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2007-01-21 01:00:43 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]
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Welcome to eSchemes gallery!
eSchemes project - it is convincing evidence of the serious intentions of eComStation developers once more. It is time to replace separate utilities and programs with fullfledge system components.
Look at posted screenshots, show us your desktop adorned with eSchemes!
Restrictions:
- Change colors&icons via eSchemes
- Please make screenshots with 120 dpi fonts (use screen resolution 1024x768 or larger; or add to CONFIG.SYS line: SET SDDFONTDPI=120) else screenshot seems ugly.
- You can post only 1 screenshot per week
How to prepare good screenshot:
- Apply your favorite scheme, select proper wallpaper;
- Open your favorite applications, load impressive data (for DataBase window load annual report and generate 3D pie, etc);
- Make screenshot using PMView and save to PNG;
- You can create own eSchemes scheme
How to add screenshot to the gallery:
- Register at the forum.ecomstation.ru, goto eSchemes gallery, press Post reply button
- describe the 'recipe' of desktop, enumerate visible applications
- add link to PNG screenshot
- add link to JPG thumbnail, dimension: 320x240 (keep proportions)
- add optional JPG screenshot, 80-90%
Notes:
If you posted screenshot to the gallery then you agree that
- we have rights to copy your screenshot to our server and update the link
- we have rights to remove screenshot if it doesn't include eSchemes
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2007-01-20 17:58:38 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]
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Let's update the list of companies working on eComStation market. Inform us which companies should be removed from the list (company is "dead" if it didn't released updates of software in the last three monthes)
One more time, if you are developing solutions based on eComStation or IBM OS/2 Warp, and you want protect your software from copy, you need HASP HL USB security key. Aladdin company (http://www.aladdin.com) can implement support for HASP HL security keys for eComStation if there is demand. Do you need support of HASP HL security keys in eComStation? Please, post contact information (site of your company, annual demand). (Don't forget input anti-spam 6-digits CODE:)
There are updates in the list of solutions:
- The largest interactive FM radio stations in Russia are using technology based on eComStation. Here is the overview on russian language: Interactive FM radiostations in Russia. 'Interactive' means that listeners are sending SMS/email/phone messages to RadioDJ and his guests. SMSRC32 and eComStation are used to gather & process such SMS messages.
- WS IT-Service and Logic Consult GmbH are developing PBX on eComStation (Private Branch eXchange) - private phone network of arbitrary size with a central controlling unit.
As you can see, eComStation and OS/2 Warp are used in Russia only, no information about solutions developed by european or american companies.
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2007-01-10 10:04:59 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]
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Please pay attention, eComStation beta-zone contains many useful components and applications:
- Disk image utility -- GUI front-end to capture disk image
- LVM -- MiniLVM updates
- eComStation Selective Installer
- USB Serial Converter Driver. Special build for Belkin F5U103 USB serial adapter.
- Lightning -- is the calendar/mail integration Mozilla project. Combining Thunderbird and Sunbird in an integrated package.
- USB Dock updates -- View USB devices plugged into this PC.
- NTFS.IFS -- NTFS updates
- JFS.IFS -- fresh Bootable JFS
- eThemes -- allows create themes
- PNG -- MMPM/2 PNG I/O Procedure (Final release)
- Samba -- Samba server
- ACPI -- Multi-processor support, power management, resources control
- eSchemes -- change colors, buttons and icons of desktop. This project demonstrates the efforts of eComStation developers to replace separate utilities with full-value system components.
- Lucide -- popular PDF viewer
Not all files are fresh so read announcements first.
How to enter eComStation beta-zone? To access the beta-zone you should purchase eComStation Software Subscription.
If you have troubles with registration or access, immediately contact your reseller.
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The largest interactive FM radio stations in Russia are using technology based on eComStation. Here is the overview on russian language: Interactive FM radiostations in Russia. 'Interactive' means that listeners are sending SMS/email/phone messages to RadioDJ and his guests. SMSRC32 and eComStation are used to gather & process such SMS messages.
Other solutions based on eComStation
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2007-01-02 17:12:32 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [http://www.osnews.com/]
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Volume II:Issue I (Winter 2006) of OS2eCS eZine is now on-line.
