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In <D9479M.4ov@matilda.vut.edu.au>, johnr@dingo.vut.edu.au (John Roumeliotis) writes:
>Hi all,
>In the next two weeks I'm going to purchase the following system
>
>	P90, 16Mb RAM, 
>	2Mb PCI video card, 
>	EIDE (PCI) Controller with > 850 Mb HD
>	32 bit sound card
>	Quad speed CDROM
>	inkjet (or cheap laser) printer
>	28.8 modem
>	Warp Connect with WinOS/2
>
You lucky devil.
I have a 486dx2/66 with S3805 VL Bus based card (quadtel Brand with Phoenix BIOS)
that has worked perfectly for years. Warp install recognised it as an S3 card but
configured it incorrectly though. I can recommend S3 based cards.

For a sound card you can't go past a Media Vision PAS16. Native support under
OS2 and you can use the Sound Blaster side for DOS and WIN/OS2 (a little tricky to
set up but plenty of support available here).

I use and recommend Adaptec SCSI also with native support. I have three hard drives
and a Colorado Powertape QIC drive attached and have never had a problem.

I also have a NEC double spin SCSI CDROM attached to the SCSI controller on the
Media Vision Sound Card (had to download the SCSI driver but it works great).

I also had a noname 14.4K modem that had problems (dropping out after 20 mins)
and replaced it with a Hayes Optima 28.8K that works like a dream. 
Also I would suggest getting 16550 UARTS on your coms ports.

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