Category Archives: New software releases

Announcements of new software packages and updates.

MultiMac

New MultiMac NIC driver package (20160201) released

Arca Noae is pleased to announce the immediate availability of a new release of our MultiMac NIC driver package.

More information about the MultiMac NIC drivers may be found in the wiki.

New in this release:

  • A new MMBFE driver for Broadcom BCM4401 Fast Ethernet adapters.
  • A mew MMMSK driver for Marvell Yukon II Ethernet controllers.
  • The E1000B, MMAE, MMALC, MMALE, and MMRE drivers have been rebuilt to use updates to the system library, if any.
  • The E1000E, NVETH, R8169 are not changed at all. In fact, they are the same files that were distributed in the last release simply copied onto this current release for convenience.

As always, please read the ReadMe.txt file that comes with each driver and is
also provided on the wiki. If you have problems with any of the drivers in this release, please read the Debugging Guide in the wiki first. If your problem cannot be resolved with the Debugging Guide, then the problem should be reported to the ticketing system. Simply log in with your Arca Noae credentials, select MultiMac from the list of projects, and open a ticket.

This driver package is available for download from the Arca Noae website as part of your Arca Noae OS/2 & eCS drivers and software package subscription. Please log into your account in order to access your software.

If you haven’t yet purchased a software subscription, this is a great reason to do so now.

Arca Noae Package Manager: Dutch language pack refreshed

The Dutch language pack for Arca Noae Package Manager has been refreshed to address a minor typographical error in the message file.

Arca Noae Package Manager is available in English with Dutch, French, German, Italian, and Swedish language packs (more languages to be added).

This open source utility is available to everyone, free of charge, regardless whether you have an Arca Noae software subscription.

Please review the wiki for important first-time installation notes and other tips.

Arca Noae Package Manager: Dutch language pack now available

Arca Noae Package Manager has been refreshed to include support for the Dutch language pack (thanks to Jacques van Leeuwen for the translation).

The package is now available in English with Dutch, French, German, Italian, and Swedish language packs (more languages coming soon). Dutch includes a fully translated help file, as well.

This open source utility is available to everyone, free of charge, regardless whether you have an Arca Noae software subscription.

Please review the wiki for important first-time installation notes and other tips.

Arca Noae Package Manager: language packs refreshed

All language packs for Arca Noae Package Manager have been refreshed, and a complete French help file has been added (thanks to Guillaume Gay for the translation). The other help files saw minor updates, mainly to correct compilation errors.

The package is available in English with French, German, Italian, and Swedish language packs (more languages to be added). Dutch is coming soon.

This open source utility is available to everyone, free of charge, regardless whether you have an Arca Noae software subscription.

Please review the wiki for important first-time installation notes and other tips.

Arca Noae Package Manager: Italian language pack now available

Arca Noae Package Manager has been refreshed to include support for the Italian language pack (thanks to Gabriele Gamba for the translation).

The package is now available in English with French, German, Italian, and Swedish language packs (more languages coming soon). Italian includes a fully translated help file, as well.

This open source utility is available to everyone, free of charge, regardless whether you have an Arca Noae software subscription.

Please review the wiki for important first-time installation notes and other tips.

Arca Noae Package Manager: Swedish language pack now available

Arca Noae Package Manager has been refreshed to include support for the Swedish language pack (thanks to Jan-Erik Lärka for the translation).

The package is now available in English with French, German, and Swedish language packs (more languages coming soon). Swedish includes a fully translated help file, as well.

This open source utility is available to everyone, free of charge, regardless whether you have an Arca Noae software subscription.

Please review the wiki for important first-time installation notes and other tips.

ACPI package version 3.23.01 released

An ACPI packageArca Noae is pleased to announce the immediate availability of our ACPI Package for OS/2 and eComStation version 3.23.01.

This release contains the following changes:

  • Updated to ACPICA 20150930. ACPI 6.0 is now supported.
  • Documentation updates and corrections.
  • Fixed a problem which caused a reboot on some systems when a trap occurred.
  • Automatically limit to Virtual Wire mode on systems with unsupported IOAPIC setups.
  • Minor changes to PCI setup for systems which need to run in VW mode.
  • There are toolkit changes with this version.