In this issue:
- From the Editor: A Look Back, and a Vision Ahead!
- WarpStock North America 2006 --By Jeramie Samphere
- My Impressions From WarpStock Europe 2006--By Axel Meiss
- OpenDOC, a Forgotten Technology--By Jeramie Samphere
- Lucide, the New Document Viewer for eComStation --By Axel Meiss
- CBIRC, An Up-To-Date IRC Client for eComStation --By Steven Douglas Taylor
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2006-12-19 22:26:59 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [eCo Software, news]
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The fourth quarter is the most strenuous. Seems that we survived it. Large projects were debugged, new utilities created. We presented our solutions at Warpstock Europe 2006 (7 appearances) and the main goal today is withstand users pressure.
eCo Software laboratory (aka #ecolabs)
Warpstock Europe 2006
The presentations were prepared by large group of developers and consultants from other teams.
- Developers of native eComStation software vote for evolutionary way of the operating system development. The main idea of the Evolutionary Sprint (aka ES-Way): "Let's create more original software for eCS users, then promote it on other markets to attract new users". Read the introduction to ES-way: "Community perspectives"
- "eComStation is ready for modern notebooks and desktops" - report about current status of ACPI subsystem. Thanks to ACPI, we can use modern Core 2 Duo, AMD X2 notebooks and desktops, setup IRQs, control power consumption. The secret purpose of ACPI driver is reanimate sleepy developers of device drivers, they are updating own drivers for compatilbity with new generation of eComStation.
- "Modern eComStation Desktop" - we demonstrated new WorkPlace Shell extenders and applications which bring life to the desktop (eSchemes, eSchemes Deluxe, Personal Cards Manager, Central Remote Control, USB Dock, etc)
Disk utilities
Download repacked JUne (contains updated translations: Italian, Danish, etc). JRescuer (JUne) best-seller is aimed to unerase files from JFS volume, recover files from damaged JFS volume. Read more about modern features of JFS.IFS for eComStation
USB applications
USB Dock 1.7 is released. Whatsnew: more NLS resources, more devices added to database.
Screenshot: USB Dock
Internet utilities
WorkPlace Shell extenders
ACPI drivers
To accelerate the final stage of ACPI development, we invite testers to ecolabs irc-channel. The testing may require 30 minutes or 1 month x 2 hours per day.
- ACPI 2.15 was released. Please read all documentation and FAQs again. There are many notes for users which want run eComStation on multiprocessor computers. Now you can run SMP machine with SATA controller without extra efforts (simply enable snooper with default acpi.cfg, acpi.psd /SMP), Whatsnew: Multiprocessor Dell notebooks are working with ACPI now, fixes for embedded controller support, throttling, OEMHLP$ driver (i.e. the development of eComStation kernel continues)
- New APM.ADD (1.7), Whatsnew: fixed external battery call, Check brightness control and other events, acpidaemon fixes.
- New ACPI snooper (2.15), You need it if running Core 2 Duo in APIC mode or if you want manage IRQs.
ACPI is available via eComStation beta-zone.
Multimedia applications
- T&V HappyPlayer, beta 10 - application to control TV tuners based on Brooktree BT8xx. Whatsnew: Ready for Central Remote Control
- Central Remote Control - visit the homepage of CRC. This new subsystem gathers events from TV remote controls, notebook buttons, USB-keyboard multimedia buttons and translates them to commands for multimedia applications. The publication of beta-version is delayed, please notify us if you are interested in this product.
Screenshot: Central Remote Control flow
eCo Software support service
The hardware database contains more than 1030 reports of supported hardware. You can post new reports or add notes to published. Now gathering lists of USB devices used by eComStation users (VendorID, ProductID, Device name), Multikernel notebooks and computers, all-in-one printers/scanners, USB Keyboards and CardBus controllers.
Additional information:
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2006-12-18 16:21:53 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [eCo Software, press-releases]
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Marketing department of eCo Software is preparing community health-improvement and operating system development plan.
We published RUSSIAN edition of this document Evolutionary sprint 2006/12
The community is compared with small town (village), this allows make simple but important conclusions.
