Ed Durrant wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 
>
Sorry, I misinformed you, there does not appear to have been a survey on 
laptops at ecomstation.ru - they do list compatibility information about 
separate components however as does os2warp.be - unfortunately the 
notebook part of this site at:

http://www.os2warp.be/index2.php?name=notebook2

Appears to be down.

An addition to the list - if this laptop has a Firewire interface, 
you're probably not going to be able use it as firewire driver support 
is at a VERY early stage.

Cheers/2

Ed.


 
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