<s>
eComStation	B-Device
or	O
eCS	O
is	O
an	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
based	O
on	O
OS/2	B-Application
Warp	O
for	O
the	O
32-bit	O
x86	B-Operating_System
architecture	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
additional	O
applications	O
,	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
new	O
hardware	O
which	O
were	O
not	O
present	O
in	O
OS/2	B-Application
Warp	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
allow	O
OS/2	B-Application
applications	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
modern	O
hardware	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
used	O
by	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
large	O
organizations	O
for	O
this	O
purpose	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2014	O
,	O
approximately	O
thirty	O
to	O
forty	O
thousand	O
licenses	O
of	O
eComStation	B-Device
had	O
been	O
sold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Financial	O
difficulties	O
at	O
Mensys	O
in	O
2012	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
eComStation	B-Device
stalling	O
,	O
and	O
ownership	O
being	O
transferred	O
to	O
a	O
sister	O
company	O
named	O
XEU.com	O
(	O
now	O
known	O
as	O
PayGlobal	O
Technologies	O
BV	O
)	O
,	O
who	O
continue	O
to	O
sell	O
and	O
support	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lack	O
of	O
a	O
new	O
release	O
since	O
2011	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
motivations	O
for	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
the	O
ArcaOS	B-Device
OS/2	B-Application
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1	O
of	O
eComStation	B-Device
,	O
released	O
in	O
2001	O
,	O
was	O
based	O
around	O
the	O
integrated	O
OS/2	B-Application
version	O
4.5	O
client	O
Convenience	O
Package	O
for	O
OS/2	B-Application
Warp	O
version	O
4	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
IBM	O
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latter	O
had	O
been	O
made	O
available	O
only	O
to	O
holders	O
of	O
existing	O
OS/2	B-Application
support	O
contracts	O
;	O
it	O
included	O
the	O
following	O
new	O
features	O
(	O
among	O
others	O
)	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
final	O
retail	O
version	O
of	O
OS/2	B-Application
(	O
1996	O
's	O
OS/2	B-Application
Warp	O
version	O
4	O
)	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
IBM-supplied	O
updates	O
of	O
software	O
and	O
components	O
that	O
had	O
shipped	O
with	O
the	O
1999	O
release	O
of	O
OS/2	B-Application
Warp	B-Application
Server	I-Application
for	O
e-business	O
,	O
but	O
had	O
not	O
been	O
made	O
available	O
to	O
users	O
of	O
the	O
client	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Key	O
among	O
these	O
were	O
the	O
JFS	B-Application
file	I-Application
system	I-Application
and	O
the	O
logical	B-Application
volume	I-Application
manager	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
features	O
and	O
enhancements	O
that	O
had	O
been	O
made	O
available	O
as	O
updates	O
but	O
never	O
offered	O
as	O
an	O
install-time	O
option	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
included	O
an	O
updated	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
,	O
a	O
32-bit	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
stack	I-Protocol
and	O
associated	O
networking	O
utilities	O
,	O
a	O
firewall	B-Application
,	O
updated	O
drivers	O
and	O
other	O
system	O
components	O
,	O
newer	O
versions	O
of	O
Java	B-Device
,	O
SciTech	O
SNAP	O
Graphics	O
video	O
support	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM-supplied	O
updates	O
that	O
had	O
previously	O
only	O
been	O
offered	O
to	O
customers	O
with	O
maintenance	O
contracts	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
UDF	O
support	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
USB	B-Protocol
stack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
eComStation	B-Device
provided	O
a	O
retail	O
channel	O
for	O
end	O
users	O
to	O
obtain	O
these	O
updates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Value-added	O
applications	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Lotus	B-Operating_System
Smartsuite	I-Operating_System
office	O
suite	O
,	O
IBM	O
's	O
Desktop	O
On-call	O
remote-control	O
software	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
features	O
from	O
OS/2	B-Application
Warp	O
4	O
which	O
IBM	O
had	O
omitted	O
from	O
the	O
Convenience	O
Package	O
release	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
voice	O
navigation	O
and	O
dictation	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
Open-source	B-Application
utilities	O
from	O
the	O
Unix	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
IBM	O
began	O
to	O
wind	O
down	O
OS/2	B-Application
development	O
,	O
Serenity	O
and	O
its	O
partners	O
began	O
to	O
take	O
up	O
the	O
slack	O
(	O
through	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
in-house	O
,	O
contract	O
,	O
and	O
community/open	O
source	O
development	O
efforts	O
)	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
keeping	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
usable	O
on	O
