OS/2 Archive

In the dawn of the end of IBM's OS/2 Stardock's CEO Brad Wardell pays his respects to the venerable operating system by writing a long article about the history of the OS. Stardock was one of the major third party software houses for OS/2 back in the day and so Brad has lived OS/2 from up close.

IBM has hammered the final nails into OS/2's coffin. It said that all sales of OS/2 will end on the 23rd of December this year, and support for the pre-emptive multitasking operating system will end on the 31st December 2006.

This article provides an introduction to Java Plug-ins and describes the configuration details of Java Plug-ins from different flavors of Java Runtime Environment (JRE), such as Runtime Environment for IBM OS/2 Warp Developer Kit, Java 2 Technology Edition, Version 1.3.1 and InnoTek OS/2 Kit for Java 1.4.2, Runtime, for the Web browsers viz. IBM Web Browser (IWB) and Netscape Communicator; available on the OS/2 Operating System.

eComStation is an Internet enabled platform for business desktop computing. To keep users informed, Serenity Systems International published their roadmap.

Serenity Systems International is pleased to announce the availability of an eComStation 1.2 beta release that installs on AMD Athlon 64-based systems (as a 32bit OS).

KeithMerrington has a first look at the new eCS 1.2, and includes some screenshots.

Serenity Systems International is proud to announce the release of eComStation Version 1.2. Principal features include a new installation program jointly developed with IBM, enhancements to the desktop environment, additional Internet connection features, and improved device support.

An interesting article on upgrading a web site from Windows 2000 to eComStation 1.1.

The first Release Candidate (RC1) for eComStation 1.2 is currently in closed testing. Plans call for the release of 1.2 later this month. This would include Entry, Application Pack 1.2, Subscription Services products, and the Open Beta of Serenity Virtual Station.

OS2 World reports that Serenity Systems published the document "eComStation Roadmap", announcing eComStation 1.2, which should be available by the second quarter of 2004.

InnoTek GCC for OS/2 is a commercial distribution of the GNU C/C++ compiler suite and associated utilities for the IBM OS/2 platform. InnoTek maintains an OS/2 platform port of the GNU C/C++ compiler suite and provides comprehensive support for the compiler environment to enterprise customers. Read more at eComStation's web site.

This series of three articles helps the developers involved in the tedious process of migrating/porting the OS/2 system drivers and applications to Linux. It provides a one-to-one mapping of various OS/2-to-Linux calls related to threads, IPC, memory management, timer handling, file handling, and so on. In addition, it captures the various preprocessor directives and compiler/linker options that can be mapped from OS/2 to Linux.

OS/2-BBS reports that "SciTech SNAP Graphics for OS/2 version 2.2.4 has been released (11/6/2003). This is a replacement product for SciTech Display Doctor, which has some new features, like zooming and multihead. There is a changelog, as well as a list of chipsets supporting the various features. There is a user mailing list, a trouble ticket HelpDesk for registered users, and an official newsgroup." Elsewhere, SciTechSoft also released the 1.2 beta of the OpenWatcom dev suite.

OS/2-eZine online magazine posted the first and second parts of its review of eComStation 1.1. More interesting eCS and OS/2 material on its back issues.