eComStation and business

2006-01-30 13:08:46 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

AMT company continues the development of industrial software working in eComStation.

Read the overview of "SimulNet: Server of network training systems" (russian language)

• Server side of the training system is working in eComStation (Preparation of tasks, log of progress are controlled via WorkPlace Shell)
• Client side works via Java virtual machine, so can be executed in eComStation too.

"eComStation and business" is updated:

• New section "eComStation in sci-tech labs"
• The list of companies working on eComStation is updated (companies which do not release updates of software, will be removed from the list)

JUne in January

2005-12-14 23:20:26 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

New versions of JRescuer and JUne are released.

The development of JFS recover tools was started in 2001. Read more about "JFS for eComStation" (included with eComStation 2.0 beta).

Seems that the most provident users have acquired the JFS recover and unerase tools, so the price of JRescuer may be released (it will be doubled at the 1-st january of 2006).

Whatsnew:

• june: Filter allows eliminate files which contain necessary string

Let's gather solutions based on OS/2

2005-12-02 19:32:54 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Whatsnew:

• eComStation on injection moulding machines
• eComStation breathes new life into Access Community Radio

OS/2 (eComStation) is alive while people are using and improving the system. The developers of solutions ensure long life for our operating system because computers with OS/2 make money for their customers year by year. The developers bring new industrial technologies to OS/2, feed support service, fill OS/2 with unique features to keep the solutions competitive.

Examples of solutions based on OS/2: ATM, sound processing (speech, digital restoration of sound), training devices (astronauts, oilmen), technical appliances (measuring, medical), virtual machines (mainframes, SVISTA), CMMS, restaurants, etc.

Why should you write the story today?

• You should do this to protect your investments made into OS/2 platform.
• OS/2 users are located in different countries and cities. They will read the story because of OS/2 word :) And spread the information about your company and products among own colleagues.
• The developer of the operating system will get information about your requirements and improve OS to satisfy them.
• Your story gives stimulus to thousands of users, developers and companies.
• It's easy. Solution story is based on usual product flyer.

Where to collect solutions? www.ecomstation.ru site is hosting Solutions list since 2002. Now it contains texts on russian language only but you can publish german, dutch, english texts there.

How to write Solutions story? Take the flyer of your product, add Introduction, add one-two paragraphs about advantages of OS/2 usage, add 2 advertisement photos/screenshots, 2 screenshots of back-end demonstating usage of OS/2. Send the story to e-mail: support (at) ecomstation.ru

Welcome to homepage of solutions!

Support Agreement (12 months) for OpenOffice.org for eComStation and IBM OS/2

2005-11-30 23:52:03 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.com]

Effective date: November 4, 2005

To better support the desktop requirements of eComStation and IBM OS/2 users, Serenity Systems International is announcing the availability of 12 month support agreement for OpenOffice.org. As part of the support agreement, users will receive versions of OpenOffice.org developed and tested to run on eComStation and IBM OS/2.

Initially, users will be able to download OpenOffice.org Version 1.1.5, significant update over the current 1.1.4 version. Key features of 1.1.5 include support for OASIS file formats, as well as fixes listed at release notes page.

Support for OASIS file formats provides OpenOffice.org 1.1.5 users with the ability to exchange documents with wide variety of other products, including the recently released OpenOffice.org Version 2. eComStation and IBM OS/2 users can expect full OpenOffice.org Version 2 support in 1Q06, possibly beginning testing before the end of 2005.

Fixes and updates will be delivered over the term of the agreement as part of the on-going support. For example, the initial support for OpenOffice.org Version 2 will not include WorkPlace Shell (WPS) integration. Plans call for WPS integration to be supported in one of the first updates for 2.0. As implied by this statement regarding WPS integration support, the Version 2 product supplied under this agreement will be native OS/2 application.

The Suggested Retail Price of the Support Agreement is $49US for 12 months. Registered users of the current OpenOffice.org product for eComStation and IBM OS/2 will be able to purchase the Support Agreement for $29US. See http://www.ecomstation.com/openoffice

Press-release about the development of a new eComStation system component eSchemes

2005-11-29 18:55:34 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [eCo Software, press-releases]

eCo Software, december 1th, 2005
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eCo Software announces the development of the eComStation eSchemes system component, which will allow the user to tweak and tune system appearance, from one single application.

eSchemes is developed with Mensys BV technical and financial assistance. eSchemes is part of the ongoing effort of eCo Software to develop applications by using an object-oriented approach in software development for the eComStation operating system. eSchemes was created using SOM technology and is fully integreated into the system desktop.

