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Date:  Fri, 23 Sep 2005 14:42:51 -0700
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From:  Mark Henigan <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com
Subject: [OS2Wireless] IBM T30 notebook - Wireless PCI IRQ?

Neil Waldhauer wrote:
> 
<snip>
> ...If I had the IBM part number, I'd put up an eBay
> search for it. It's an mPCI card, and easily installable. 
 > But since I have a lovely Cisco 350 PC card, I don't
 > really need more.

While I have Cisco 350s with the highest revision, I am
still interested in an mPCI card and will attempt to obtain
one of those mentioned for the T23.

The reason that I'd like to use the installed card is that,
even after we succeeded in getting the driver for my Cisco
350 to load correctly at the August 2005 BayWarp meeting,
most of the time it still takes over 99% of cpu cycles and
is usually unkillable.  I have tried numerous strategies to
get it to load, with rare and inconsistent success.  It's
assigned IRQ3 exclusively without apparent conflict until I
start WXLAN.  I've tried using no peripherals as well as
various peripherals in USB, SCSI, and parallel ports,
hoping to determine where the conflict develops.  I've also
run various hardware detection programs without finding
evidence of a conflict.  Although I don't see parameters
described for WXLAN, I suppose I could find a way to use
reserve.sys to resolve a resource conflict if only I could
locate the source of the problem.

> As for the availability of 802.11b cards on eBay, 
> it seems to be more and more plentiful, not less. 

They are excellent cards under OS/2-eCS when they are
configured correctly.

> Just like good laptops for running eComStation, which
> seem to grow more plentiful and cheaper. The T23 and T30 
> are quite good, and the T20 and T21 are very nicely 
> priced.
<snip>

I agree with most of what you say here.  However, my K6-III
at 400MHz on an FIC PA2013 is faster than my T30.  I'm
guessing that this is because of the cpu that many have
told me is a poorly designed model.  Also, you purchase one
with the high resolution screen ( :-> ), a real advantage
that I'd recommend for anyone who uses OS-virtualization
software such as VPC and SVISTA.

Thanks for all of your help!

Best Regards,

- Mark

Mark Henigan
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