OS/2 Warp FAQ List (20 Feb 95)

(2.1) Hardware Requirements

What hardware do I need to run IBM OS/2 Warp?  Do I need a PS/2?

You need any ISA (AT bus), EISA, VESA LocalBus, PCI, or Microchannel PC 
compatible with at least an 80386SX CPU, 4 MB (6 MB or more strongly 
recommended) of RAM, an 80 MB or larger hard disk (with 20-70 MB free, 
depending on which features you wish to install), a supported video 
adapter (CGA, EGA, VGA, SuperVGA, 8514/A, XGA, or third party driver) with 
appropriate display (VGA or better strongly recommended), and a high 
density 3.5 inch diskette drive for installation.  A mouse or other 
pointing device is strongly recommended.  Allow extra RAM and hard disk 
space for OS/2-based networking [see (3.8) Networking Products], Extended 
Services [see (3.10) Extended Services], and/or extra system loads (i.e. 
an extraordinary number of large applications running simultaneously). 
 When calculating hard disk space requirements, subtract space occupied by 
files already on the hard disk which are functionally included in OS/2 
Warp and may be deleted, e.g. DOS, a 386 memory manager, Adobe Type 
Manager [see (5.5) Adobe Type Manager] with base typefaces, etc.

The performance of OS/2 Warp itself will not be increased appreciably with 
the addition of a math coprocessor.  However, certain applications may 
benefit.

The Workplace Shell (WPS) will not operate with the Monochrome Display 
Adapter or the Hercules Monochrome Graphics Adapter.  Usually the WPS will 
fail to work with monochrome EGA.  However, some EGA adapters (e.g. 
Paradise Monochrome EGA Card, ATI EGA Wonder) will emulate all color EGA 
modes on TTL monochrome monitors and, thus, will work with the WPS.

The following dual monitor configurations are supported: VGA (or most 
SuperVGA) with Monochrome Display Adapter (not Hercules), 8514/A with VGA, 
XGA with VGA, and XGA with one or more other XGA.  A secondary monitor is 
most often used with code debuggers that explicitly support such 
configurations.  The Workplace Shell desktop is currently shown only on 
the primary display (except for the STB MVP-2 and MVP-4 ISA and 
Microchannel display adapters which do support the Workplace Shell desktop 
spanning multiple monitors -- contact STB at 214-234-8750 or FAX 
214-234-1306 for more information; and the Double Edge video card from Nth 
Graphics, phone 800-624-7552).

OS/2 Warp specifically supports hard drive adapters which conform to the 
Western Digital chipset interface standard (nearly all MFM, RLL, IDE, and 
ESDI adapters) and Adaptec, Future Domain, DPT, BusLogic, MediaVision
/Trantor, and IBM SCSI adapters.  [True OS/2 Warp drivers for most SCSI 
adapters, e.g. Always, Trantor, Rancho, Procomp, Corel Systems, Seagate, 
Mylex, CE Infosys, Ciprico, NCR, and others are available directly from 
the adapter manufacturers or from (3.2) Shareware and Freeware Sources.] 
 In addition, "generic" INT13 support is provided for all other hard disk 
adapters.  This "generic" support even embraces such devices as Iomega's 
Bernoulli and SyQuest's removeable media products (but for best results 
contact Iomega or SyQuest for an OS/2 Warp driver).

OS/2 Warp driver support is available for nearly all CD-ROM drives.  The 
list below describes the drivers included with OS/2 Warp.  If your CD-ROM 
drive is not on the list, it is in all likelihood a close cousin (or 
follow-on model) to one of the CD-ROM drives on the list, and OS/2 Warp 
will automatically recognize it using the closest match.  Be sure to ask 
the manufacturer of your CD-ROM drive for advice if OS/2 Warp is not 
recognizing it.

