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OS/2 - eComStation News - November, 2008
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Event: Exhibitors at Warpstock Europe 2008
Net: EeePC install direct from USB connected CD/DVD drive
SW: Nvidia Family Integrated LAN Adapter Released
SW: SeaMonkey 1.1.13 for OS/2 and eComStation
Net: eCo Software newsletter, 200811
Event: SCOUG meeting for November 15, 2008
SW: Enhanced Mozilla applications updated to Gecko 1.8.1.18
SW: Mup 5.5 - musical typesetting program ported on eCS
Event: BayWarp meeting Tuesday, November 18
SW: Firefox 3.0.4 (Official) for OS/2 Has Been Released
SW: Don Hawkinson software sale
| Event: Exhibitors at Warpstock Europe 2008 |
2008-11-10
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Christian Hennecke
The Warpstock Europe 2008 event team has been working hard to create an
agenda that offers something interesting for everybody. Besides a total of
22 presentations, this includes a number of exhibitors. So far, the
following have confirmed their attendance:
* C&L Verlag: The publishers of IT books and magazines will display their
products.
* Mensys B.V.: The distributor and driving force behind eComStation will
show the latest eComStation release candidate RC6 and offer a helpdesk for
customers.
* Sigurd Fastenrath: Accompanying his presentations, he provides help for
installing eComStation on netbooks. Friday afternoon and Saturday morning only!
* Team OS/2 Region Trier e.V.: The local German user group will offer their
special 10th anniversary Team Trier Collection, a software collection DVD
which will only be available at Warpstock Europe.
* Team OS/2 Ruhr e.V.: The local German user group will provide a help desk
for all kinds of OS/2 and eComStation related problems.
* warpevents.eu: The warpevents.eu team will show their services for event
teams and the community in general, and demonstrate how you can contribute.
Ever thought about supporting your annual community event? Have a look at:
http://www.warpstock.eu/en/contribute.html
The ninth Warpstock Europe conference will be held at the City Hostel in
Düsseldorf, Germany from November 14 to 16. Warpstock is an annual
conference for the OS/2 and eComStation operating systems and related
technology. It is dedicated to information, education, support, and
exchange and addresses users, developers, and software vendors. To achieve
these goals, the event offers seminars and workshops, exhibition areas, and
room for personal exchange.
More information is available at:
http://www.warpstock.eu
Warpstock Europe is powered by warpevents.eu
Warpstock is a trademark of Warpstock, Inc.
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| Net: EeePC install direct from USB connected CD/DVD drive |
2008-11-10
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Ed Durrant
I have created a write-up on how to install eCS 2.0RC5 to an EeePC PC701
"netbook" mini-laptop, directly from a USB attached CD or DVD drive. This
is a follow up to my previous article on how to install to a bootable
Secure Digital card used in the PC. This time the internal disk is used.
This write up and the required modified driver patches is presently located
on hobbes.nmsu.edu at:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/incoming/How-to-install_from_USB_CD-to-Eeepc_v1.0.zip
But will later move to the the /PUB/OS2/DOC directory.
Thanks to all who assisted in making this work.
Note: although this document is specific to the ASUS EeePC PC701 the logic
of how to make eCS 2.0 RC5 install to a machine that only has a USB
attached CD/DVD drive should apply to all such systems.
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| SW: Nvidia Family Integrated LAN Adapter Released |
2008-11-12
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Sander Nyman <2sanderDESPAM@DESPAMsbcglobal.net>
Nickk has released a driver for NVIDIA family integrated LAN adapters.
Installation information as well as documentation on switches to tune the
driver are also contained in the README file of the archive. The README
should be read completely, including the information on contacting Nick.
This driver remains largely untested, so feedback to Nick is VERY important.
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/incoming/nveth-0.0.5.zip
Sander
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| SW: SeaMonkey 1.1.13 for OS/2 and eComStation |
2008-11-13
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
Peter Weilbacher has released the official contribution of SeaMonkey 1.1.13
for OS/2 and eComStation. SeaMonkey is a "Web-browser, advanced e-mail
and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editing made simple -- all
your Internet needs in one application."
Following is Peter's announcement:
"The "official" OS/2 packages of SeaMonkey 1.1.13 are now available from
the Warpzilla webpage ( http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2/ ) or the main
SeaMonkey download page ( http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/ ).
Apparently 11 security issues (6 of them critical) were fixed in
cross-platform code for this release. No OS/2 specific changes were applied.
I made the packages in a bit of a hurry, please let me know (in this
newsgroup news://news.mozilla.org/mozilla.dev.ports.os2 or Bugzilla
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org ) if you find issues.
Peter."
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| Net: eCo Software newsletter, 200811 |
2008-11-14
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Eugene Gorbunoff
eCo Software is a company which is developing system components for the
operating system.
How many products created by eCo Software do you have on your PC?
