mick,
Mick Howe wrote in a message to Jonathan Michaels:
-=> Quoting Jonathan Michaels to Greg Cobb <=-
 JM> that is interesting, my machine is an old i486dx33 with 16 mb of
 JM> simms, v4 runs slowwer on this than v3 did 
 MH> Probably because V4 requires more RAM than V3. I built up to 40mb
 MH> b4  upgrading to v4 so I'm not sure what its ram requirements are.
 MH> but v3 without networking was ok in 8mb and fine in 12mb, v3
 MH> connect with  network was a dog with less than 16mb all in a
 MH> 486DX4/75
i know that freebsd can handle the isa bus and over 16 meg of dram, how does 
os/2 'cope' with that sort of a setup. i am assuming that your 486dx4/74 is 
isa and not local bus .. i have a local bus'd 486dx33 that i could (would) 
put more memory in if i could be certain of the results .. if you get the 
drift.
 JM> if i can get fp5 on a cd or sometinf like that then i will try,
 MH> try getting a copy of Aust Personal Computer mag they usually have
 MH> current fixes for OS/2, W95 & NT4.
i am off to the news adgent today for my smh (the tv guide is very good, well 
i like) i'll see if i can dig up a copy of apc.
 JM> does anybody know where i can get fp v5, (in australia, would be nice)
 JM> and how much fiddling is involved .. my warp connect v4 is straight
 JM> out of the box do i need to install any previous fixpacks ? 
 MH> I can suggest two BBS's in OZ that should have it, they are IBM
 MH> Sydney (02-9899-8311) or if they don't have it yet I've got it
 MH> available here for d\l or freq. from me its called XR_M005.rar
 MH> (18mb) and WKICKR.RAR (1.3mb). From IBM its XR_M005.1 thru EDK (14
 MH> disk images) plus WKICKR.zip 
i will try the ibm one first .. if i get the same sort of problems that i got 
2 years ago i wll be quequing at yours for file request privaledges, does 
your modem support 33k6 and is it possible to d/l 18 meg in three hours, umm 
telstras 7 to midnite (week days only, this has changed my calling habits) $3 
std all over australia call.
 MH> You only need to get the latest released fixpak, they are
 MH> cumulative so FP5 includes FP1-4 as well as new fixes.
with v3 some of the early ones were single issue fixes and you had to have 
the previous ones installed .. as best as i can remember.
thank you
regards ... jonathan
EMail: jlm@caamora.com.au
 ... i do all i can, with what i have, are you able to say the same ?
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