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In article <yTrJoCAyb9dxEwiI@jimrim.demon.co.uk>
           jim@jimrim.demon.co.uk "Steve Rimmer" writes:
OK, lots of questions, answers one at a time!

> At the moment I am using Win95 with Turnpike and MS Internet Explorer 2
> on a p100 machine with 32MB of RAM and a 28800bps modem.  But for 
> various reasons I am considering changing operating systems to os/2 warp
> (the blue spine version with internet software included).
Good move.

> Could anybody
> tell me if this os is compatable with demon and how easy is it to set
> up to send and receive mail and news, as win95 was quite complicated.  
Basically, the answer is yes, no problem.  However, you won't be able
to use Turnpike (I believe).  There are a number of possible solutions:

	1. Use the DIS DOS software - works like a dream (add the SIO
	   shareware serial drivers for optimum performance too).

	2. Use the OS/2 version of KA9Q to retrieve the news and mail and
	   then use DOS or OS/2 packages to read it - I don't do this so
	   I don't know much about it other than the OS/2 version of KA9Q
	   seems to work OK.

	3. Use the IBM Internet Dialler (part of the Internet Access Kit - AIK
	   in the Bonus Pack) and the Richard Ashton's excellent WARPTCP6 
	   script package to connect to Demon with it (the package can be
	   found in ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/DIS/os2/ or similar).  Having
	   connected, then use OS/2 (or Winsock windows software) to get/put
	   mail and news, access the Web,FTP etc.  The Bonus pack comes with
	   reasonable Telnet, Gopher and FTP clients and AWFUL mail and news
	   clients.  There are a number of very good Mail clients for OS/2
	   and some news ones too - I actually use SNews's OS/2 and DOS ports to
	   read news (old fashioned person that I am!).  Two of the email 
	   clients I know of are PM Mail and the PostRoad Mailer (PRM).  There
	   are lots of others.

There is an FAQ covering this area which would be well worth you getting hold
of. I'm not sure where this is, but it's probably on the Demon FTP site.

The only really tricky bit is getting the initial connection with the dialler.
Once that is done, the only problem is knowing which applications to run
and getting hold of them.  I'm sure readers of this group will provide their
opinions readily!

> Secondly does anyone know whether this package contains an eqivilent to 
> turnpike and netscape, if not would os/2 run these win95 programs 
> without trouble?  
I believe you can't run Turnpike because it has a VxD for its TCP/IP (which 
can't be supported under "real" operating systems like OS/2 and NT for obvious 
reasons) and it won't work with Warp's WinSock compliant TCP/IP.  Netscape
16 bit can be run under OS/2 - it needs a few OS/2 patches applied first.
If you ask the comp.os2.networking.www group, its practically an FAQ there!
Alternatively, use IBM's Web Explorer V1.03 (from 
http://www.raleigh.ibm.com/WebExplorer/).

> Lastly would I need to get new drivers for my modem,
> printer, cd-rom etc or does os/2 warp cover these as well?
I depends on the particular devices - Warp will probably support them out of
the box.  If not, there is an OS/2 device driver repository on the Web 
(go to http://www.ibm.com/ and search for "OS/2 Device Driver") which will
probably provide anything you need.

If you need help, there are lots of comp.os.os2.* newsgroups, OS/2 web sites
and OS/2 users out there that can be of assistance.

Best wishes,

Eoin.
-- 
Eoin Woods, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD1 1PD, UK
Email:      Eoin@copse.demon.co.uk