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    From Barbara@21:1/5 to Kelbel on Tue Dec 6 22:44:09 2016
    On Mon, 5 Dec 2016 16:35:40 UTC, Kelbel <kelbel.b.root@free.fr> wrote:

    Hello

    Has somebody installed OS/2 V4.52 on subject computer ?
    (availability of the various drivers etc etc)
    What are the caveats ?

    Thks for info

    K.

    I don't know how much help this will be but I have eCS 2.2 (final beta) installed on a Thinkpad X220. Everything works except wifi. Not sure of the differences between X200 and X220.

    In this Thinkpad, (don't know about the x200) the wifi card is an Intel Centrino
    Advanced-N 6205 for which there is not a working eCS - OS/2 driver. A genmac driver was promised, but as far as I know never delivered. If I need wifi, I use a small Netgear external wireless adapter. It can also be attached to a home wireless router, but that defeats its use as a portable.

    I also have Linux and Windows7 installed on this computer. Installing all 3 OS's was done largely by trial and error in early 2014 and it wasn't easy! Sorry I don't have any more current information.

    --
    Barbara

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  • From Philippe@21:1/5 to Barbara on Wed Dec 7 10:23:44 2016
    Barbara wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Dec 2016 16:35:40 UTC, Kelbel <kelbel.b.root@free.fr> wrote:


    Hello

    Has somebody installed OS/2 V4.52 on subject computer ?
    (availability of the various drivers etc etc)
    What are the caveats ?

    Thks for info

    K.


    I don't know how much help this will be but I have eCS 2.2 (final beta) installed on a Thinkpad X220. Everything works except wifi. Not sure of the differences between X200 and X220.

    In this Thinkpad, (don't know about the x200) the wifi card is an Intel Centrino
    Advanced-N 6205 for which there is not a working eCS - OS/2 driver. A genmac
    driver was promised, but as far as I know never delivered. If I need wifi, I use a small Netgear external wireless adapter. It can also be attached to a home wireless router, but that defeats its use as a portable.

    I also have Linux and Windows7 installed on this computer. Installing all 3 OS's was done largely by trial and error in early 2014 and it wasn't easy! Sorry I don't have any more current information.


    OK thks for yr info. There was a typo in my post: I meant "X220" and not X200 No wifi support is however a bit annoying.


    thanks again

    K.

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  • From Barbara@21:1/5 to Philippe on Wed Dec 7 14:47:16 2016
    On Wed, 7 Dec 2016 09:23:44 UTC, Philippe <philippe.jacquart@free.fr> wrote:

    Barbara wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Dec 2016 16:35:40 UTC, Kelbel <kelbel.b.root@free.fr> wrote:


    Hello

    Has somebody installed OS/2 V4.52 on subject computer ?
    (availability of the various drivers etc etc)
    What are the caveats ?

    Thks for info

    K.


    I don't know how much help this will be but I have eCS 2.2 (final beta) installed on a Thinkpad X220. Everything works except wifi. Not sure of the
    differences between X200 and X220.

    In this Thinkpad, (don't know about the x200) the wifi card is an Intel Centrino
    Advanced-N 6205 for which there is not a working eCS - OS/2 driver. A genmac
    driver was promised, but as far as I know never delivered. If I need wifi, I
    use a small Netgear external wireless adapter. It can also be attached to a
    home wireless router, but that defeats its use as a portable.

    I also have Linux and Windows7 installed on this computer. Installing all 3
    OS's was done largely by trial and error in early 2014 and it wasn't easy! Sorry I don't have any more current information.


    OK thks for yr info. There was a typo in my post: I meant "X220" and not X200 No wifi support is however a bit annoying.


    thanks again

    K.


    It's very annoying! WIFI does work on Linux and Windows.

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    Barbara

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  • From Pete@21:1/5 to Barbara on Thu Dec 8 02:09:51 2016
    Hi Barbara

    Barbara wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Dec 2016 16:35:40 UTC, Kelbel <kelbel.b.root@free.fr> wrote:

    Hello

    Has somebody installed OS/2 V4.52 on subject computer ?
    (availability of the various drivers etc etc)
    What are the caveats ?

    Thks for info

    K.

    I don't know how much help this will be but I have eCS 2.2 (final beta) installed on a Thinkpad X220. Everything works except wifi. Not sure of the differences between X200 and X220.

    In this Thinkpad, (don't know about the x200) the wifi card is an Intel Centrino
    Advanced-N 6205 for which there is not a working eCS - OS/2 driver. A genmac
    driver was promised, but as far as I know never delivered.


    I'm sure I saw something about N6205 support in a genmac Intel package...

    Have a look at ftp://genmac@ftp.os2voice.org/GENMU_INTEL_WIFI_README.TXT
    which claims support for some N6205 Device IDs.