1. Financial state of eCo Software. The sales of eComStation
software are growing. The investments made into the development of
eComStation drivers and applications in 2007 and 2008 exceed the
income. We are going to return the investments during 2009 and 2010.
2. eCo Software runtime
eCo Software runtime is needed for our PM and WPS applications. Updated
runtime:
http://ecomstation.ru/projects/developer/?action=ecosoft-runtime
More libraries added, more updates.
Current plan: include new libraries, update the documentation.
3. ACPI (http://ecomstation.ru/acpitools)
ACPI is aimed to initialize your PC, activate power management, enable
the 2-nd core.
ACPI 3.11 is released (BETAZONE). Current stable version: ACPI 3.9.
* Thinkpad users should confirm that ACPI 3.11 works fine.
* Let's test: HP, Dell and Toshiba notebooks. If you didn't posted a
report then don't expect that your notebook will be supported by
eComStation 2.0.
* Acer notebooks work better.
Current plan: improve suspend/resume for SMP APIC notebooks. Resolve
Thinkpad troubles. Create additional utilities to simplify the setup
of the system.
4. Panorama VESA (http://ecomstation.ru/panorama)
* Do you have troubles with the latest Panorama VESA (2007/11/20)?
(Troubles when switching desktop - fullscreen sessions) Please post
the bug-report, are there new lines in popuplog.os2 or not? Which
programs cause the problems?
* Does Panorama VESA + widescreen activator support ATI Radeon
HD3650? ATI Radeon HD 4850, 4830 and 4870? Intel GMA 4500HD? HD 4550?
* Does Panorama VESA support output to HDMI? (If you attach a monitor
to HDMI and boot the system, what happens?)
* Post bug-reports to the tracker:
http://ecomstation.ru/projects/panorama/?action=contacts
Current plan: collect additional 30 reports.
Widescreen activator:
* 075 -- recognition of the latest Intel (G4x/P4x) mainboard chipsets
* 074 -- additional support for updated version of Intel 965 memory
controllers. (support of the latest Intel 945 chipset revision. This
is needed for "Medion Akoya" mini laptop.)
Current plan: support ATI adapters manufactured in 2008.
5. NeoWPS (http://ecomstation.ru/neowps)
screenshots:
http://ecomstation.ru/projects/eschemes/eschemes-gallery.phtml
NeoWPS is aimed to update the User Interface of the operating system.
Some applications should be integrated to the desktop to stimulate
its development.
a) NeoWPS widgets are refreshed (Firewall, POP3 checker, USB Widget are
updated)
b) eSchemes (apply different color scheme) is updated (installation
is improved, editor is damaged)
c) Sunny icons (large transparent icons) are updated.
d) Central Remote Control is updated (router of commands from
multimedia devices, notebooks to system, multimedia applications).
New plugin: Monitor of battery low level. Now updating the plugins to
support new hardware of the customers. http://ecomstation.ru/crc
e) Imagination - separated on two parts again (classes + I/O Procs),
it's necessary test it again.
f) Netlabs.org Lucide is under construction, current plans: improve
user interface, improve printing, update the internal engine
Current plan: release PCM and MySafe in November 2008. Release new
version of eSchemes in november.
6. Networking
A) General network utilities were updated several times, Changes:
http://ecomstation.ru/projects/gnu/?action=history
Firewall ports setup is updated (tickets: #1, #7)
Current plan: improve user interface of the utilities, start the
development of new utilities.
B) Why do users like PMDownloader? http://eros2.info/pmdownloader_en.shtml
* useful for users with modems
* if you are downloading dosenz of files per day
* reconnect feature
* set timeouts and max retries
7. Files/Disk utilities
A) Collecting requests to update JUne (JFS unerase/undelete)
http://ecomstation.ru/jrescuer
B) CD\DVD Toys are under construction (high quality front-end for
cdrecord), The program is implemented as set of utilities.
8. Multimedia
8.A -- Monkey's audio IO Proc is published, now you can listen .ape
files without thirdparty tools. http://ecomstation.ru/la-la-la
8.B -- FrImage picture viewer is released in BETAZONE,
http://ecomstation.ru/neowps -> FrImage
8.C -- Peter Nielsen updated PMView/Rus Pro in the summer.
Current plan: release eCo Tunes (internet radio) with support of remote
control.
9. USB stack
USB Dock is updated in september (utility, list of IDs, pictures)
Mensys started to update USB stack (includes drivers from eCo Software)
10. Support service
eCo Software support service is working for russian and european users.
A) You can buy eComStation FAQ brochure from eComStation resellers
(233 pages) or via Mensys: http://www.mensys.com/eComStationFAQ/ The
book is useful for eCS 2.0, eCS 1.2.5 users.
Btw, your memory is lossing the knowledge, the book will help you to
remember the tricks and tips.
B) We published unofficial FAQ about Genmac Wrapper:
http://ecomstation.ru/projects/genmac/genmac.faq
C) We have some questions to you:
* How to protect system files?