current	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
results	O
of	O
many	O
of	O
these	O
efforts	O
are	O
included	O
in	O
version	O
2	O
of	O
eComStation	B-Device
;	O
among	O
others	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
ACPI	B-Device
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
generic	O
graphic	B-Device
card	I-Device
driver	O
called	O
Panorama	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
bootable	O
version	O
of	O
JFS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
'	O
universal	O
 '	O
sound	O
card	O
driver	O
based	O
on	O
ALSA	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On-the-fly	O
resizing	O
of	O
hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
partitions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
client	O
to	O
access	O
CIFS/SMB	B-Operating_System
(	O
Windows-style	O
)	O
LAN	O
resources	O
(	O
supporting	O
both	O
files	O
and	O
printers	O
)	O
based	O
upon	O
Samba	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
of	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Firefox	I-Application
and	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Thunderbird	I-Application
for	O
browsing	O
and	O
email	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
office	O
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
server	O
version	O
of	O
eComStation	B-Device
is	O
available	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
IBM	B-Application
OS/2	I-Application
Warp	B-Application
Server	I-Application
for	O
e-business	O
(	O
WSeB	O
)	O
4.52	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
the	O
same	O
set	O
of	O
software	O
bundled	O
with	O
WSeB	O
,	O
which	O
includes	O
the	O
IBM	B-Language
WebSphere	I-Language
Application	I-Language
Server	I-Language
,	O
and	O
the	O
Lotus	B-Operating_System
Domino	I-Operating_System
Go	O
Webserver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
it	O
became	O
clear	O
that	O
IBM	O
would	O
not	O
release	O
any	O
new	O
retail	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
OS/2	B-Application
Warp	O
client	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
after	O
version	O
4	O
in	O
1996	O
,	O
users	O
began	O
to	O
consider	O
other	O
alternatives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
released	O
a	O
final	O
version	O
of	O
its	O
server	O
edition	O
,	O
IBM	B-Application
OS/2	I-Application
Warp	B-Application
Server	I-Application
for	O
e-Business	O
or	O
WSeB	O
,	O
internally	O
called	O
version	O
4.5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
also	O
continued	O
updating	O
the	O
client	O
and	O
merged	O
parts	O
of	O
it	O
with	O
the	O
server	O
,	O
so	O
it	O
was	O
proposed	O
by	O
Bob	O
St.	O
John	O
of	O
Serenity	O
Systems	O
,	O
that	O
an	O
OEM	O
company	O
could	O
and	O
should	O
create	O
its	O
own	O
client	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
existing	O
OS/2	B-Application
client	O
with	O
IBM	O
enhancements	O
and	O
adding	O
its	O
own	O
improvements	O
where	O
needed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
Serenity	O
as	O
an	O
IBM	O
business	O
partner	O
had	O
done	O
a	O
similar	O
thing	O
with	O
OS/2	B-Application
-based	O
vertical	O
applications	O
like	O
the	O
Serenity	O
Managed	O
Client	O
,	O
a	O
rapid	O
deployment	O
OS	O
based	O
on	O
Workspace	O
On-Demand	O
,	O
and	O
Ecomstation	B-Device
Server	O
,	O
a	O
managed	O
server	O
based	O
on	O
WSeB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OS/2	B-Application
software	O
vendor	O
Stardock	O
made	O
such	O
a	O
proposal	O
to	O
IBM	O
in	O
1999	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
followed	O
through	O
by	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
29	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
Serenity	O
itself	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
Kim	O
Cheung	O
of	O
Touchvoice	O
Systems	O
created	O
a	O
discussion	O
group	O
for	O
the	O
purpose	O
of	O
discussing	O
the	O
OS/2	B-Application
community	O
's	O
interest	O
in	O
a	O
"	O
new	O
Managed	O
Client	O
for	O
eBusiness	O
using	O
components	O
of	O
WSeB	O
"	O
called	O
eComStation	B-Device
to	O
replace	O
the	O
one	O
based	O
on	O
WoD	O
,	O
the	O
idea	O
was	O
brought	O
up	O
to	O
also	O
create	O
a	O
new	O
non-remote	O
boot	O
client	O
—	O
in	O
effect	O
an	O
OEM	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
OS/2	B-Application
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
GA	O
release	O
of	O
eComStation	B-Device
1.0	O
was	O
not	O
released	O
until	O
July	O
2001	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
significantly	O
different	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
preview	O
in	O
many	O
respects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
eComStation	B-Device
1.0	O
was	O
built	O
on	O
the	O
2000	O
release	O
of	O
IBM	O
's	O
Convenience	O
Package	O
for	O
OS/2	B-Application
Warp	O
version	O
4	O
(	O
commonly	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
MCP	O
or	O
MCP1	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
several	O
commercial	O
applications	O
were	O
bundled	O
with	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
package	O
,	O
most	O
notably	O
Lotus	B-Operating_System