Join discussion of Evolutionary sprint (aka ES-way) in the forum.ecomstation.ru
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2006-12-12 22:18:59 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]
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For those with an "OpenOffice.org Support Agreement for eComStation and OS/2" there is an update for the OpenOffice.org 2.0 Beta2 release which is supposed to fix
You need to access the update from http://www.ecomstation.com -> "Download the latest software and updates", then "OpenOffice.org 2.0 for eComStation public beta 2 (direct ftp-download link)" under "eComStation 1.2 Features:".
File is OOo204b2-update.zip 1979 KB 12/06/06 18:26:00 which contains an updated vcl680go.dll file.
"The included file should overcome the problems with TrueType fonts in the OpenOffice.org 2.0.4 beta 2 release of nov 12, 2006.
Installation:
- close OpenOffice.org 2.0 (and the QuickStart instance if enabled)
- The included file vcl680go.dll should be replaced in
?:\OpenOffice.org.2.0\program\ (or the appropriate path on your system)
- restart OpenOffice.org"
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2006-12-05 18:53:43 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]
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Mensys distributed eComStation Magazine among visitors of Warpstock Europe 2006 conference (Koln, November).
We made photos of this magazine: page01, page02, page03, page04, page05, page06, page07, page08, page09, page10, page11, page12, page13, page14, page15, page16,
Contents:
- Appeal to readers (Bob St.John)
- Interview with Roderick Klein
- eComStation Demo CD
- eComStation Operating System
- Mensys product catalogue
- Bootable JFS
- Voyager
- OS/2 Abandonware
- Tips and Tricks
- Reseller index
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2006-12-02 23:47:21 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [info@mensys.nlDESPAM]
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(This beta was released two weeks ago)
Serenity Systems International is pleased to announce the second public beta of OpenOffice.org 2.0 for eComStation and OS/2.
This build is based on the 2.0.4 sourcecode of OpenOffice.org, making it on par with the current Windows releases.
Beta 2 is available for immediate download in English, German, Italian, Spanish, French, Russian and Dutch to all customers of the Support Agreement for OpenOffice.org for eComStation and IBM OS/2, via their download-area at the Mensys Online Shop.
You can login to the Mensys Online Shop at: http://www.mensys.net/login/
Screenshot: OpenOffice.org 2.0 public beta 2 for eComStation
Notes:
- Please make sure to read the included READ1ST.TXT document, which includes hints on installation and a list of known issues.
- Installation takes around 300 MB of drivespace, plus an additional 40 MB per installed language.
- Innotek FontEngine is now fully supported, which provides improved fontrendering.
- It is advised to use TrueType fonts (TTF) over Type1 fonts (eCS default) as they render better with the Fontengine.
- no eComStation or OS/2 specific enhancements are available in this beta yet.
- Numerous fixes have been implemented. For more details, please read READ1ST.TXT
Planned enhancements
- support for Innotek FontEngine
- support for mouse wheel
- enhanced clipboard
- bidi & dbcs font support (depends on demand)
- WPS support
- native GUI controls
- support SANE for scanners.
Support for the following items is not planned
- Java support
- Mozilla support
More information
More information on OpenOffice.org can be found at: http://www.openoffice.org/
User Support
Support specific to the eComStation and OS/2 version can be obtained through the ticketing system at: http://www.ecomstation.com/support/ooo2/
A newsgroup is available for community support at news://news.ecomstation.com/ecomstation.support.openoffice or http://news.ecomstation.com/thread.php?group=ecomstation.support.openoffice
Enjoy!
Best regards,
On behalf of Serenity Systems International, the Mensys Team.
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2006-11-07 18:15:49 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]
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Download fresh version of USB Dock from beta-zone, run it,
attach USB devices, send us information about your hardware:
VendorID, ProductID, remember the name of device (it is written on device or box).
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2006-09-29 01:39:06 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [eCo Software, news]
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Please pay attention to our new products for eComStation!
The fall is dedicated to creation of end-user applications based on modules and libraries prepared during 2006.
