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I'm still running a 486/33 bought new in 1992 (when the complete system
cost exceeded four thousand pounds!).  [Actually, I "upgraded" it
recently, by plugging in a 486DX2/66 chip that someone gave me.  It
knocks spots off my GF's machine, which is also a 486DX2/66 with 32MB,
but runs ("crawls" might be more apposite:-) Windows'95.]

I see from the catalogue of a supplier that I use that they're doing an
upgrade offer at the moment, and I'd like advice as to whether what is on
offer would be good at running OS/2 Warp V4 (with FP6), since one hears
so many horror stories about incompatible mother boards and video cards.


The package they have put together consists of:
    Gigabyte GA586 T2 Motherboard
    IBM PR200MX CPU
    Heatsink Fan
    2 x 16MB EDO SIMMS *or* 32MB SDRAM
    4MB S3 Verge DX PCI Graphics card
all for GBP145 + VAT
    
Has anyone experience of running any or all of this under OS/2?  I'm
particularly trepidatious about the video card, because I've seen so many
moans about S3 (IIRC).

One other caveat that's worrying me is the lack of ISA slots on the mobo.
I see that there are only 3.  My present system (in a full tower case,
with 9 ISA slots) has many of them filled; I have
    HDC/FDC with 2 IDE controllers
    Serial/Parallel card (usual 2xCOM, LPR, Joystick)
    Enhanced VGA video card (based on ET4000)
    Archiv streamer controller (daisy-chained from the FDC)
    3Com 3C509Combo Ethernet card
    Dynalink Datasound MWave combo modem/sound card
    Teles-S0.3/16 ISDN card

Now obviously the first two of those are now integrated into the
motherboard, and the thrid is going to be occupying one of the PCI slots.
But I'm going to want all the other facilities still: I guess the easiest
(cheapest?) solution would be to get a PCI-based Ethernet card, wouldn't
it?

All advice gratefully received; please reply to the groups or by e-mail
(but not both).  I promise to summarize any e-mail responses that aren't
otherwise mentioned in net.news.

-- 
Brian {Hamilton Kelly}                                         bhk@dsl.co.uk
      "You're one of the very rare few who can argue ad hominem, ad absurdum
       and ad nauseam simultaneously...worse still it looks like you want to
       carry on ad infinitum..."               WPSM on alt.config 1998/06/27