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Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 10:22:18 est5edt
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From:  Lewis G Rosenthal <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com
Subject: OS/2 Wireless Users List: 802.11b OS/2 d

AFAIK, Charles, the A series is not officially supported for OS/2 
(though my wife's A22m runs very sweetly, thank you, with the T series 
drivers). All the notebooks (of which I'm aware) which include 
integrated wireless networking use the display frame as the antenna; a 
good idea, I'm sure. I don't know if there are any other issues with the 
A31 running OS/2 (audio compatibility, etc.). Video shouldn't be a 
problem, though, thanks to SciTech. And speaking of SciTech, I wonder 
whether their SNAP technology could ease the device driver development 
hurdles...

I agree with being able to run the full functionality of the machine 
from all of your OSes. I'm continually frustrated that hibernation 
support has been lacking from recent ThinkPads under OS/2 (and actually, 
when it was available, it only worked either to a reserved partition or 
to a hibernation file located in a FAT volume).

 From the DD matrix, it appears that the A3x models only use the IBM 
High Rate wireless and not Cisco. I wonder, then, whether the 
as-yet-to-be-released IBM drivers will work for the mini PCI wireless 
NIC as well as the PCMCIA version? Perhaps Oliver can comment on this, 
at least to the point of whetehr they've been tested. If so, you may be 
in good shape in short order. Also, I notice that IBM direct is offering 
a free UnltrBay battery with purchases through the 16th or 17th of this 
month. Considering the cost of an UltraBay battery ($200+, I've seen), 
that sounds like a good deal. (It's also quite amusing to see drivers 
for the following "unsupported" OSes listed in the DD matrix: DOS, Win 
95 - 95, would you believe it? - , and OS/2.)

Charles McCallister wrote:

>Lewis, 
>
>I'm thinking the newer A31 has the sweetest setup for 11b connectivity, no 
>cards. All onboard and the antenna(s) surround the screen. Not sure if the
>T30  is up-to-snuff with the A31 offering, but then again I haven't viewed
>the T30  in quite some time. 
>
>Maybe the driver situation is similar to the T30 but I'm not sure. Of
>course,  if I break the piggy bank for the A31, I'm going to want to have
>the 11b  operational from the eCS partition as well. 
>
>
> Charles 
> [22:46 CT, 04-Mar-03] 
>  
>
-- 

Lewis
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