Text 938, 96 rader
Skriven 2007-05-08 23:10:30 av Peter Knapper (3:772/1.10)
    Kommentar till text 929 av Maurice Kinal (1:261/38.9)
Ärende: sln_sf  v0.1
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Hi Maurice,

 MK>> Matrox drivers?!?!?!?!  

 PK> Yes, eCS comes with Scitech Snap Graphics Video S/W which includes 
 PK> Matrox drivers.

 MK> They mention ATI.  Also AMD64 but they didn't seem 
 MK> entirely confident about that.

        http://www.scitechsoft.com/chiplist/snap_os2_chiplist.html

 PK> I know, because this eCS 1.2MR machine is runing on a 
 PK> Matrox MGA-G200 card as I type. You clearly do not "know" OS/2 (eCS) 
 PK> as well as you think.

 MK> A Matrox PCI G450 dual head with no GUI (two framebuffers).

From the Scitech Certified Chipset Web Page -

        http://www.scitechsoft.com/chiplist/snap_os2_chiplist.html

Your 2 Manfacturers -
Matrox  MGA Millennium, MGA Millennium II, MGA Mystique, MGA Mystique 220, 
        MGA-G100, MGA-G200, MGA-G400, MGA-G450, MGA-G550, Parhelia, 
        MGA-P750, MGA-P650

ATI     Mach64 GX, Mach64 CX, Mach64 CT, Mach64 VT, 3D Rage, Mach64 VTB, 
        3D Rage II, 3D Rage II+, Mach64 VT4, 3D Rage IIC, 3D Rage Pro, 
        3D Rage LT Pro, Rage Mobility, Rage XL, Rage 128, Rage 128 Pro, 
        Rage 128 Ultra, Rage Mobility 128, Rage Mobility 128-D4x, 
        ES1000, Radeon 7200, Radeon 7000, Radeon IGP 320M / 340M, 
        Mobility Radeon, Mobility Radeon 7000 IGP, Radeon 7500, 
        Mobility Radeon 7500, Radeon 8500, Radeon 8500DV, Mobility 
        Radeon 9000, Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP, Radeon 9000 Series, 
        Radeon 9100 Pro IGP, Radeon 9100, Mobility Radeon 9200, 
        Radeon 9200 Series, Radeon 9500, Radeon 9500 Pro, Radeon 9550,        
Mobility Radeon 9550, Mobility Radeon 9600, Radeon 9600 Series, 
        Radeon 9600 XT, Radeon 9700 Pro, Mobility Radeon 9800, Radeon 9800,    
    Radeon 9800 Pro, Radeon 9800 XT, Mobility Radeon X300, 
        Mobility Radeon X600, Mobility Radeon XPress 200, 
        Radeon XPress 200, Radeon X300 Series, FireMV 2200, 
        Radeon X550, Radeon X600 Series, Radeon X700 Series, 
        Mobility Radeon X800, Radeon X800 Series, Radeon X850 Series


 MK> What version of eCS?  

v1.2MR, the latest Production release.

 MK> I am just going by what they say 
 MK> on the main site.  Also just CD's with no other choices 
 MK> for installation.  

By default the CD provides user based installs, however it also has script
driven unattended (and network) installs available.


 MK> No gcc.  I need and want gcc.  

        http://www.innotek.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&        
id=23&Itemid=40
        InnoTek GCC for OS/2 is a commercial distribution of the GNU C/C++     
   compiler suite and associated utilities for the IBM OS/2 platform.        
InnoTek maintains an OS/2 platform port of the GNU C/C++ compiler         suite
and provides comprehensive support for the compiler environment         to
enterprise customers.

 MK> No kernel source either.  

IBM has not yet released much of the core code and will not do so as long as
IBM still have commercial customers using the product.

 MK> Just a GUI, no pure console modes. 

Rubbish, I am entering this message in a Text mode OS/2 Window under eCS v1.2MR
using Maximus BBS S/W. You are just taking (inaccurate) guesses at what YOU
think can/can't be done. 


 MK> As far as I can tell they have absolutely 
 MK> nothing of value to me personally.

Then stop looking at it and go back to what you are comfortable with, which is
EXACTLY the same I have been saying to anyone thats asked me about OS/2 and
said they were unhappy with it since V1.3 was released.

 MK> I think I'll stick with Linux.

Good, at least that might keep you happy then........;-)

Cheers.............pk.


--- Maximus/2 3.01
 * Origin: Another Good Point About OS/2 (3:772/1.10)