Noticias de OS/2 y eComStation

Hello all,

before sending out the offical announcement:

eComStation 2.0 RC1 is available to eDG members via your download page at www.ecomstation.com (or under Software Subscription Services at Mensys).

From whatsnew.txt:

New Features:

• Added ACPI Wizard that will detect system features and can be used to install ACPI and kernel options
• Added TZ update for Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition - US DST timezone tool
• Split up netlabs (kLIBC) and innotek (Odin Runtime) libraries, are now  installed with WarpIn
• Added support for the eComStation Installation Framework. Will always be installed. (XULrunner)
• Added logic to load TESTCFG2.SYS when ACPI is selected, prevents hangs on certain configurations
• Added english helpfile to accomodate checkdisk help button
• Added 47 NIC devices to the hw detect engine, like nForce and Broadcom  (mainly GenMac)
• New bootlogo and desktopbackground, reflecting "RC1" status

Updated Applications:

• Updated USBDock to 20070504 release
• Updated WarpIn to version 1.0.15
• New versions of UPDTBMGR, MINILVM
• Updated ZIP to 2.32
• Replaced outdated ArcView 1.2 helpfile with the one of ArcView 2.0
• Updated eWorkPlace to 1.0.8
• Updated Firefox to version 2.0.0.4
• Updated Thunderbird to version 2.0.0.0
• Updated UniClip 0.2.2
• Updated Cairo to 1.2.4 and DSSaver to 1.7.5
• Updated Dani IDE drivers from 1.7.7 to 1.7.10
• Updated non-SMP (W4, not UNI) kernel to 14.104a
• Updated SMP kernel to 14.104a
• Updated firewall utility to version 1.2.4
• Updated NewView to 2.19
• Updated NewView en_us helpfile to 2.19

Fixes since the previous beta release:

• Updated PMMERGE.DLL and symbol files to 14.106 (APAR PJ31908)
• IBM APAR PJ31319 (SYS3184 in PMCTLS.DLL)
• IBM APAR PJ30811 (Trap in FTPD)
• IBM APAR PJ30821 (Error in TELNET)
• Updated syslevel.bdd to bdd fp3
• Fix modal problem of status window of PMFormat (in installer)
• Some applications (EPM amongst others) weren't installed in Beta 4
• 'Advanced' button in Screen properties notebook now works
• Opteron CPU now supported in SMP mode
• 4OS2 windows now open a new session, defaults to root of bootdrive
• Improved layout and wording of Preboot Disk Integrity check messages

Updated / added drivers:

• updated DANI tools to 1.7.10 level
• updated DANIS506.DOC to 1.7.10
• added ACPI package 2.22, can be manually selected in preboot menu
• Updated ACPI and APM support to 26/05/2007 version
• Added 47 NIC devices to the hw detect engine, like nForce and Broadcom
•   (mainly GenMac)
• UDF 2.16
• IBM APAR PJ30964 (UDF.IFS update)
• IBM1S506.ADD 10.161 (was 10.152)
• Intel SpeedStep(R) (APM) 10.163 (was 10.156)
• IBM Single Mouse driver 10.163 (was 10.152)
• KBDBASE.SYS to 10.070 (was 10.056)
• Updated IBM1S506.ADD to 10.161
• Updated OS2CDROM.DMD to 10.163

Kind regards / met vriendelijke groet,

Joachim Benjamins

December 16, 2006 by Heiko Nitzsche

¡Leed cuidadosamente las notas sobre el plugin GBM para Lucide más abajo!


Plugin GBM 1.30 para Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox/SeaMonkey
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(freely usable, see license included)

Este es un plugin para los Navegadores Netscape, Mozilla, Firefox y
SeaMonkey disponible para OS/2 y eComStation que los extiende permitiendo leer todos los formatos de mapa de bits soportados por GBM.DLL.
Necesita GBM.DLL 1.50 o superior. No uséis ya GBM 1.41.

Supported features:

Fullscreen mode viewer with a load of features:
* menus, popup menu, scrollers
* variable scaled preview
* transformations mirror/transpose/rotate
* multipage navigation
* bitmap format info dialog
* save the shown page to any GBM supported bitmap file format
* uses GBM File Dialog if found, otherwise OS/2 File Dialog is used
* English and German localized with autodetection via LANG variable

Embedded mode viewer with reduced functionality of fullscreen mode viewer:
* popup menu
* transformations mirror
* multipage navigation
* bitmap format info dialog
* save the shown page to any GBM supported bitmap file format
* uses GBM File Dialog if found, otherwise OS/2 File Dialog is used
* printing of embedded bitmaps is supported on Mozilla/Firefox/SeaMonkey
* English and German localized with autodetection via LANG variable

Get package gbmos2plugins_lu123_moz130_bin.zip from Hobbes.
It is also included in the WarpIN installation package (see below).


GBM plugin 1.23 for Lucide beta 5 or higher
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(freely usable, see license included)

This is a plugin for the Lucide document viewer available for eComStation
that extends Lucide for the support of reading all bitmap formats
supported by GBM.DLL.
It requires GBM.DLL 1.35 or higher. GBM 1.50 is recommended.
Do not use GBM 1.41 any longer.

