paul marwick wrote:
> I'm in the market for a new laptop. I've seen one of these at a very
> reasonable price and thought it might be interesting. However, I have
> no idea how compatible it might be with OS2/eCS. Has anyone tried any
> of this range with OS/2?
> 
> I assume that the modem is probably unusable, but I'm interested in
> general compatability, especially things like video support and
> ethernet support.
> 
> paul.
> 
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

Major components to check:

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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".

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.

I think that's everything !

I also think that the eComStation Russian site ran a survey of laptops 
working under eCS a little while ago, so it's probably worth checking 
there to see if anyone hs posted anything about this model and if not, 
and you do buy this machine, you could/should post your findings there.

Good luck !

Cheers/2

Ed.


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