCo Software applications

2013-07-19 04:10:01 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

eCo Software have created many useful shareware applications for eComStation (IBM OS/2 Warp). We have invested many efforts and resources to develop all this applications.

You can invest / become shareholder in our projects:

  • Point of sale
  • Video utility
  • Reanimate utility
  • User Interface research
  • eCo Software toolkit and runtime
  • Widgets for eCS
  • SysInfo and other system tools
  • etc

eComStation: What problem to resolve first?

2013-06-20 14:40:29 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Yes, the bug-trackers are full of reports. And the developers know the list of tasks.

Nevertheless, let's organize the poss and find what problem is the most critical.

STEP 1: Collecting variants (answers to the question),

Please post a reply to the question "eComStation: What problem to resolve first?"

Examples:

  • KERNEL: Problem of 512 Mb RAM
  • VIDEO: Support for 1440x900 resolution
  • USB: Support of GPS receivers
  • Your request?

// You can add a link to the bug-tracker!!


DropBox for eComStation

2013-05-14 03:00:29 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

The list of Warpstock Europe presentations mentions NetDrive plugin aimed to use DropBox cloud service.

Dropbox is a file hosting service operated by Dropbox, Inc., that offers cloud storage, file synchronization, and client software. Dropbox allows users to create a special folder on each of their computers, which Dropbox then synchronizes so that it appears to be the same folder (with the same contents) regardless of which computer is used to view it. Files placed in this folder also are accessible through a website and mobile phone applications.


OpenOffice 4.0 under construction

2013-05-12 20:18:06 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Screenshots of fresh Apache OpenOffice 4.0 for eComStation and OS/2

New version of office suite is under development (We don't know date of release or publication)

There are many issues related to current OpenOffice.org 3.x:


Games for OS/2 Warp

2013-05-06 01:38:06 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

What games were available for IBM OS/2 Warp? Send add-ons to this review (via web-form)

What game to develop today? (! attention! there is not developer for this task)


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