In , on
12/08/04 
   at 09:29 PM, madodel{at}ptdprolog.net said:

>the ability to install OS/2 or eCS on PCs of any ilk will be
>determined by our ability to deal with Advanced Configuration and Power
>Interface (ACPI).  All systems are becoming more and more reliant on
>this, and OS/2 has no support for it.

At the moment this is true, although I am sure you have read the Dani has
some work in progress.

>Then there are issues with
>peripherals, though with the news that the NDIS wrapper works with
>802.11G cards that primarily leaves printers, whose OS/2 support for
>currently available models is getting to be close to nil.

We shall see what comes of the win32prn project.

>IBM isn't doing anything for any of
>these issues.

It would amaze me if it were otherwise.

>We need to find a way to get it done ourselves or move on.

The way is simple, but not necessarily easy.  Learn to do it ourselves. 
If folks decide that that is too much effort, then that's the way it goes.

Steven

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