🚀 go-pugleaf

Hi netters,

I am soon to be getting a 386 system and I was wanting to get some advice
from all you os2 users out there as to the best kind of system to get.  By
this I am particulary talking about the peripherals on the system.

I want to get the best out of os2, so I have to consider things like
compatibility and availability of drivers etc.

VIDEO: I would like to get a 1M 1200x800 (whatever the exact number is :)
by 256 colour VGA card that has os2 drivers readily available.  Which
cards meet this requirement (I mean REALLY READILY available, not "you can
send mail to supplier [who is in another country] to get the drivers sent
to you in about 6 months" :) ?  Also, which cards/drivers are best/fastest.

HARD DISK: I would like to use a SCSI drive is possible, but I am worried
about stories of problems with non-IBM-supported drive/controllers.  I am
told that this will no longer be a problem with the new SCSI cards that
boot up automatically unlike the old ones that needed drivers etc.  Any
opinions on this ?
           It would also be nice if I could use a 40M MFM drive that I
already own as well as the SCSI.  I am told (by the same person) that it
is possible to have both an MFM and a SCSI controller in the same machine
without any problems.  This was/is a problem with the old SCSI and with
ESDI controllers/drives.

Any suggestions on these or other points would be greatly appreciated.

ant

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