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In article <27SEP199201514015@summa.tamu.edu> gtb6038@summa.tamu.edu (BILES, GREG THOMAS) writes:
>In article <QekII=200YV709ZnkC@andrew.cmu.edu>, mp52+@andrew.cmu.edu (Matthew Edward Patton) writes...
>>I am new to this board family and have a few questions about OS2.
>> 
>>I currently run Desqview/X with PCTCP Network interface and am
>>considering upgrading to OS2 (32bit OS and all seems to have a lot going
>>for it- cheap price is also an attraction)
>> 
>>Anyway, I understand that to display X apps on my OS2 box I need IBM's
>>TCP/IP suppliment.  What is the typical cost of said package and what
>>exactly does it include in the way of features/programs?  
>> 
>>On a side note, does OS2 support 8514 graphics mode or better yet the
>>ATI Graphics Ultra in its advanced mode?
>
>I have some ATI VGA Wonder drivers that will display 256 colors at 800x600
>and 1024x768.  I don't know if these would work with your card though.  
>However, I have a friedn who has a friend who is a Beta tester for OS/2 and 
>he said that the new version has some really fast video drivers for most VGA
>cards and ATI is a major card, so the next version will have the drivers
>that you want.
>> 
>>Thanks for all replies.
>
>Greg

TCPIP 1.2 provides basic lan functionality such as telnet, ftp, ping, vt100,
etc.  Many of the standard unix functions are there.  In addition, Lan adapter
and protocol support(LAPS) lets you use various network cards and
 comes with drivers for popular models.  LAPS comes 
 with TCP/IP and if your card isn't included, 
many manufactures provide drivers on disk with the card or that can be
downloaded from their BBS.  They are usually called xxxxx.os2 and xxxxx.nif
The first is a device driver which you place in the config.sys and the 
second is a text file that works with your protocol.ini (which controls
all the network configuration for OS/2).

In addition there is an Xwindows interface that comes with TCP/IP which
I am not familiar with.

The ATI graphics ULTRA definitely works well with OS/2 2.0  Right now
I am using an ATI 8514 ULTRA and TCP/IP to write this.  An 8514 ULTRA is
just a graphics ULTRA without the vga chip, so it depends on my Orchid prodes-
ign IIs card to supply the VGA signal via a VGA pass-thru cable.  

John Lautmann
jlautmann@mt1.m4.metaphor.com