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What Is eComStation

Started by nathanpc, 2009.09.29, 03:59:32

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nathanpc

Hello,
I'm new at eComStation and i want to know what is it, if it's a really OS/2 or a OS/2 that can run Windows apps...

Thanks,
Nathan Paulino Campos
Eee PC 904HD User

Saijin_Naib

Yes, it is really OS/2.
OS/2 4.52 with the CPs to be more precise.

Can it run windows apps?  If you mean Windows16 then yes, as nearly every OS/2 version has had the option to install/use the native Win16 runtime (Win 3.1 environment).

If you mean more recent Windows32 apps then, somewhat. There was a project (is a project?) called Odin that aimed to re-implement the Win32 API so that Win32 apps could run natively along side Win16 or OS/2 apps within OS/2. This is very similar to the approach/goal of the WINE project for Linux.

This project has been stalled for many years now and had only some limited success. However, it was picked up again by a private developer by Mensys in order to get Flash10 working on eCS. Whether or not this upadte to the Odin Codebase will make it to the public or not is another question, but I would be willing to bet that it would prove to be a very significant update in terms of what applications could now be supported under Odin.

nathanpc

Quote from: Saijin_Naib on 2009.09.29, 06:48:53
Yes, it is really OS/2.
OS/2 4.52 with the CPs to be more precise.

Can it run windows apps?  If you mean Windows16 then yes, as nearly every OS/2 version has had the option to install/use the native Win16 runtime (Win 3.1 environment).

If you mean more recent Windows32 apps then, somewhat. There was a project (is a project?) called Odin that aimed to re-implement the Win32 API so that Win32 apps could run natively along side Win16 or OS/2 apps within OS/2. This is very similar to the approach/goal of the WINE project for Linux.

This project has been stalled for many years now and had only some limited success. However, it was picked up again by a private developer by Mensys in order to get Flash10 working on eCS. Whether or not this upadte to the Odin Codebase will make it to the public or not is another question, but I would be willing to bet that it would prove to be a very significant update in terms of what applications could now be supported under Odin.
Thanks very much!
And I will not use Odin.
Eee PC 904HD User

Saijin_Naib

Glad to hear I helped.

Why won't you be using Odin? No need or some other reason?

I use it in order to use AIM 4.4 Beta or TerraIM (winamp also works).

nathanpc

Quote from: Saijin_Naib on 2009.09.29, 22:12:11
Why won't you be using Odin? No need or some other reason?
It's because the ideia of installing OS/2 in my PC is to get back in the time, when the OSs are nice and the development was better! :) and now my dream came out, now i have OS/2 in my Eee PC! :)
Eee PC 904HD User

Saijin_Naib

Haha, okay.

Have you heard of Haiku OS? It is a ground-up rebuild of BeOS/Zeta. It is really spectacular. I was using it on my old desktop for a week or so. Amazingly fast...
http://www.haiku-os.org/get-haiku

Zeta was one of the best looking OSs ever made IMO.

nathanpc

Hmmmmm, it's very nice! :)
Eee PC 904HD User

Saijin_Naib

Yep yep. Wireless stack is not ready yet, but once that happens I can see it being a great netbook OS. It is very light on resources (even compared to eCS) and runs very fast. Only real stumbling block I can anticipate is a lack of applications, but the BeOS community is large and fervent, so I think they'll be fine.