[rescue] Re: IBM PS/2 9595

[Robert Novak]

On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 11:48:26PM -0500, vance at neurotica.com wrote:
> 
> > > Any ideas on what OS I'd be happy with?
> >
> > OS/2 Warp 3.0 runs spectacularly on this iron.  I think mine came with
> > an older rev of OS/2 like 2.0 or more likely 2.1 but 3.0 would run on
> > them pretty well.
> 
> 4.0 runs really, really well.  I would suggest eComStation, if you want to
> run OS/2 now.

That looks pretty cool. However, I'm not sure if eComStation can be
purchased from a US seller at the moment--the US reseller (Prism Data
Works) says as of 1/1/03 they no longer sell it standalone, just as
preload on their hardware. The .biz site they direct you to doesn't exist
yet, from what I can tell. (http://www.prismdataworks.com/ecs/) Bummer
that SMP costs another $135 though. 

> > finding one is that most people don't know MCA when they see it, realize
> > the card won't plug into anything that they have, so figure it is
> > useless and put it in the round file.
> 
> MCA Ethernet cards are actually quite easy to find if you look.

If you look in a box of MCA Ethernet cards, yeah. They're not unobtainium,
but they're not falling out of the sky.

Weird Stuff in Sunnyvale has a big box of MCA stuff in their as-is area,
including memory, video, serial, and ethernet (last time I looked--and the
box hasn't gotten emptier in the last couple of years), and their website
(http://www.weirdstuff.com/commerce/catalog/spcategory.jsp?category_id=1131) 
has 3C523B-TP new in retail box for $35 and 3C529-TP used bare card for
$15. Pas trop shabby :) 

--Rob

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