Device Manage for OS/2

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Operating systems:
ArcaOS, eComStation, IBM OS/2 Warp
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Additional information

ACPI Interface

ACPI stands for "Advanced Configuration and Power Interface". It replaces old IBM APM, Plug'n'Play and OS2APIC.PSD. ACPI is a part of every modern computer. ACPI stores full detailed info about computer in one place, thus simplifies the development of OS and drivers.


ACPI influenced on eComStation very much

ACPI Toolkit

ACPI Toolkit -- library, headers, examples and instructions acpi-toolkit-20080425.zip
acpi-toolkit-20080307.zip

Additional API

ACPI brings additional kernel API for drivers developers:

  • AcpiExecSMPFunction() -- Execute a subprogram on all CPUs simultaneously
  • InitACPICall() -- Find PSD and get pointer to ACPI function
    FindPCIDevice() -- Filling ACPI info about given PCI device

Links

 


 

 

ArcaOS 5.1.1 whatsnew - PNG icons

PNG icons on Desktop

PNG icons on Desktop. (instead of ancient .ico designed in 1994)

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FOC file selector

eCo Software have created File Open Container - modern dialog to open/select files.

Some remarks about FOC development

// надо на ENG!!
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Buy OS/2 application: OS/2 Doctor to analyze what is broken in OS/2 (15$)

Warpstock Europe 2016

Interview with Dmitry Kuminov

video

 

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