History of eComStation development

In the end of 90-th the users were expecting that the development of OS/2 continues with new forces. eComStation system was founded in the end of 90-th, the development continues during the last 10 years. General goal of eCS developers: eComStation (IBM OS/2 Warp) should run on real hardware.

There was a dangerous moment for OS/2 platform in 2007 when new generation of video adapters flooded the market, so eCS users couldn't use the system on new computers anymore. eCo Software was making research during several monthes, as result Panorama VESA video driver was released (developers of Panorama VESA). The computers were changed in 2012 again, this required new significant changes in Panorama VESA (Mensys BV).

Early (in 2005), the development of ACPI sub-system was started. Computer without ACPI driver is similar to disabled robot-terminator packed to container. To start the computer and make it work at full speed, it's necessary initialize it via ACPI. eCo Software made the most complex part of the project - creation, integration of ACPI-subsystem to the operating system. Several thousands of bug-reports were processed (we had several bug-trackers). Active stage of development continued till the end of 2008. In 2011 new generation of ACPI driver was released (Mensys BV). New version of the driver works on any computer without blame. The improvement of suspend/resume continues.

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