On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:20 , Ed Durrant  sent:

>I don't know this model, however the usual rules apply - check major 
>components are supported and be prepared to add additional drivers to 
>the standard install CDs

Well, that could be a problem - it doesn't come with a floppy and I'm not sure
it has a normal floppy interface. I do have a USB floppy, but whether that can
be used to update drivers during boot, I really don't know...

I've managed to glean some information about it (thinkwikki is a wondeful 
resource...).

>Processor - as long as you are using eComstation v 1.2 MR or 2.0, all 
>AMD and Intel processors "should" be OK.

Its an Intel P4 

>Motherboard Chipset - this is often the unknown and may need to have its 
>component parts checked.

So far as I can tell, its a centrino chipset (910GML or 915GM northbridge).

>Harddisk and interface - EIDE PATA no problems. If this system uses 
>SATA, check that the latest Dani driver lists the controller.

SATA, but I haven't managed to work out what the controller is, so I have no real
way of telling if its supported by the Dani drivers. Reading the docs, a lot of 
Intel SATA stuff is supported, but...

>Video - check that SciTech drivers support the video chipset - if not, 
>you're probably going to have problems finding native os/2 drivers for 
>the video chipset.

The SNAP drivers I've got on the T23 list the i915GM/GMS, so hopefully the video 
should be supported. Not having that support would be crucial.

>USB - most USB chipsets are supported - again make sure you are 
>installing eCS 1.2MR or 2.0 Beta.

:) I've had more than a few problems with 2.0 beta 2, so it would be 1.2mr.
The machine
has USB 2 support, so hopefully there shouldn't be problems there.

>Memory & keyboard - I don't know of any issues here.

>Audio - Check if UniAud supports it - if you want to play Midi files, 
>even though WAV works on some audio chipsets with UniAud MID will not - 
>there is a daemon that you can load that will convert MID to WAV files 
>on the fly to address this as a last resort.

Well, it seems that the Alsa drivers support it, but I'm not sure if that
translates into Uniaud - haven't seen a list of the chipsets that it 
supports. The audio is supposedly AD1981HD and Intel 82801FB, which I 
know nothing about at all.

>Mouse device - be it touchpad or button or whatever as long as it reacts 
>like a ps/2 mouse it should work, however any advanced functions may 
>need you to try alternative mouse drivers to the standard IBM one - e.g. 
>AMouse.

It has both the standard IBM trackpoint and some sort of touchpad. I don't 
really expect problems with those. Can't say I'm fond of touchpads, so I 
would probably disable that if I could anyway.

>Cabled Ethernet - if its Intel or Broadcomm there is probably a native 
>OS/2 driver for it, otherwise you are looking at GenMac wrapper as the 
>alternative.

Broadcomm for the wired ethernet. So hopefully it should be supported.

>WiFi - Check if supported by the current version of GenMac Wrapper.

Haven't found any information as to what the chipset for the WiFi is. I 
can live without it if necessary, though support would be nice.

>ACPI/APM - may not work. The very latest drivers, that you will have to 
>add after you complete the build have had very good reports, but don't 
>be surprised if these don't 100% work on this system at the moment. This 
>technology is a bit "tricky".

:) Now there's a bit of an understatement. I've just been trying the latest
ACPI/APM combination. ACPI on its own works, though it kills things like the 
ability to monitor the battery charge. The APM tools had dreadful results -
the system booted the first time, but when it got to the desktop, it was in
super slow motion. Took more than a minute to even get it to reboot on 
CTRL-ALT-DEL. Next time I tried, I never got a desktop at all. Eventually
I was able to recover the system, but it had to be turned off to do it. 

I'll have to try some more, but at the moment, it seems completely broken
on my T23.

>Video / Audio on-screen display - there a great utility that emulates 
>IBM Windows utility (I think from Jan of Dfsee fame) that addresses this 
>need.

:) Yeah. I'm using it on my T23. Trouble is, it doesn't work with the new ACPI
stuff at all - Jan did explain the problem in the docs, IIRC, but it doesn't 
sound fixable from his side.

>I think that's everything !

:) I hope so. So far, it looks possible, but a bit iffy. Not sure if I want 
to risk that sort of money on it, but it certainly does sound like a nice bit
of kit...

I'll let you know how I get on if I do go ahead.

paul.

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