    Regards

    Pete



    If I need wifi, I
    use a small Netgear external wireless adapter. It can also be attached to a home wireless router, but that defeats its use as a portable.

    I also have Linux and Windows7 installed on this computer. Installing all 3 OS's was done largely by trial and error in early 2014 and it wasn't easy! Sorry I don't have any more current information.


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  • From Barbara@21:1/5 to Pete on Thu Dec 8 17:59:26 2016
    On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 02:09:51 UTC, Pete <losepete@losepete.plus.com> wrote:

    Hi Barbara

    Barbara wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Dec 2016 16:35:40 UTC, Kelbel <kelbel.b.root@free.fr> wrote:

    Hello

    Has somebody installed OS/2 V4.52 on subject computer ?
    (availability of the various drivers etc etc)
    What are the caveats ?

    Thks for info

    K.

    I don't know how much help this will be but I have eCS 2.2 (final beta) installed on a Thinkpad X220. Everything works except wifi. Not sure of the
    differences between X200 and X220.

    In this Thinkpad, (don't know about the x200) the wifi card is an Intel Centrino
    Advanced-N 6205 for which there is not a working eCS - OS/2 driver. A genmac
    driver was promised, but as far as I know never delivered.


    I'm sure I saw something about N6205 support in a genmac Intel package...

    Have a look at ftp://genmac@ftp.os2voice.org/GENMU_INTEL_WIFI_README.TXT which claims support for some N6205 Device IDs.


    Regards

    Pete

    Do you need a Voice subscriber package and password to get in there? All I'm getting is a "Enter Password" box.

    --
    Barbara

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  • From fritz chwolka@21:1/5 to All on Thu Dec 8 21:23:41 2016
    Am 08.12.2016 um 18:59 schrieb Barbara:
    On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 02:09:51 UTC, Pete <losepete@losepete.plus.com> wrote:

    Hi Barbara

    Barbara wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Dec 2016 16:35:40 UTC, Kelbel <kelbel.b.root@free.fr> wrote:

    Hello

    Has somebody installed OS/2 V4.52 on subject computer ?
    (availability of the various drivers etc etc)
    What are the caveats ?

    Thks for info

    K.

    I don't know how much help this will be but I have eCS 2.2 (final beta)
    installed on a Thinkpad X220. Everything works except wifi. Not sure of the
    differences between X200 and X220.

    In this Thinkpad, (don't know about the x200) the wifi card is an Intel Centrino
    Advanced-N 6205 for which there is not a working eCS - OS/2 driver. A genmac
    driver was promised, but as far as I know never delivered.


    I'm sure I saw something about N6205 support in a genmac Intel package...

    Have a look at ftp://genmac@ftp.os2voice.org/GENMU_INTEL_WIFI_README.TXT
    which claims support for some N6205 Device IDs.


    Regards

    Pete

    Do you need a Voice subscriber package and password to get in there? All I'm getting is a "Enter Password" box.



    ftp://ftp.os2voice.org/pub/genmac/

    I believe you can login with anonymous login

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  • From Barbara@21:1/5 to All on Thu Dec 8 23:00:45 2016
    On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 20:23:41 UTC, fritz chwolka <fritz_chwolka@t-online.de> wrote:

    Am 08.12.2016 um 18:59 schrieb Barbara:
    On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 02:09:51 UTC, Pete <losepete@losepete.plus.com> wrote:

    Hi Barbara

    Barbara wrote:
    On Mon, 5 Dec 2016 16:35:40 UTC, Kelbel <kelbel.b.root@free.fr> wrote: >>>
    Hello

    Has somebody installed OS/2 V4.52 on subject computer ?
    (availability of the various drivers etc etc)
    What are the caveats ?

    Thks for info

    K.

    I don't know how much help this will be but I have eCS 2.2 (final beta) >>> installed on a Thinkpad X220. Everything works except wifi. Not sure of the
    differences between X200 and X220.

    In this Thinkpad, (don't know about the x200) the wifi card is an Intel Centrino
    Advanced-N 6205 for which there is not a working eCS - OS/2 driver. A genmac
    driver was promised, but as far as I know never delivered.


    I'm sure I saw something about N6205 support in a genmac Intel package... >>
    Have a look at ftp://genmac@ftp.os2voice.org/GENMU_INTEL_WIFI_README.TXT >> which claims support for some N6205 Device IDs.


    Regards

    Pete

    Do you need a Voice subscriber package and password to get in there? All I'm
    getting is a "Enter Password" box.



    ftp://ftp.os2voice.org/pub/genmac/

    I believe you can login with anonymous login

    Thanks. That worked. Most of the information there is dated 2014, and I believe
    I did try some of it. Oddly the wpi test file dated 2014 is tagged O-4-6 with the one dated 2016 tagged 0-4-5. ??? If I'm not mistaken while trying to understand the .txt files it's a request for users to try this and that and report back if it works. I gave up.

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    Barbara

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