SmartSuite	I-Operating_System
for	O
OS/2	B-Application
and	O
IBM	O
Desktop	O
On-Call	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IBM	B-Application
OS/2	I-Application
install	O
routine	O
was	O
no	O
longer	O
used	O
;	O
instead	O
,	O
a	O
rapid-deployment	O
system	O
based	O
on	O
Cheung	O
's	O
WiseManager	O
product	O
was	O
utilized	O
to	O
install	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
enhancements	O
to	O
the	O
OS/2	B-Application
user	O
interface	O
had	O
been	O
integrated	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
revamped	O
desktop	O
layout	O
with	O
entirely	O
new	O
icons	O
,	O
customizable	O
graphic	O
effects	O
in	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
windowing	O
components	O
,	O
redesigned	O
system	O
dialogs	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
enhanced	O
,	O
user-extensible	O
system	O
shutdown	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultimately	O
,	O
no	O
further	O
non-English	O
NLVs	O
were	O
released	O
for	O
eComStation	B-Device
1.0	O
;	O
other	O
languages	O
would	O
not	O
become	O
available	O
until	O
eComStation	B-Device
1.1	O
or	O
1.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
eComStation	B-Device
1.1	O
included	O
several	O
major	O
new	O
features	O
compared	O
to	O
version	O
1.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
largest	O
change	O
to	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
as	O
installed	O
was	O
a	O
package	O
of	O
wide-ranging	O
functional	O
enhancements	O
to	O
the	O
desktop	O
environment	O
(	O
Workplace	B-Device
Shell	I-Device
)	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
XWorkplace	O
project	O
from	O
NetLabs.org	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
bootable	O
code	O
on	O
the	O
installation	O
CD	O
was	O
rewritten	O
to	O
improve	O
compatibility	O
with	O
modern	O
BIOSes	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
"	O
pre-boot	O
menu	O
"	O
was	O
introduced	O
which	O
allowed	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
select	O
various	O
drivers	O
and	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
options	O
to	O
use	O
in	O
booting	O
from	O
the	O
CD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphical	O
installer	O
from	O
eComStation	B-Device
1.0	O
was	O
replaced	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
,	O
more	O
streamlined	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
eComStation	B-Device
1.1	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
2001	O
release	O
of	O
IBM	O
's	O
Convenience	O
Package	O
2	O
for	O
OS/2	B-Application
Warp	O
version	O
4	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
MCP2	O
)	O
,	O
with	O
subsequent	O
IBM	O
service	O
updates	O
integrated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
this	O
version	O
,	O
Serenity	O
Systems	O
separated	O
the	O
base	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
product	O
from	O
the	O
major	O
commercial	O
applications	O
that	O
were	O
bundled	O
with	O
it	O
in	O
eComStation	B-Device
1.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
base	O
eComStation	B-Device
1.1	O
product	O
was	O
sold	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
"	O
eComStation	B-Device
Entry	O
"	O
;	O
and	O
the	O
applications	O
,	O
including	O
Lotus	B-Operating_System
SmartSuite	I-Operating_System
1.7	O
and	O
HOBlink	O
X11	O
Server	O
,	O
were	O
packaged	O
separately	O
in	O
the	O
eComStation	B-Device
Application	O
Pack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multi-processor	O
support	O
was	O
not	O
included	O
in	O
eComStation	B-Device
Entry	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
additional	O
license	O
fees	O
required	O
by	O
IBM	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
an	O
SMP	O
package	O
was	O
available	O
from	O
eComStation	B-Device
retailers	O
as	O
a	O
paid	O
extra	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
eComStation	B-Device
1.1	O
,	O
an	O
eComStation	B-Device
Server	O
Edition	O
was	O
also	O
made	O
available	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
OS/2	B-Application
Warp	B-Application
Server	I-Application
for	O
e-business	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
English	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
also	O
German	O
and	O
Russian	O
NLVs	O
released	O
for	O
eComStation	B-Device
1.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
principal	O
new	O
feature	O
of	O
eComStation	B-Device
1.2	O
,	O
as	O
advertised	O
,	O
was	O
revamped	O
desktop	O
multimedia	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
eComStation	B-Device
1.2	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
English	O
,	O
German	O
and	O
Dutch	O
NLVs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Serenity	O
Systems	O
announced	O
its	O
intention	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
"	O
media	O
refresh	O
"	O
incorporating	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
fixes	O
and	O
updates	O
which	O
had	O
been	O
made	O
available	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
eComStation	B-Device
1.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
