Quoting Herbert Rosenau :

> Richard C Steiner schrieb:
>
> > I have several boxes built in 1997 and 1998 which have had no issues with
> > vanilla OS/2 Warp 4. Compatibility depends on the specific PC components
> > involved, not the date of the machine.
>
> Have you ever tried to install a WARP4 on a PC from 1996 without
> modifying config.sys, replacing the disk driver, and after install
> installing an display driver, searching thereafter a network driver
> that will work with the on board NIC?

My Micron Millenia Pro2 Plus was built in November 1996, and the only thing I
had to do was install Matrox's video drivers for the 4MB MGA Millenium card I
put in myself; the Adaptec 2940U SCSI controller, Creative Labs SB32+Wavetable
sound card, and Intel EEPro/100B network were supported by OS/2 Warp 4 out of
the box.

Same with the two IBM IntelliStation model 6899's I've installed OS/2 Warp 4 on
at one point or another and which date from early 1997, and same for the Compaq
Deskpro model 6200's I have which date from late 1997 and early 1998.

All of these boxes were purchased explicitly with OS/2 support in mind.  All had
2MB or 4MB Matrox MGA Millenium video cards and either Intel EEPro/100B or 3Com
network cards as part of the stock configuration, and the network cards were
supported by Warp 4 out of the box, as were the stock Adaptec 2940U and UW SCSI
controllers.  I added the AWE32 and AWE64 sound cards myself.

> I was in the 5 years 1995 - 2000 not one time able to get a WARP4 installed
> without the hassle to prepare the installation diskkettes or even first
> creating them from the CD.

I'm sorry you had issues.  I didn't, mainly because I only purchased hardware
which I knew would be supported by OS/2 based on previous experience.

There was a good reason back in the late 1990's to stick with major business-
oriented brands and avoid things like integrated NICs and soundcards, at least
if you wanted your box to work with OS/2.

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