 o CD Technology

    - T3301 
    - T3401

 o Chinon

    - 431 
    - 435 
    - 535

 o Compaq

    - Dual Speed

 o Creative Labs

    - OmniCD

 o Hitachi

 o IBM

    - CD-ROM I 
    - CD-ROM II 
    - Enhanced CD-ROM II 
    - ISA

 o Mitsumi

    - CRMC-LU002S 
    - CRMC-LU005S 
    - CRMC-FX001 
    - CRMC-FX001D 
    - CRMC-FX001DE

 o NEC

    - Intersect 25 
    - Intersect 36 
    - Intersect 37 
    - Intersect 72 
    - Intersect 73 
    - Intersect 74 
    - Intersect 82 
    - Intersect 83 
    - Intersect 84 
    - MultiSpin 4Xe 
    - MultiSpin 4Xi 
    - MultiSpin 3Xe 
    - MultiSpin 3Xi 
    - MultiSpin 3Xp 
    - MultiSpin 38 
    - MultiSpin 74-1 
    - MultiSpin 84-1 
    - 2vi 
    - 260

 o Panasonic

    - 501 
    - LK-MC501S 
    - 521 
    - 522 
    - 523 
    - 562 
    - 563

 o Philips

    - LMS CM-205 
    - LMS CM-225 
    - LMS CM-205MS 
    - LMS CM-206 
    - LMS CM-225MS 
    - LMS CM-226 
    - LMS CM-215 
    - LMS CM-207

 o Pioneer

    - DRM-600 
    - DRM-604X

 o Plextor

    - DM-3028 
    - DM-5028 
    - 4PLEX

 o Sony

    - CDU-31A 
    - CDU-33A 
    - CDU-7305 
    - CDU-7405 
    - CDU-531 
    - CDU-535 
    - CDU-6150 
    - CDU-6201 
    - CDU-6205 
    - CDU-6251 
    - CDU-7201 
    - CDU-7205 
    - CDU-55D 
    - CDU-55E 
    - 541 
    - 561 
    - 6211 
    - 7211 
    - 7811 
    - 6111

 o Tandy

    - CDR-1000

 o Texel

 o Toshiba

 o Wearnes

    - CDD-120

 Most IDE CD-ROM drives are also supported.  For CD-ROM drives that use 
 their own adapter cards (that are not attached to SCSI adapters), you may 
 need to know which interrupt (IRQ), DMA channel (if any), and port 
 addresses are used by the CD-ROM adapter in order to correctly configure 
 OS/2 Warp.  Please consult the printed OS/2 Warp manual for guidance.

 OS/2 Warp's CD-ROM support includes audio, ISO 9660/High Sierra, 
 CD-ROM/XA, and Kodak Photo CD (including multisession) compatibility for 
 those CD-ROM drives which support these standards.  An OS/2 Warp CD-ROM 
 device driver automatically provides CD-ROM services to DOS and Windows 
 applications running under OS/2 Warp.  In other words, you do not need to 
 load DOS CD-ROM device drivers when you are running OS/2 Warp.  However, 
 in the unlikely event you cannot locate an OS/2 Warp driver for your 
 CD-ROM drive, you may use the DOS CD-ROM device drivers in a specific DOS 
 session [see (5.9) Specific DOS Sessions for details].

 OS/2 Warp drivers for some non-SCSI Hitachi CD-ROM models are available 
 by calling either Laser Resources (800-535-2737) or Proline 
 (415-692-5262); ask for CDREXT5D.  Storage Devices offers OS/2 drivers 
 for its parallel port attached peripherals, including its CD-ROM drive.

 See (2.3) Printer Support for information on OS/2 printer and plotter 
 compatibility.

 OS/2 Warp is explicitly supported on non-IBM PC compatibles.  IBM is 
 offering a money back compatibility guarantee in the U.S.  Should OS/2 
 Warp fail to work on your compatible within the first 90 days of use, and 
 should IBM be unable to fix the problem, your purchase price will be 
 refunded.  To date over 2000 non-IBM models have been tested in IBM's own 
 labs.

 Related information:

 (3.2)  Shareware and Freeware Sources 
 (3.8)  Networking Products 
 (3.10) Extended Services 
 (5.5)  Adobe Type Manager 
 (5.9)  Specific DOS Sessions

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