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#1
Guess there's not as much interest as I thought.  Darn.
#2
As tempting as Torrents are, I'd really like a legit copy.  Also, they appear to be all dead anyways. ;)
#3
Quote1) Are those only PCMCIA devices? I really think that PCMCIA technology is getting discontinued this days. PC Card are getting removed from laptop, now it is harder to get a modern laptop with it. But please correct me if I'm wrong.

That is actually an excellent point, so much for futureproofing.  I checked a few of the list above and none of them appear to be expresscard controllers. :(
#4
Well, if it's that hard to get looks like I'll be playing with OpenWatcom.  Also, as far as the mouse driver is concerned, looks like I need to assemble the assembly (where I did most of my work) with masm, can't believe that didn't occur to me.  However I have no access to the DDKToolkit. :(

Thanks.  And I'll look into the digitizer tablet, but honestly I have no idea how it works or what protocol it uses.  Does APIC or ACPI perhaps break it?
#5
It's important to get an SLC SSD if at all possible.  I put a 16GB IDE one in an old notebook and it absolutely flies with ecs.  The MLC drives in my experience do have a tendency to degrade over time, it's due to the fact that they store data using a double state bit that can hold 2 bits in one cell.  It gets messy if allignment is not set right.

Mind you, SLC drives are even more small and expensive.
#6
Well, I am playing with the Rodent.sys driver trying to get it to support the Synaptic Touchpads in relative mode with gestures and tapping disabled as an experiment, eventually planning to make a fully supported absolute mode driver out of it.  it would really help with old notebooks, and I can't seem to get it to compile under OpenWatcom, esspecially the assembly portions.

That and the graphical "GUI builder" would be nice.  I can live without it but in the future it might help.
#7
I recently emailed APSoft regarding a build for a TI x515 chipset.  They replied they'd be able to add support for it and several other chipsets, but need cash to do so...  Around 3k euros.  Is there any community interest in this?  It's a lot of money to be sure but supporting these chipsets would go a long ways towards future proofing OS/2 on newer laptops.

The complete list of what they could support with their Socket Services driver update is displayed below, taken verbatim from an email:

·         Texas Instruments PCI1515, PCI4515, PCI6515 and PCI7515 CardBus adapters

·         Texas Instruments PCI4512, PCI6412, PCI6612, PCI7412, PCI7612, PCI8412 CardBus adapters

·         Ricoh R5C477, R5C485, R5C486, R5C522, R5C551 ,R5C554 ,R5C803, R5C811, R5C812, R5C841, R5C842, R5C843, R5C847, R5C853 CardBus adapters

·         O2Micro OZ6922, OZ711MP1/MS1, OZ711EZ1/MZ1, OZ711SP1, OZ6933E, OZ711MP3/MS3 CardBus adapters

I obviously can't afford it,  but maybe the community could start a donation pool or something if there is enough interest.
#8
Hello all, pretty much all that needs to be said is in the description.  I'm a pretty skilled developer at C and C++ on other platforms, and would like to try my hand at OS/2.  I need a decent compiler however, and it's looking as though VisualAge C++ is still required for many things.  If anyone could help me obtain a new or second hand copy I'd be willing to pay a fair fee.

Thanks in advance!