A scheme can contain sets of pointers, sounds, in addition to information about colors of system appearance, and lets the user to configure parameters both of single objects and entire classes. Thanks to the fact that the scheme is stored as a single file, a scheme is mobile and can be easily transferred from one computer to another.

Apart from that, the problem with incorrect display of some system controls will be resolved in eSchemes, because it can change the main color in the system appearance, which was previously fixed at grey.

Yury Prokushev, eCo Software leading engineer, proclaimed: "eSchemes greatly increases efficiency of system control. During the next years we anticipate to improve the situation in development of component applications."

Joachim Benjamins (Mensys BV) considers that "development of new components for eComStation was started back in 2002. We are glad that eSchemes will now form another milestone in the development of the eComStation infrastructure which provides a professional looking userinterface and adds to the unique abilities of the Workplace Shell"

We recommend companies to update their software today, to use all eSchemes abilities. eCo Software will soon publish detailed information about necessary changes and recommendations for application development.

eSchemes will be available for all eComStation 1.2 users (and next versions) for free.

Additional information:

• eSchemes homepage: eCo Software site -- http://ecomstation.ru/projects/eschemes
• Download eSchemes: eComStation Betazone -- http://betazone.ecomstation.nl

Employing Rexx as a Scripting Language for Java

2005-10-31 02:26:35 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [www.osnews.com]

Rony Flatscher introduces the open source and free Bean Scripting Framework (BSF), which allows any Java application to deploy scripts in other languages. Any Java application developer can use BSF to supply scriptability in a user-friendly scripting language such as Rexx.

Rexx is a key technology of eComStation. Some useful references:

• Rexx: Power Through Simplicity (english)
• Free Rexx Runs Everywhere (english)
• REXX - the potential of OS/2 platform (russian)

OS2World.com Gaming Site Updated

2005-10-11 18:38:32 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [www.os2world.com, Martin Iturbide]

The OS2World.com Gaming Site was updated with the last games ported to OS/2.

• Rocks 'n' Diamonds
• Alizarin Tetris
• ScummVM

Visit the OS2World.com Gaming Site here.

Reminder about NetDrive

2005-09-23 12:31:59 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

NetDrive for OS/2 is a virtual file system which allows seamless access to various resources. It let the user to create a virtual drive letter and to mount resources to the drive. The current version of NetDrive for OS/2 supports local, network and FTP sources and can use external plugins for different types of resources.

Plugins available:

• FTP plugin (free) -- access remote FTP directory as an ordinary OS/2 drive.
• SAMBA client (free) -- The plugin provides seamless access to SMB/CIFS file shares over your network using TCP/IP as the underlying transport protocol.
• ThirdEye plugin (shareware) -- access to digital cameras connected to COM-port
• WebDAV plugin (free) -- DAV client and can connect to Apache mod_dav, Novell NetStorage and Microsoft Windows XP WebFolders.
• VFAT plugin (shareware) -- The plugin allows read/write access, including creation of long file names, to a drive with Microsoft Windows 95 VFAT file system.
• NFS V2 plugin (shareware) -- NFS plugin can mount an NFS server disk to the NetDrive file system.
• Psion Plugin (free) -- The plugin allows to access Psion PDA disks as an ordinary OS/2 drive.
• Cipher Plugin (shareware) -- The plugin allows transparent access to files in cipher.
• ISO CD FileSystem (free) -- The plugin allows one to access contents of ISO-9660 CD images (read only) and CD disks.

NetDrive homepage: http://www.blueprintsoftwareworks.com/netdrive/

Reviews of NetDrive:

• NetDrive Cipher plugin (english) -- http://ecomstation.ru/showarticle.php?id=13
• Samba server for OS/2 (english)-- http://www.os2voice.org/VNL/past_issues/VNL0405H/vnewsf5.htm

T&V HappyPlayer 2.01 beta 1 released

2005-09-21 01:29:01 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

New version of T&V HappyPlayer is released. T&V HappyPlayer allows you control TV-tuners built on Brooktree BT848 chip (and compatible). Supported signal coding standards: PAL and SECAM. It is pleasant to notice that unlike other applications, T&V HappyPlayer does not hog CPU.

Whatsnew:

• Autodetect tv-tuners
• Fixed troubles with video memory address detect

If your tuner works with T&V HappyPlayer then

• please, post report to the Hardware database
• Send results of PCI+AGP bus sniffer to our e-mail: support (at) ecomstation.ru (all info about TV-tuner, Subsystem ID value)

Addition of new companies

2005-09-18 22:58:57 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

One more developer of multiplatform product have entered into eComStation market: Pavel Kanzelsberger is going release the famous "Pixel image editor" for eComStation.

