Paul Marwick wrote:
> 
> 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...
> 
If you have a USB Floppy drive, you should be able to configure it to be 
available through the BIOS and the way one set's drivers in eCS install 
is a little more "friendly" than in straight OS/2 through the eCS config 
screens.

> 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 
> 
That's a no brainer then.

>> 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...
> 
  This could be a problem area then.

>> 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.
> 
Good.
>> 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.
> 
Good
>> 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.
> 
If this is the Analogue Devices "Soundmax" Integrated digital audio, 
Uniaud should work with it, it does on my T42.


>> 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.

You can disable the touchpad in the Bios on my T42 - Hopefully also on 
the Z60T.
> 
>> 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.
> 
Good.
>> 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.
> 

  The later Centrino chipsets I believe are still giving some problems 
with the Genmac Wrapper driver, but several people are waiting for them, 
so I think this should be resolved soon.

>> 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.

Probably leave ACPI/APM as the last thing to test !


> 
>> 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.
> 

I've had another idea !!  If this system is available from a shop 
(rather than online), why not download the eCS 1.2 Demo CD, take that 
with you and try to boot the system from it. It's what is known as a 
LIVE CD - it runs in memory after booting from the CD - this won't test 
the SATA disk but it'll test the main things like screen, audio, mouse 
and even cabled ethernet !!

Cheers/2

Ed.


 
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