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Date:	Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:32:57 PDT7
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: OS/2 and Athlon 64 compatibility

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J. R. Fox wrote:
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> Ray Davison wrote:
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>>You said "based on what your research shows as working *well* with our
>>platform". Just where does one do that research. Let's see, should I
>>wait for the MB manufacturer to certify it for OS/2? Good luck. Or,
>>should we all run whatever Dani runs?
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> There is an OS/2 H-W Compatibility List, though I wouldn't place any large
> wagers on how up-to-date it is. Still, I think it has been mentioned a couple
> times in VOICE List news items this year alone, so I'm not sure why they would
> bother, if most of what it covers should be considered "antiques."

Do you pay any attention to what is on the market. The life cycle of
hardware is months. By the time it is on someones list, it is no
longer on the market.

> No, by
> "what our research shows to be working" I meant checking the various sources
> that are readily to hand. Newsgroups, Google Groups, dedicated lists like this
> one. But by all means, you can start much closer to home. Ask a lot of
> questions. I had seen MSI motherboards for sale various places, but knew
> almost nothing about them. Steve Schiffman is using one with some uncommon
> features (like built-in SCSI controllers), and rather successfully I believe,
> so I grilled him about it at meetings and via email.

MSI makes lots of MB. They are all over the place. Now try to find
the exact MB that Steve is using. The probability is that it will be
difficult. So you are then left having to extrapolate what you know
about one MB onto whatever is on the market now.

Now, having painted that bleak picture, the GigaByte K8VNXP that Dani
runs is available. So again, should we all just run what Dani - or
whoever - runs?

Ray

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