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| Summary News Requirements Compatibility Interface Installation Variants Versions Downloads Links Publisher Support Alternatives Secrets Pricing |
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| Summary | eComStation is the successor to IBM's OS/2 providing an advanced, high-security, reliable multitasking operating GUI system. Includes OpenOffice and other applications. Many improvements have been made since OS/2 4 including wider range of hardware support including USB, SATA drivers, Athlon 64-bit CPUs, installation enhancements and updated drivers. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| News | 28-Aug-2009 Version 2.0 Silver Release 31-Aug-2007 Version 2 Release Canidate available 28-Feb-2007 Version 2 Beta 4 available 10-Jan-2006 Version 2 Beta program announced 12-Aug-2004 Version 1.2 Released |
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| Product | eComStation 1.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Processor | Pentium 133 Mhz or better | |||||||||||||||||||||
| RAM | 48 MB minimum (64 MB+ recommended) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Drive space | 500 MB(1 GB recommended) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Drives | Runs from hard disk, a limited prompt operation from diskette | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Video | VGA (SVGA recommended) with 512 KB minimum | |||||||||||||||||||||
| File systems | FAT,
HPFS, JFS |
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| Compatibility | OS/2
32-bit programs OS/2 device drivers Windows 16-bit programs (most) DOS programs (with good compatibility, except for most advanced games) Java |
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| Interface | GUI | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Installation | Installs
on any primary partition on the first drive, installs on any drive - primary
or logical if Boot Manager is installed first. Boot Manager can be removed
after install if using System Commander for OS management. eComStation can upgrade an existing eComStation environment and OS/2 4.0. |
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| Variants | None. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Versions | 12-Aug-2004 v1.2 10-Apr-2006 v2 Beta 2 28-Feb-2007 v2 Beta 4 31-Aug-2007 v2 RC2 28-Aug-2009 v2.0 |
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| Downloads | v2 Beta 4 eComStation (requires Software subscription Service) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Serenity Systems eComStation Home Page Support Community Developer Portal |
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| Books | Books on Operating Systems - OS/2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher | Serenity Systems International 765 Juniper Lane Lewisville, Texas 75077 USA Phone: (888) 299-6483 Web : /www.ecomstation.com |
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| Support | Available | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Alternatives | Windows
2000/XP/Vista, Linux, Solaris Voyager (a replacement targeted specifically at OS/2) |
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| Secrets | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pricing | Full package $219 Upgrade from OS/2 Warp 4 - $99 Upgrade from eComStation v1.0 - $79 Upgrade from eComStation v1.1 - $59 |
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