Updated ACPI drivers
As you know, eComStation has modern ACPI subsystem now. ACPI offers new opportunities to developers and makes developers update their device drivers.
Usually users need two auxiliary drivers:
APM.ADD 1.5 (requires ACPI 2.12) - Power management for notebooks and desktops
- fixed throttling (for SMP only), fixed semaphore event, fixed power detect
- AcpiDaemon is improved
- Read tester.doc to test the driver; read troubleshooting.doc to solve troubles
ACPI snooper (requires ACPI 2.12)
- The snooper is aimed to manage IRQs, setup ACPI virtual machine on start.
- Read tester.doc to test the driver; read troubleshooting.doc to solve troubles
- Don't remove all snoopers from snoop.lst (keep acpisnp.snp and ibmkbd.snp) else Enable full hardware detect is ignored.
Note: If you are developing a program to control UPS devices, you can integrate it into eComStation power management subsystem.
New versions of eSchemes
New beta-versions of eSchemes are released often. Current version: 1.35
New product! eSchemes Deluxe
Screenshot of eSchemes Deluxe
Internet utilities
Disk utilities
- Please, don't use JFS filesystem with old harddisks. New bad sectors may cause loss of data;
- Use UPS to protect against power leaps;
- Don't fill JFS volume completely. Always keep freespace (10% of total volume size);
If you don't follow this simple instructions then purchase JUne - utility to rescue/undelete data from JFS volumes.
Office applications
Personal Cards Manager, new beta-version - it's not only address book but the only application to bring photos of your friends and relatives to desktop.
Screenshot of Personal Cards Manager
Students support
To create unique technologies and software, we should attract more students and engineers to eComStation.
- gDiagramm v0.07 builds graphs from CVS-file (2Gb, 50 millions of lines)
- Do you have self-made applications for students (computer science, mathematical, chemical)? We are interested gather this files.
eCo Software support service
Collaboration with other developers
- Robert Lalla created very useful addon to ACPI snooper. His driver removes Exclusive flag from High IRQs. In result, we have more happy users with working SMP notebooks and desktops.
- Dmitry Frolov continues to release USBCALLS updates. Visit the homepage of froloff.
- Do you need widescreen modes on ATI X1600 videoadapter? Robert Lalla created a driver to activate this modes. Contact us and join the testing!
How to help to eCo Software?
- Write overviews of our software;
Welcome to eCo Software homepage
Previous eCo Software newsletter
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2006-09-20 14:08:05 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [info@mensys.nlDESPAM]
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Serenity Systems International is pleased to announce the first public beta of OpenOffice.org 2.0 for eComStation and OS/2.
This build is based on the 2.0.3 sourcecode of OpenOffice.org, making it on par with the current Windows releases.
Beta 1 is available for immediate download in English, German, Italian and Dutch to you, as customer of the Support Agreement for OpenOffice.org for eComStation and IBM OS/2, via your download-area at the Mensys Online Shop.
You can login to the Mensys Online Shop at: http://www.mensys.net/login/
Screenshot: OpenOffice.org 2.0 public beta 1 for eComStation
If you forgot your userid/password you can request it by using this URL: shop.mensys.nl
Notes:
- Please make sure to read the READ1ST.TXT document, which includes hints on installation and a list of known issues.
- Installation takes around 240 MB of drivespace.
- Innotek FontEngine not supported, which makes the displayfonts look ugly. Support for the FontEngine will be added in the final release.
- no eComStation or OS/2 specific enhancements are available in this beta yet.
Planned enhancements
- support for Innotek FontEngine
- support for mouse wheel
- enhanced clipboard
- bidi & dbcs font support (depends on demand)
- WPS support
- native GUI controls
- support SANE for scanners.
Support for the following items is not planned
- Java support
- Mozilla support
More information
More information on OpenOffice.org can be found at: http://www.openoffice.org/
User Support
Support specific to the eComStation and OS/2 version can be obtained through the ticketing system at: http://www.ecomstation.com/support/ooo2/
A newsgroup is available for community support at news://news.ecomstation.com/ecomstation.support.openoffice or http://news.ecomstation.com/thread.php?group=ecomstation.support.openoffice
Enjoy!
