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ACPI Driver Package version 3.23.09 released

Arca Noae is pleased to announce the immediate availability of our ACPI Driver Package for ArcaOS, OS/2, and eComStation version 3.23.09.

This release contains minor updates including:

Enhancements to handle additional systems with certain BIOS quirks/defects.
Updates to the ACPICA module from Intel.

This is a non-critical update.

If you have ArcaOS, this driver package is available for download from the Arca Noae website as part of the Support & Maintenance subscription for your ArcaOS product. Please log into your account and see your ArcaOS order details page to access your software.

If you have an Arca Noae OS/2 & eCS Drivers and Software Subscription, 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.

If you are still running OS/2 and/or eComStation systems and haven’t yet purchased a software subscription, this is a great reason to do so now. It may also be a good time to consider moving up to ArcaOS.

New MultiMac NIC driver package (20180414) released

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

This is a maintenance release of the MultiMac drivers. It contains some minor updates to the system libraries that affects system stability and reliability and applies to all drivers. This update is recommended for all users.

As always, please read the .txt file that comes with each driver and 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.

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

ACPI Driver Package version 3.23.08 released

Arca Noae is pleased to announce the immediate availability of our ACPI Driver Package for ArcaOS, OS/2, and eComStation version 3.23.08.

This release contains minor updates including updates to the ACPICA module from Intel.

This is a non-critical update but will bring the ACPI software in your system up-to-date with the recently released version of ArcaOS. If you have ArcaOS version 5.0.2 then you already have this update.

Panorama Video Driver Package version 1.10 released

Arca Noae is pleased to announce the immediate availability of our Panorama Video Driver Package for OS/2 and eComStation version 1.10.

This is a maintenance release containing minor installer and screen object enhancements. This update is not critical but will bring Panorama in your system up-to-date with the recently released version of ArcaOS. If you have ArcaOS version 5.0.2 then you already have this update.

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

Updated Uniaud Driver Package Released

Arca Noae is pleased to announce the immediate availability of an updated Uniaud Audio Driver Package for ArcaOS, OS/2, and eComStation. (Uniaud-20180117)

This is a minor maintenance release that contains some fixes for Realtek mixer devices.

This release of Uniaud32 also implements MSI support. MSI only works with the ACPI PSD version 3.23.04 or higher. It is not required to use the ACPI PSD with Uniaud. If you don’t use ACPI then Uniaud will just use normal interrupts. If you are using the ACPI PSD, it must be version 3.23.04 or higher or your system may trap. If you are using an earlier version of ACPI, upgrade ACPI first before installing this version of Uniaud.

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

AHCI Driver Package version 2.04 released

Arca Noae is pleased to announce the immediate availability of our AHCI Disk Driver Package version 2.04 for ArcaOS, OS/2, and eComStation.

This is a maintenance release that contains minor fixes and updates.

Fixed the IOCtl pass-thru interface. Tools such as smartctl use this.
Removed the old smartctl program from the distribution.

More information about the AHCI Disk Package may be found in the AHCI wiki.

Panorama Video Driver Package version 1.09 released

Arca Noae is pleased to announce the immediate availability of our Panorama Video Driver Package for OS/2 and eComStation version 1.09.

This is a maintenance release containing the following changes:

Fixes a problem validating the EDID information from older monitors.
Added a Custom Resolutions page to the screen setup object.

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

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.

IBM LAN Update for ArcaOS Released

Arca Noae is pleased to announce the immediate availability of an update for the IBM LAN product in ArcaOS.

This update brings the IBM Requester and Peer files in ArcaOS up to the latest level. This update is only for ArcaOS versions 5.0 through 5.0.1. The updated IBM Requester and Peer files will already be in ArcaOS versions 5.0.2 and later, so those systems do not need this update. This update is not for non-ArcaOS systems. The installer will check your system to see if you need the update when you run it.

If you have ArcaOS, this update package is available for download from the Arca Noae website as part of the Support & Maintenance subscription for your ArcaOS product. Please log into your account and see your ArcaOS order details page to access your software.

If you are still running OS/2 and/or eComStation systems, this update is not licensed for use on those systems. This might be a great time to consider moving up to ArcaOS.

New MultiMac NIC driver package (20171019) released

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

This is a maintenance release of the MultiMac drivers. It contains some minor updates including:

All drivers: A fix to properly detect MSI capability in some rare cases.
E1000B: Received some very minor updates from the FreeBSD source.
MMIGB: Received some very minor updates from the FreeBSD source.

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

USB driver package version 11.17 released

USB Arca Noae is pleased to announce the immediate availability of release 11.17 of our USB stack.

This is a maintenance release and includes minor fixes and enhancements. Specifically, this version fixes keyboard auto-repeat so that it works for all USB keyboards. This version also fixes the ability to use certain unusual types of USB 1.x devices when plugged into a USB 2.0 hub.

More information about the USB drivers can be found in the wiki.

If you have problems with any of the drivers in this release, please read the Troubleshooting Guide in the wiki first. If your problem cannot be resolved with the Troubleshooting Guide, then the problem should be reported in the ticketing system.