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Article #16968Another successful Warp 4 install.
From: rsbaker
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 00:00
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 00:00
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Hi all. Last weekend I installed Warp 4 over Warp 3/FP23. I'm very impressed. The system; Octek Hippo DCA-11 Dynamicache motherboard 16MB RAM (8MB dynamicache RAM, 8MB DRAM) 85MB W-D Caviar 280 as C: (Dos Drive), FAT. 540MB Seagate as D: (OS2) and E: (Data), both HPFS. Hercules Stingray Pro VL-bus video card (1MB). Generic VL-bus I/O card, 2x16550 serial card (4 ports total). I don't have a CD-ROM so I was forced to make the 56 installation disks (!!) on the machine at work. I ignored the 44 bonus pack disks. I installed directly over Warp 3 using advanced install and de-selected every- thing I didn't need. I ended up with more disk space than with Warp 3. All the Warp 3 IAK stuff still works with the WPS classes correctly registered without any intervention from me. The new WPS FTP works perfectly as well. I have a couple of DOS comms programs which I still run for Amateur Packet Radio and these still run fine. All the Win-OS/2 support works and I've had no crashes or hangs since it was installed (and, yes, I have tried). I didn't even uninstall OD 1.5. That and PC EE.4 work fine also. Multitasking generally seems a lot smoother and video performance is definitely faster. BTW, there's no updated video driver for the Stingray Pro so I'm using the Warp 3 drivers dated 1995. They installed without a hitch and have caused no problems. The performance increase alone has made the upgrade worthwhile IMHO. The increase in stability and the new-look user interface are bonuses. Well Done IBM. Now, if only they could learn to sell it properly...;-). Cheers, Rod.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1044c2,97bf199405d71958,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1044c2,public X-Google-Thread: 10a752,97bf199405d71958,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10a752,public From: rsbaker@dove.mtx.net.au Subject: Another successful Warp 4 install. Date: 1996/10/25 Message-ID: <54q8cg$606@curlew.mtx.net.au> X-Deja-AN: 191958885 distribution: world followup-to: comp.os.os2.misc organization: Microtronics Information Systems keywords: OS2, Warp 4 reply-to: rsbaker@dove.mtx.net.au newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,aus.computers.os2