This driver package is available for download from the Arca Noae website as part of your Arca Noae OS/2 & eCS Drivers and Software Subscription. Please log into your account in order to access your software.

More information about the ACPI Package may be found in the ACPI wiki.

If you haven’t yet purchased a software subscription, this is a great reason to do so now.

Arca Noae Package Manager has landed

After over a year in the making, and after extensive testing and refinement, Arca Noae is proud to announce the release of Arca Noae Package Manager, a graphical tool to help keep OS/2 and eComStation systems up to date with the latest software and fixes.

The package is available in English with French and German language packs (more languages coming soon).

This open source utility is available to everyone, free of charge, regardless whether you have an Arca Noae software subscription.

Please review the wiki for important first-time installation notes and other tips.

DFSee version 13

Checked your disk lately?

Mysterious boot problems can be caused by a variety of things from failing hardware to software misconfiguration. Besides regular file backups, saving your disk partitioning can be a big help during recovery (or reconstruction onto a new drive). Fixing an odd problem, such as the once-in-a-lifetime file with an impossible character in the name which just won’t delete, is also possible with a good disk tool. Moving to a new disk to gain more space? You’ll need something to carve that room into something useful and transfer your data.

Luckily, we have just the thing: DFSee, the Swiss Army knife of disk utilities. DFSee runs on a variety of platforms, so if you need to boot from “something else” to fix your OS/2 system, you may. (Likewise, you may boot from OS/2 or eCS to fix your other OS.)

DFSee, now at version 13, now has full support for GPT partitioning schemes, compatible with current systems on the market today. It has an amazing array of features, including:

  • View, analyze, edit and fix partition tables
  • Support for GPT partitioning schemes (as mentioned above), including move, copy, and resize
  • Browse, analyze and fix various filesystems
  • Undelete files
  • Replacement for FDISK and LVM (Logical Volume Manager) tools
  • Clone, backup and restore partitions or filesystems
  • Split large images in smaller pieces suitable for burning to CD or DVD
  • Hex editor
  • Scriptable recovery

and, of course, that world-famous support from the developer, Jan van Wijk and Fsys Software.

Bootable media DFSee is installable to a local partition or may be run from a bootable CD or USB stick, which makes it especially handy for real rescue operations.

If you’ve never licensed a copy of DFSee, now is the time to do so. If you have an older version (even a very old version), an upgrade is only a few clicks away, and if you have a license for version 12, we have an even better deal on an upgrade.

Don’t wait until it’s too late. Review the full feature list at DFSee.com, and stop into our store to license your copy today.

New MultiMac NIC driver package (20150903) released

Arca Noae is pleased to announce the immediate availability of a new release of our MultiMac NIC driver package.

More information about the MultiMac NIC drivers may be found in the wiki.

New in this release:

  • A new MMRE driver for RealTek 8139C+/8169/8169S/8110S/8168/8111/8101E LAN adapters.
  • A mew MMALC driver for Atheros AR813x/AR815x PCIe Ethernet LAN adapters.
  • A new MMALE driver for Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 PCIe Ethernet LAN adapters.
  • A new MMAE driver for Attansic Technology Corp. L2 FastEthernet LAN adapters.
  • Updated NVETH, E1000E, R8169, and E1000B drivers.
    Although there are no changes to these drivers, they have been recompiled for this release. This means that any changes to the system libraries will also be incorporated into them.

As always, please read the ReadMe.txt file that comes with each driver and is
also provided on the wiki. Problems encountered with this version should be reported to the ticketing system. Simply log in with your Arca Noae credentials, select MultiMac from the list of projects, and open a ticket.

This driver package is available for download from the Arca Noae website as part of your Arca Noae OS/2 & eCS drivers and software package subscription. Please log into your account in order to access your software.

If you haven’t yet purchased a software subscription, this is a great reason to do so now.