Ed Durrant wrote:

>Julian Thomas wrote:
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>>In , on 07/09/05 
>>  at 04:34 PM, "Flunkers"  typed:
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>>>I'm thinking about getting a Thinkpad G-41. It comes with either a
>>>Celeron or a Pentium  4 processor. Is there something that would prevent
>>>me from installing eCS 1.2 on either  of these processors? I realize that
>>>I might not be able to use all the features, such as  the internal
>>>ethernet and modem, but that is no problem since I have cards for those.
>>>I  suppose I should try to find out which card services this TP uses.
>>>Anyway, any heads  up about this?
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>>I'm not familiar with the G series; the T series are the ones that are
>>still officially supported for OS2 (at least last I looked) and while the
>>infernal modem is a bummer, you will probably have better luck with the
>>ethernet and the sound.
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>>May I suggest the nb2discuss list at yahoogroups - someone there may have
>>some knowledge of the G machines.
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>>There's also a general thinkpad list - info at
>>http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
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>>there are a couple of people there who have good reputations for selling
>>stuff including older machines still with some warranty.  Delivery might
>>be troublesome if not in the US.
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>I ran eCS and OS/2 Warp 4 CP2 on a Thinkpad R31 for a couple of years. 
>The internal modem and PCMCIA slots gave me problems though. The rest of 
>the hardware was similar enough to the T21 or generic drivers to be able 
>to be used with OS/2. If the R41 has gone to GB rather than fast 
>(100Mb/s) ethernet, there's a good chance the chipset is broadcom rather 
>than intel - you may have issues there as well.
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>If you have a choice, getting a T42 thinkpad working under eCS / OS2 
>will be easier (that's what I now use) - again the internal win-modem 
>will never work under os/2 and wireless is only possible using a PCMCIA 
>Orinico (or other OS/2 supported) card - there's no drivers yet for the 
>built-in wireless capability unfortunately.
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>Your other option is to run eCS 1.2 within SVista/Win on the Installed 
>Windows XP partition . Run it in fullscreen and forget that you're 
>actually running Windows XP as well.
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>Cheers/2
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>Ed.
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Sorry - I read R-41 not G-41 - I don't know of ANYONE who has got OS/2 
running on a G series thinkpad ! That doesn't mean it's not possible, 
but you'll need to look at what all the exact chipsets in use are - if 
it's the same as the T-Series, then it may be a goer but I suspect not.

Comments above still apply - go for a T-Series (new or secondhand older 
model - IBM sell refurbished T21's on their website and on e-bay, may be 
worth a look), or run eCS 1.2 through the SVista-Win virtualisation program.

Cheers/2

Ed.


 
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