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  
 
 

 

 

SysInfo -- System information

The library is useful for configurators, system utilities, applications.

NameDescriptionDownload
esysinfo.dll eSysInfo - query system information eCo Software toolkit (h/lib),
eCo Software runtime (dll)

Function prototype 

APIRET eSysInfo(ULONG QueryID, void *CopyResultsTo, ULONG StructureSize);

always call sizeof() as the third parameter, don't use constant value. System requirements:

  • eComStation operating system

eSysInfo collects information

OS information:

  • OS generarion: eComStation or IBM OS/2 Warp
  • OS version
  • NLV version
  • NeoWPS extender
  • date of OS installation

Components:

  • ACPI sub-system
  • APM supported sleep states

Memory:

  • total physical memory

Screen:

  • Screen width, height

Disk:

  • bootable drive
  • name, size of harddisks

PC:

  • CPU ID
  • Quantity of processors
  • Motherboard manufacturer, model

 
sysinfo.dll should provide information for developers:
  • Motherboard information (BIOS)
  • ACPI info
  • Memory (free physical, virtual, OBJ_ANY)
  • Disk information (type, space), bootable disk (detect of harddisks, write: name, size)
  • Video mode information
  • Uptime

The library should use ACPI to query information from the computer.

CPU Information

Measuring CPU Usage (Written by Sergey Yevtushenko)

SYSLEVEL

DosQuerySysInfo system function

DosQuerySysInfo.exe

 


 

 

ArcaOS 5.1.1 whatsnew - PNG icons

PNG icons on Desktop

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

"SVISTA a-la Vista"

We have released SVISTA/2 virtual machine in 2004,

Eugene Gorbunoff have combined "Serenity Virtual Station" to spanish "Vista".

2004, 2005, there were several announcements on all major computer web-sites.
later Microsoft released OS named Vista

// надо на ENG!!

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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