principal	O
new	O
feature	O
of	O
eComStation	B-Device
1.2R	O
was	O
support	O
for	O
installation	O
on	O
Athlon	O
64	O
systems	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
previously	O
required	O
unsupported	O
workarounds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
eComStation	B-Device
1.2R	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
English	O
,	O
German	O
,	O
and	O
Italian	O
NLVs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
eComStation	B-Device
2.0	O
had	O
a	O
longer-than-usual	O
development	O
cycle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
biggest	O
change	O
in	O
eComStation	B-Device
2.0	O
was	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
ACPI	B-Device
support	O
,	O
which	O
represented	O
the	O
first	O
major	O
update	O
to	O
the	O
core	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
to	O
be	O
developed	O
specifically	O
for	O
eComStation	B-Device
(	O
and	O
not	O
by	O
IBM	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
benefits	O
of	O
ACPI	B-Device
included	O
support	O
for	O
modern	O
hardware	O
,	O
including	O
advanced	O
power-management	O
features	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
support	O
for	O
IRQs	O
above	O
15	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
the	O
new	O
ACPI	B-Device
driver	O
allowed	O
access	O
to	O
OS/2	B-Application
'	O
s	O
symmetric	O
multi-processing	O
support	O
,	O
obviating	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
IBM	O
's	O
proprietary	B-Application
SMP-enablement	O
driver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Consequently	O
,	O
starting	O
with	O
eComStation	B-Device
2.0	O
,	O
SMP	O
support	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
base	O
product	O
at	O
no	O
additional	O
cost	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
other	O
major	O
feature	O
introduced	O
in	O
version	O
2.0	O
was	O
an	O
enhanced	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Journaled	B-Application
File	I-Application
System	I-Application
which	O
allowed	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
to	O
be	O
booted	O
directly	O
from	O
JFS-formatted	O
partitions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Previous	O
versions	O
of	O
JFS	B-Application
had	O
only	O
been	O
usable	O
on	O
non-bootable	O
data	O
partitions	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Installing	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
onto	O
JFS	B-Application
allowed	O
a	O
significant	O
performance	O
improvement	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
much	O
larger	O
cache	O
sizes	O
supported	O
by	O
JFS	B-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
reduced	O
CHKDSK	O
times	O
in	O
the	O
event	O
of	O
a	O
non-clean	O
shutdown	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
eComStation	B-Device
pricing	O
model	O
was	O
revamped	O
significantly	O
with	O
version	O
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
edition	O
had	O
a	O
lower	O
recommended	O
retail	O
price	O
than	O
previous	O
versions	O
of	O
eComStation	B-Device
;	O
however	O
,	O
one	O
customer	O
was	O
limited	O
to	O
five	O
purchases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
editions	O
of	O
eComStation	B-Device
2.0	O
included	O
the	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
office	O
suite	O
(	O
provided	O
on	O
a	O
separate	O
CD	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
eComStation	B-Device
2.0	O
was	O
available	O
in	O
English	O
only	O
;	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
all	O
other	O
language	O
versions	O
was	O
deferred	O
until	O
version	O
2.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
eComStation	B-Device
2.1	O
was	O
released	O
only	O
a	O
year	O
after	O
version	O
2.0	O
,	O
in	O
May	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
is	O
the	O
replacement	O
of	O
the	O
old	O
IBM	O
Boot	O
Manager	O
with	O
the	O
open-source	B-Application
Air-Boot	O
software	O
,	O
which	O
does	O
not	O
require	O
a	O
primary	O
partition	O
and	O
is	O
therefore	O
easier	O
to	O
install	O
on	O
disks	O
with	O
pre-existing	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
eComStation	B-Device
2.1	O
also	O
updates	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
included	O
applications	O
,	O
notably	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Firefox	I-Application
,	O
and	O
has	O
some	O
minor	O
improvements	O
to	O
the	O
installer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
eComStation	B-Device
2.1	O
is	O
currently	O
available	O
in	O
English	O
and	O
German	O
NLVs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
eComStation	B-Device
is	O
also	O
complemented	O
by	O
several	O
open	O
source	O
applications	O
that	O
are	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
installer	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Doodle	O
Screen	O
Saver	O
,	O
a	O
Workplace	B-Device
Shell	I-Device
screen	O
saver	O
under	O
GNU	O
GPL	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Minimum	O
hardware	O
requirements	O
for	O
running	O
eComStation	B-Device
(	O
any	O
version	O
)	O
are	O
:	O
</s>
