🚀 go-pugleaf

Say, is there a FAQ for this group?  I haven't seen one, and I've been
on a while...

With all the debate and confusion over SCSI and OS/2 support, could
someone help me on a related issue?  I am trying to put together an OS/2
system out of an EISA 486, and am not clear on a couple of points...

1) is EISA going to conflict with OS/2?  It shouldn't, but I'd better ask.
Will EISA peripherals, with drivers, work OK?

2) what is the state of ESDI support under OS/2?  I think I have heard that
ESDI is a sufficiently stable standard that support is automatic, just like
AT drives.  Is this true?  Can I use HPFS on an ESDI without special drivers?
Can I use OS/2 without special drivers?  The board would be an UltraStor
ESDI caching controller, fairly common.  If not under 1.3, then how 'bout
2.0?

I would save myself the trouble and just buy big blue, but I am a student, and
this is going to be a research tool, and I'm paying for it, and I need all the
bang I can get for the buck, and I know my way around the inside of a PC case.
(Is that sufficient apology?)  I'd still like to give IBM my OS money, though!
<grin>.

-Thanks in advance for any help.  Mail would be preferred, but I think a post
is in order.  I'll summarize results.

->dave

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