Re: Warp Connect and THinkpads

[Kris Williams <krisdw@ezl.com>]

** Reply to note from dewar@nile.gnat.com 08/17/95 09:02am -0400 
 
 
> Just in case someone else gets the runaround from IBM 
>  
> I decided to load Warp COnnect on my TP755CX (anone else who has done   
this, 
> I would appreciate any tips etc.) 
>  
> Well I was a bit surprised to find I could not buy it on diskettes. 
>  
> I was even more surprised when IBM on the support line (after going   
to 
> "consult an OS/2 expert" told me that it was not even possible to   
build 
> diskettes from the CD ROM, that the installation required a CD ROM. 
>  
> I asked him how the %$#@$%#@ was I supposed to do that on my   
thinkpad, and 
> he told me I had to get a PCMCIA CD ROM [yes -- sure -- there is a   
very 
> nice Sony CD ROM sitting on my desk, supported only by windows, with   
Sony 
> saying they will not be making an OS/2 driver]. 
>  
> Well I was really mad, and decided that was it, end of the line for   
OS/2 (and 
> I am a BIG OS/2 fan!) 
>  
> Well the IBM story was junk, you can indeed make diskettes from the   
CD ROM, 
> no problem and works fine 
Wow!  You must have gotten a real genius at the help desk.  I've been   
using the IAK on ThinkPad for a couple of months. 
Certainly has a few bugs and the mail program sucks big time (I   
switched to Post Road Mailer which is outstanding).  

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