Device Manage for OS/2

DevCon for OS/2 - Developer Connection

 		Operating systems:
ArcaOS, eComStation, IBM OS/2 Warp
eComStation myths 

(Unsorted)  
 
 
Compilers  
 
 
Tools  
 
 
REXX  
 
 
Drivers/kernel  
 
 

 

 

OS Architecture

IBM Redbooks

  • SG24-4630-00 OS/2 Warp (PowerPC Edition) A First Look
  • SG24-4639-00 OS/2 Warp (PowerPC Edition) Graphical Subsystem

PLATFORM SPECIFIC DRIVERS (PSD)

In OS/2 and eCS systems, all the platform specific code from the operating system is removed and placed into platform specific drivers. These drivers provide an abstraction layer for the underlying hardware by allowing the OS to call generic functions to perform platform specific operations without worrying about the actual hardware implementation. The objective of the PSD drivers is to allow for the support of new hardware platforms without modifying the operating system.

There are two PSD drivers:

  • OS2APIC.PSD (old, IBM)
  • ACPI.PSD (current version)

Notes:
The PSD mechanism was implemented not perfect.

Proposals of OS extention:

 


 

 

ArcaOS 5.1.1 whatsnew - PNG icons

PNG icons on Desktop

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

Blonde Guy

Panorama VESA video driver for OS/2

eCo Software have released Panorama VESA driver in 2007 - OS/2 survived the crisis

Some remarks about Panorama history

// надо на ENG!!
Blonde Guy

Buy OS/2 application: DVD/CD Toys

Warpstock Europe 2017

Warpstock Europe 2017 conference was in Rotterdam (Netherlands). Meeting of OS/2 users and developers. Report (russian text):

 

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