Richard C Steiner schrieb:
> 
> 
> Quoting Herbert Rosenau :
> 
>  > uvcceet schrieb:
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > After a long absence, I am migrating back to OS/2. Maybe ecomstation
>  > > one day, but for now, warp speed...... 
>  >
>  > But only if your computer you will install on is build 1996 or older.
> 
> 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? 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. Install without fiddeling some hours around to get the base 
system on the current state, then fiddeling around to get networking 
right, then, after in total 3 tays 8h/day to have the system working 
and ready to start the apps I use regulary.

In 2000 as I bought my first eCS it was a dream: insert CD, boot up to 
prebootscreen select the SCSI adapter there and run the install - fire 
the installer up, selct some options not already selected, select the 
NIC already unzipped on HD, click and let start the installer to do 
its work, went to kitchen for cooking and drinking a cup of coffee, 
come back and the system is ready for work.

> You're right, though, that newer boxes are a problem for OS/2.

Yes, but not for eCS.

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