jlb@nuchat.sccsi.com (Joel Breazeale) (05/16/91)
I'm trying to obtain a PC running OS/2 with the following hardware constraints: 200 MB SCSI Hard disk 1024x768 Super VGA ~250 MB Cartridge tape drive (DC-600 tapes -- the larger tapes) So far, I know I can use: Adaptec 1542B SCSI Controller Wangtec 5150 ES SCSI Cartridge Tape Drive That's about as far as I've gotten. Anyone know if any of the following manufacturers have drivers which do 1024x768 for OS/2 (any suggestions?): Compaq, Elite, Genoa, Hercules, Orchid, Paradise, Sun River, Tsang Labs Anyone know any system builders/manufacturers who'll install OS/2 (their version or someone else') on a PC and support it? I don't think I'm interested in IBM. I know Compuadd and Dell sell OS/2. Dell doesn't support 1024x768 and they use the Tsang Labs (one down). Anyone have experience with Sytos+ for OS/2 for file backup? Anyone know whose motherboard Compuadd uses? You know what I'm afraid of... Building a system, buying an OS/2 for it, turning on the power and finding out and everything is incompatible. Sound familiar? Help! Joel Breazeale jlb@nuchat.sccsi.com 713/522-8466
wayne@csri.toronto.edu (Wayne Hayes) (05/16/91)
In article <1991May15.194645.19352@nuchat.sccsi.com> jlb@nuchat.sccsi.com (Joel Breazeale) writes: >Anyone know any system builders/manufacturers who'll install OS/2 (their >version or someone else') on a PC and support it? I don't think I'm >interested in IBM. Buy IBM OS/2 1.3 now. In about 3 months you'll be able to upgrade to IBM OS/2 2.0 for free. IBM OS/2 costs $150 list, cheaper on the street(and if anyone tries to charge you more have them call IBM and get the *current* prices). Nobody else has written an OS/2 (except of course Microsoft who shared in the development). Any OS/2 you buy *is* the IBM/Microsoft version. See earlier messages regarding how impressive 2.0 is going to be. (Trust me; I'm running and IBM internal Beta version of 2.0, and it's *damn* impressive.) >I know Compuadd and Dell sell OS/2. Dell doesn't support 1024x768 and >they use the Tsang Labs (one down). They're selling the exact same OS/2 that IBM sells, except perhaps a special video driver. >Anyone have experience with Sytos+ for OS/2 for file backup? Yes, I've used it under OS/2 1.2. It works. (What else is there to say? Backup software doesn't exactly excite the imagination...) >You know what I'm afraid of... Building a system, buying an OS/2 for it, >turning on the power and finding out and everything is incompatible. >Sound familiar? Although I can't speak officially for IBM, the word on OS/2 2.0 is that IBM is explicitly stating that it will support non-IBM platforms. That is, it will run AND BE SUPPORTED on *any* 386. And contrary to popular belief, even earlier versions would run on generic 386 clones. (There seems to be a misconception that it will only run on PS/2.) -- NOTICE: Due to the complexity of nearly all topics, the opinions expressed above are in continual process of formation and may be changed without notice. Wayne Hayes INTERNET: wayne@csri.utoronto.ca CompuServe: 72401,3525