Upgrading to 386/40

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3 total messages Started by Gregory W Denisowski Thu, 28 Jan 1993 20:38

#16720

Author: Gregory W Denisowski
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 20:38

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Has anyone out there upgrading there motherboard from a 386/20sx
(cached) to a 386/40 (cached) and run OS/2 2.0(1b) on both of them?
If so, what kind of performance increases (if any, heh heh) did you get?
This is assuming 8 megs of RAM (any responses with 12 megs would be more
than welcome because that is what I am planning to upgrade too).  I am
too cheap to get a 486/xx but I just can afford a 386/40.  

Thanks,
Greg

Adaptec 1742 driver help needed

#16741

Author: Paul A Gunderson
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 22:37

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The Adaptec 1742 drivers on Hobbes have a later date than those supplied
with the GA release.

1.	Are they better drivers?  Will I notice a difference?
2.	How do I go about installing them?  A simple change in the
config.sys?

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Is there a way to increase the hard disk cache?  My system has 16MB RAM and
still hits the HD more than I like.  Admittedly, this is when I am running
Paradox 4.0, WordPerfect 5.1 and Darklands.  The last is the culprit, I
think.  When inspecting a group of characters, Darklands seems to hit the
disk a lot.  When I was still using DOS, I upped my PCTools cache and
stopped this.


I have ben happily *using* OS/2 for four or five months without problems.

----
Paul Gunderson
paulg@csd4.csd.uwm.edu

Video card suggestions

#16742

Author: Paul A Gunderson
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 22:57

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I have a ZEOS 486 EISA tower at home running OS/2.  I'm looking for a good
video card to upgrade my flaky Diamond Speedstar.

(The thing throws ASCII bits all over the screen when I open a DOS or OS/2
window and move the mouse back into the WPS.  It had similar bad behavior
under DOS, specifically while installing PCTools 7.1 -- I could hardly read
the screen by the end of the install.  Thought I had a virus or Central
Point was putting out bugs to combat bugs.)

I would like some suggestions on a fast, solid, video card that has good
OS/2 drivers.  Any thoughts?  I don't have a local bus slot.

My ideal would be coprocessed EISA, equal to or better than XGA-2, with lots
of VRAM.  I probably couldn't afford it even if someone made the beast.
But, I could be tempted...

If replies warrant *and* I can figure out how, I will summarize for the
'Net.  I am *not* a UNIX wizard.

----
Paul Gunderson
paulg@csd4.csd.uwm.edu

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