Look at this photos: photo 1, photo 2, photo 3.

Pixel is a RGB, CMYK and HDR image editing, photo retouching and manipulating program available for many operating systems formerly known as Pixel32.

The product is available in Mensys shop already.

The full list of companies working on eComStation market is published in "eComStation for business" section.

Reminder about NetDrive

2005-09-15 18:17:48 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

NetDrive for OS/2 is a virtual file system which allows seamless access to various resources. It let the user to create a virtual drive letter and to mount resources to the drive. The current version of NetDrive for OS/2 supports local, network and FTP sources and can use external plugins for different types of resources.

Plugins available:

• FTP plugin (free) -- access remote FTP directory as an ordinary OS/2 drive.
• SAMBA client (free) -- The plugin provides seamless access to SMB/CIFS file shares over your network using TCP/IP as the underlying transport protocol.
• ThirdEye plugin (shareware) -- access to digital cameras connected to COM-port
• WebDAV plugin (free) -- DAV client and can connect to Apache mod_dav, Novell NetStorage and Microsoft Windows XP WebFolders.
• VFAT plugin (shareware) -- The plugin allows read/write access, including creation of long file names, to a drive with Microsoft Windows 95 VFAT file system.
• NFS V2 plugin (shareware) -- NFS plugin can mount an NFS server disk to the NetDrive file system.
• Psion Plugin (free) -- The plugin allows to access Psion PDA disks as an ordinary OS/2 drive.
• Cipher Plugin (shareware) -- The plugin allows transparent access to files in cipher.
• ISO CD FileSystem (free) -- The plugin allows one to access contents of ISO-9660 CD images (read only) and CD disks.

NetDrive homepage: http://www.blueprintsoftwareworks.com/netdrive/

Обзоры и статьи про NetDrive:

• NetDrive Cipher plugin (english) -- http://ecomstation.ru/showarticle.php?id=13
• Samba server for OS/2 (english)-- http://www.os2voice.org/VNL/past_issues/VNL0405H/vnewsf5.htm

ACPI 1.0.12 for eComStation

2005-08-30 02:12:16 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

The purpose of the ACPI driver is provide ACPI interface to applied developers. ACPI project consists of:

• ACPI-CA driver
• Toolkit for developers of drivers and applications

Current version allows:

• evaluate any method from ACPI tree
• visualize ACPI tree
• wake up all devices
• catch Power/Sleep button click
• Power Managment timer, 3.6 times per microsecond
• the driver is completed almost (thirdparty developers may use it to create own control applications)
• Throttling CPU

Whatsnew:

• Added CPU throttling
• Improved memory managment
• Toolkit is available
• ACPI Manager is improved

We thank ACPI beta-testers. Please, continue send us reports and suggestions.

ACPI driver is a product of Netlabs.

ACPI driver is available in eComStation beta-zone

Remote Control Software for OS/2-eCS Poll

2005-08-29 00:16:35 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [www.os2world.com]

Do you use remote control software to access your eComStation and OS/2 system? Which application do you use on the server side? Please, visit the poll

• PMVNC
• NetOp Remote control
• IBM Desktop on call
• I don't use remote control

Update of drivers and system components

2005-08-07 19:26:42 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Beta-version of the ACPI driver was updated. Whatsnew: Power Managment timer, 3.6 times per microsecond;

UniAud driver was updated, fixed problem with initialization of Intel ich5 codecs;

eSchemes mechanism was updated; allows change color and sound schemes in eComStation;

Testing component for sync of Personal cards manager database and Siemens mobile phones (siemensd); Report about tested devices;

JFS Unerase utility JUne was updated;

Poll: Do you need hardware OpenGL?

2005-08-01 15:19:06 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Do you need hardware OpenGL support for eComStation? Please, visit poll and choose the answer:

• I have no plans to buy eComStation
• I plan to buy eComStation without OpenGL support
• I will only buy eComStation if it has OpenGL support

sNOa game pack news

2005-06-30 14:52:51 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Sunny pills game was updated:

• one more variation of the game which develops counting in one`s head; other variation is under construction (to develop HEX counting in one`s head);
• now you can resize window to fit in your wide plasma 40" monitor;
• animation of falling pills and background;
• help is available (F1);
• pause on focus loss or if user presses Pause button.
• new intelligent mode of pills generation;

eCo Software company is finishing the sNOa game pack 1 marathon race and switching to the development of sNOa game pack 2.

P.S. Games is a catalyst of operating system development. That's why we invite standalone developers to cooperation (you can help with development of modules or distribute your own game under the brand "sNOa game pack"). Contact us if writing an overview of the sNOa game pack.