Best regards,
On behalf of Serenity Systems International, the Mensys Team.
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2006-09-17 18:49:22 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]
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eCo Software is proud to announce new product eSchemes Deluxe. It consists of new WPS classes which simplify browsing of pictures (useful to manage your photo-album).
eSchemes Deluxe contains WPFolderEx class (preview window), WPImageFileEx class (visualization of pictures), and big package of I/O Procedures "MMImage Pak" (support of different graphical formats). MMImage Pak contains:
* Image file format I/O Procedures:
o Portable Network Graphic (PNG) (read/write)
o Portable Greymap (PGM) (read/write)
o Portable Bitmap (PBM) (read/write)
o Portable Pixelmap (PPM) (read/write)
o Portable Anymap (PNM) (read/write)
o JPEG image (JPG) (read/write)
o X Window Bitmap (XBM) (read/write)
o GEM Raster (IMG) (read/write)
o OS/2 bitmaps (BMP) (read/write)
o Windows 3.x bitmaps (BMP) (read/write)
o IBM KIPS (KPL, PAL) (read/write)
o Portrait (CVP) (read/write)
o GIF (GIF) (read/write)
o IBM Image Access eXecutive (IAX) (read/write)
o Amiga IFF / ILBM format (LBM) (read/write)
o ZSoft PC Paintbrush (PCX) (read/write)
o PSEG (PSG) (read/write)
o Archimedes Sprite from RiscOS (SPR) (read/write)
o YUV12C M-Motion Video Frame Buffer (VID) (read/write)
o Truevision Targa/Vista (TGA) (read/write)
o Microsoft/Aldus Tagged Image File (TIF) (read/write)
* Supported codecs:
o Z (zlib)
You can support our efforts to enrich WorkPlace Shell and purchase eSchemes Deluxe in Mensys shop ("eSchemes Deluxe" item or "sponsor unit 30 dollar" item)
Currently we are working on desinstall procedure and install on eComStation v.1.1, 1.2 and IBM OS/2 Warp.
Notes:
- eSchemes is a component of eComStation 2.0, eSchemes Deluxe is a standalone product.
- To open preiew window, select View - preview window
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2006-08-24 20:06:54 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [eCo Software, news]
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eComStation users and developers are working like one large corporation. To achieve common success everyone should work well on own place and demand the same from "neighbouring" users and developers.
The july and august were dedicated to development of drivers and WPS applications. Many utilities was updated.
Updated ACPI drivers
- Notes for ACPI testers:
- (Temporary restriction): If ACPI driver was working fine for some monthes but doesn't boot anymore than you should remove dust from your PC (the problem happens because of high load on CPU when ACPI starts to work; will be fixed in the future)
- Auxiliary drivers for ACPI users are separated to acpi-drivers.zip (PSCOM.SYS, RESOURCE.SYS)
- Please, pay attention to new installation instructions.
- New ACPI snooper v.2.11 (requires ACPI.PSD 2.11)
- Start acpi from snooper
- Get ACPI table from file
- Change IRQ for PIC via ACPI link
- Remap IRQ for APIC
- You can run SATA harddisks on SMP machines in APIC mode, make modern notebook to work stable with eComStation, etc.
- ACPI Manager is updated (Download it if using ACPI snooper)
- APM.ADD is updated (Power management driver; requires ACPI.PSD 2.11) is under construction. Current task is complete resume after sleep.
JFS news
- IBM released an update of JFS.IFS few weeks ago. Don't install it if using JFS.IFS for eComStation.
- Join testing of ALVM - Logical volume manager compatible with LVM
- New JRescuer is released - utility to save files from damaged JFS volume. It is able work with image of volume now!
Internet utilities
- PM Downloader is updated (v0.9.6) - popular network retriever
- Fixed - if download was continued from server which doesn't support resume, size of file was detected incorrectly (one byte less).
- Italian NLS-file included.
- General Network Utilities are updated (IntStat utility allows count net TCP/IP traffic)
eSchemes update
Multimedia applications
eCo Software support service
Collaboration with other developers
Welcome to eCo Software homepage
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