Recommendations for operating system

Roy J. Tellason rtellason at verizon.net
Sun Aug 27 22:42:26 CDT 2006


On Sunday 27 August 2006 11:32 pm, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> On 8/27/2006 at 8:23 PM Zane H. Healy wrote:
> >How available is software (OS and apps)?  I ran OS/2 from V1.3 - 3.0,
> >shortly after 3 came out, I moved to a Mac.  A few years ago I build
> >a Pentium 233 to run OS/2 Warp 3 on, and the hardest part was getting
> >a compatible network card (out of a whole box I had one compatible
> >card).
>
> Until recently, when my NICs have been on the mobo, I made it a point to
> purchase only cards with NE2000 compatibility.  Heck, I've even got a
> couple Artisoft cards with jumperable NE1000/2000 compatiblity.   I never
> had a problem getting anything to run with these--drivers are ubiquitous.

I have some of those (compatibles,  dunno what they actually are) and a fair 
number of 3c509 cards,  if anybody needs some.

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