Supported features:
* document info
* loading all formats supported by GBM
* save loaded bitmap if it has only one page
* multipage bitmap viewing support
* load bitmap page on demand
* scaling and rotation

Get package gbmos2plugins_lu123_moz130_bin.zip from Hobbes.
It is also included in the WarpIN installation package (see below).

So far Lucide Beta 5 (or higher) is not yet released. The above plugin does
not work anymore with Lucide Beta 4 because the plugin API has changed.
Users of Lucide Beta 4 can download a compatible version from
http://heikon.home.tlink.de.

For more details please have a look at the change log in the included
documentation or at my GBM homepage (see below).


GBM.DLL 1.50 and GBM command line tools
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(Public Domain)

The Generalised Bitmap Module (GBM) is a library capable of loading and
saving bitmap files in a variety of popular and less popular bitmap file
formats. Programs may be written to use this code, and thus be able to
access a variety of file formats without actually knowing what format
the pictures are in, or any details about file format itself.

In this version, extended BMP, JPG, PNG, TIF, PBM, PGM, PPM, PNM and XPM
support is additionally included. PNG and TIF support also 16, 32, 48, 64 bpp
colour depths with/without alpha channel. PPM supports also 48 bpp
colour depth. BMP supports also OS/2 RLE24 and Windows 16/32 bpp RGB
and BITFIELDS formats.

It comes with a useful set of command line bitmap manipulation tools.

Get package gbmos2_150_bin.zip from Hobbes.
It is also included in the WarpIN installation package (see below).

Notes for eComStation 1.2/1.2R users:
-------------------------------------
Please read the installation instructions. eCS 1.2/1.2R ships
with an old GBM.DLL (1.12) which prevents loading of the new
GBM.DLL (1.50). Please follow the instructions to use the new
GBM.DLL for all programs as well as for eCS WPS features like
bitmap previews.
If you cannot replace the eCS shipped GBM.DLL, please execute
unlock x:os2dllgbm.dll from a command line. Then override
the old GBM.DLL with the new one. Don't forget to reboot afterwards.


Enhanced GBMV2 Version 1.31
---------------------------
(Public Domain)

GBMV2 is a fast and simple bitmap viewer and editor for the
OS/2 and eCS Presentation Manager.

Enhanced release of the GBMV2-Viewer from the GBMOS2PM package:
* An English and a German version of GBMV2 is included.
* An English and a German version of the GBM file dialog is included.

Enhanced version of the GBM File Dialog (GBMDLG.DLL 1.31):
* Bitmap preview within the file dialog
* Redesign to fit eComStation file dialog style

Several extensions for keyboard shortcuts have been added.
Both parts got new resources that better fit to the Warp 4
and eComStation look & feel. Resources for fonts 8.Helv and
9.WarpSans for both, German and English are available in the
sources package.

Get package gbmos2pm131_bin.zip from Hobbes.
It is also included in the WarpIN installation package (see below).


GBM.DLL REXX adapter library (GBMRX 1.01)
-----------------------------------------
(Public Domain)

GBMRX.DLL is a REXX adapter DLL for OS/2 and eComStation which
REXX programs may use to load or save all bitmap file formats
supported by the GBM.DLL (to/from a file).

Almost full feature set of GBM.DLL is provided by the REXX API.
I/O remapping is not supported due to language restrictions.

Get package gbmos2rx103_bin.zip from Hobbes.
It is also included in the WarpIN installation package (see below).


GBM File Dialog REXX adapter library (GBMDLGRX 1.03)
----------------------------------------------------
(Public Domain)

The REXX adapter DLL allows REXX programmers to use the GBM File
Dialog in their programs. It requires availability of GBM.DLL
and the GBM File Dialog DLLs (GBMDLG.DLL and GBMDLG.HLP).

Get package gbmos2rx103_bin.zip from Hobbes.
It is also included in the WarpIN installation package (see below).


The homepage of GBM for OS/2 and eCS
------------------------------------
http://heikon.home.tlink.de

It provides:
- comprehensive documentation (also included in the download archives)
- developer tutorials on how to use GBM libs in your own programs
- download of all sources and binaries


Download from Hobbes
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http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gbmos2plugins_lu123_moz130_bin
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gbmos2_150_bin
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gbmos2pm131_bin
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gbmos2rx103_bin

WarpIN installation package
(GBM.DLL, GBM command line tools, GBMV2, GBMRX, GBMDLGRX, GBM plugins, Doc):
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gbmos2pm131_gbm150_lu123_moz130_bin_wpi

Full source code:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gbmos2pm131_gbm150_lu123_moz130_src

If the links don't show anything, the packages might not yet have reached
its final location in the Hobbes archive. In this case please lookup
the incoming folder.

All downloads are also available on the GBM homepage (see above).
The GBM plugin for Lucide Beta 4 can be retrieved only from the GBM homepage.

Have fun,
Heiko Nitzsche
(Germany, 16-Dec-2006)