* How to install Windows to external USB harddisk? To prevent
eComStation PC from damage.
11. Additional information:
* Welcome to eCo Software homepage --
http://ecomstation.ru/ecosoft/?action=orders
* eCo Software runtimes -- http://ecomstation.ru/ecosoft/runtime.php
* Full pricelist of eCo Software products --
http://ecomstation.ru/ecosoft/?action=pricelist
* BETAZONE -- How to download ACPI, Panorama, eSchemes? --
http://ecomstation.ru/mensys.html
* Previous eCo Software newsletter --
http://ecomstation.ru/commentnews.php?id=1490
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| Event: SCOUG meeting for November 15, 2008 |
2008-11-14
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Tom Brown
This month, the Saturday Help Desk returns. Rocky is going to bring his
evil system that will not run the Markvision server properly.
Jerry and Steven are going show you how to do secure remote access to your
systems using stunnel, vnc and telnet.
After this, it's going to yet another Q&A session. Bring your questions.
As always, there will be coffee, donuts and fun.
For additional information and directions, see:
http://www.scoug.com/meetings.html
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| SW: Enhanced Mozilla applications updated to Gecko 1.8.1.18 |
2008-11-14
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Peter Weilbacher
New versions of my enhanced Mozilla based apps are available now from
http://pmw-warpzilla.sf.net/ :
- SeaMonkey 1.1.13 (PmW)
- PmW-Fx 2.0.0.18
- PmW-Tb 2.0.0.18
They are all based on Gecko 1.8.1.18 on the date of 2008-11-13 and built
from the exact same sources. They correspond directly to the respective
official releases of SeaMonkey, Firefox, and hopefully Thunderbird.
All applications need libc063.dll to run. ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc
These releases pick up all the changes done by Mozilla since my Gecko
1.8.1.17 release, i.e. between 2008-08-27 and 2008-10-30. This includes
fixes for 11 security issues, 6 of them critical.
One minor problem was fixed in PmW-Tb:
- The en-US version shipped with wrong branding (as Mail/News instead of
PmW-Tb) in some earlier releases. This has now been fixed.
No OS/2 specific changes were otherwise done.
Please report any problems to the newsgroup
news://news.mozilla.org/mozilla.dev.ports.os2
Best regards,
Peter Weilbacher.
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| SW: Mup 5.5 - musical typesetting program ported on eCS |
2008-11-15
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: mentore.siestoDESPAM@DESPAMalice.it
A little news for all the OS/2 - eCS users interested in music composing
and score typesetting.
Mup (Musical Publisher) is a little command-line program which reads an
ASCII file containing specific directives and gives in output brilliant
PostScript files containing musical scores with notes, staffs, clefs, tempo
and key signature, with many features and facilities.
I recently ported the latest release of mup (5.5) on OS/2 and decided to
publish it on Hobbes2, at
http://hobbes2.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/apps/mmedia/music/misc/mup_5_5.zip.
Mup is an Arkkra Enterprises ( http://www.arkkra.com ) production: a first
port of mup for OS/2 was done by Alexander Mai on behalf of my suggestions
on the UnixOS2 mailing list, then I took over porting on OS/2, using Paul
Smedley0s build environment and GCC 3.3.5.
Together with the main program I decided to bundle this package with some
third party utilities which can simplify some kind of works, like chord
printing and voice splitting on single scores.
This port is the second of my porting works: I hope in the future to
release more Open Source programs for the OS/2 community, using OpenWatcom
and GCC. I strongly encourage all OS/2 users to donate some money to Paul
Smedley and send him feedback on his OS/2 programs.
Mentore Siesto
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| Event: BayWarp meeting Tuesday, November 18 |
2008-11-15
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Neil Waldhauer
Date: Tuesday, November 18
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Place: Denny's Milpitas, 442 W Calaveras Blvd, Milpitas, CA 95035
Come join us in our monthly meeting. We are OS/2 and eComStation users, and we
meet every month to show off our latest software and hardware.
Hint: Denny's is right off of the 880/237 interchange to the east of 880.
Phone: (408) 262-9090
WiFi is available at the restaurant.
Note: the BayWarp e-mail list is available
http://lists.baywarp.org/mailman/listinfo/members
Topics:
* Printing and LPR
* Survey of recent Flash animation
* OS/2 Question & Answer
Web Page: http://www.baywarp.org
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| SW: Firefox 3.0.4 (Official) for OS/2 Has Been Released |
2008-11-15
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Sander Nyman <2sanderDESPAM@DESPAMsbcglobal.net>
Mozilla's Firefox 3.0.4 (Official) for OS/2 has been released. Firefox 3
is Mozilla's next generation web browser based on the Gecko 1.9 platform.
This release fixes several stability issues, and fixed 9 security issues,
including 4 rated critical and 2 rated high. Known problems in this
release include: "Media support is not yet activated on OS/2 so HTML5