JS> RB> Oddly enough, my bank branch updated all their machines
JS> RB> about a year ago, they have 100% OS/2 warp desktops in the
JS> RB> branch.

JS>Your bank is highly unusual I think.

Toronto Dominion, one of the big 5 (four?) banks here in Canada.

JS>Sorry, I must have missed those days...  I was heavy into computing then
too
JS>wonder how it slipped by me... Oh, the nun commercials, I
JS>remember those lame ads, it was a waste of money if the
JS>objective was to promote OS/2.

Actually I was thinking of the other series of ads that showed people
oohing and aahing over OS/2 desktops.  They got quite a bit of play on
CNN at the time.

JS> RB> Go to a smaller place, custom pick your components, it isn't
JS> RB> that hard. The only tricky part is video card and printer,

JS>And the sound card, and the mother-board/chip set, and the
JS>CD burner, and, hell, I've been looking at this stuff, it's
JS>a mess.

You've had trouble with motherboard chipsets?  Pick an Intel one.  Via
is also supported if you get the DANIS IDE driver.  I actually haven't
heard of anyone with a motherboard that won't work with OS/2 unless it
has built in video that can't be disabled and doesn't have OS/2 drivers.
I'm looking at a new Abit BP6 with dual celerons for my next upgrade.
The ATA66 disk controller on the board apparently doesn't work, but
that's not for a lack of drivers, it's just that the controller doesn't
work (on Windows, Linux or OS/2.) Set it to a slower transfer mode with
the standard OS/2 IDE drivers and it is fine. For a CD burner, pick a
SCSI one if you want free software, or pretty much any one if you are
willing to pay for RSJ's CD recorder software. I bought a SCSI drive a
while back because the IDE ones at the time were renowned for
unreliability. There are lists of supported drives on both product's
websites. Crystal sound cards are good.  If you're cheap, pick up a
Soundblaster 16, they're about $35 now.

There are lots of resources to find out what hardware to buy, and even
some for what *not* to buy.  Check out IBM's driver website, it is
pretty extensive.  For things like scanners and CD-R drives, look at
the software manufacturers website.  There aren't a lot of software
choices, so that makes it easier to find out what hardware is supported.
If there's anything you are unsure of, post a question here, we have
lots of expertise to share.

Rob.
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