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In article <3q2a82$bck@gandalf.pic.net>,  <mglaris@pic.net> wrote:
>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
>>
>
>Whatever you do, don't buy an ATI video card of any type.  I have
>had nothing but problems with my ATI Graphics Ultra Pro, and a
>friend has had problems with another type of ATI card.  I plan 
>on removing the ATI card in the near future an replacing it with 
>a Diamond Steath-64 PCI (another firent has one and loves it).

I have an ATI grahics xpression and have had no problems at all with
it under warp...and I've heard Diamond tech support is awful, 
particularly for os/2.  But this is all anecdotal I guess...


>
>Also loose the IDE controller and get a real SCSI controller.  
>Adaptec makes a real good SCSI controller.
>

SCSI are great and all but I don't see anything wrong with EIDEs.  
Enhanced IDE seems to have closed much of the gap between SCSI and IDE, 
but I guess it depends on how much money you want to spend.  Unless 
you're (the original poster) is going to do some heavy data management, 
EIDE should work fine.  Just make sure whatever controller you do get 
supports os/2 (but that was your question, wasn't it? ;)

>I have a US Robotics Modem, 28.8 external (Sportster).  I initially
>had a lot of problems with the modem, mostly disconnects every 15-30
>minutes.  USR sent me a EPROM upgrade, and I have not yet had a
>disconnect.  And if you want to go top-of-the-line, nothing 
>beats the USR Courier 28.8 modem.
>

Yeah, I have a 14.4 USR Sportster and it's rock solid.  USR is 
consistently rated very highly by all the magazines and is a safe choice.

Printers: if you want a black and white inkjet, Canon bj-200ex is 
excellent and relatively inexpensive.  For a color inkjet, the Epson's 
are highly rated.  You shouldn't have a problem with os/2 drivers for any 
of these major brands (although Canon drivers don't actually come with 
the red spine warp package strangely enough, but are included with the 
blue full-pack warp...I had to download some for my canon, but they work 
fine).

Definitely check out magazine ratings of various systems if you're 
looking to get a package deal.  Their are always a few that outperform 
the rest, and a few dealers whose computers perform pretty weakly in 
benchmark tests.  That'll also you give a good idea of what 
price/performances to expect.