Overview

LDS has provided high quality OS/2 based solutions since 1992. It looks like this tradition will not end anytime soon. LDS is now partnered with the developers of eComStation (eCS) which is the continuation of the IBM OS/2 product line. Following is our standard workstation preload proposal which serves as a great starting point to fine tune a system which will meet and exceed your organization's OS/2 requirements.

UltiVist Server and Workstation Configuration

LDS has developed a configuration which works very well to run UltiVist - both Server and Workstation. UltiVist seems to require this specific and hard-to-find configuration. For our UltiVist Server configuration, the preload is identical to our standard preload. For UltiVist Workstation, however, we do two separate full OS/2 installations: OS/2 Warp 4 with all of the latest updates on the C: partition and eCS 1.2R on the D: partition. UltiVist Workstation requires the 16-bit TCP/IP stack in the original OS/2 Warp 4, and will not run with the newer 32-bit TCP/IP stack. Our clients have found the eCS 1.2R installation on the D: partition useful for accessing USB storage devices which OS/2 Warp 4 can not support.

Note: Unfortunately CC trunk / Robert Shaws CC trunk / RS-485 type networks are incomparable with this configuration. UltiVist shipped with device drivers included for ISA and MCA bus CC trunk adapter cards. However this motherboard configuration only has PCI expansion slots. We did find that PCI boards for RS-485 CC trunk were produced, however we could never find OS/2 device drivers for the PCI adapter cards.

Component Specifications

LDS OS/2 eComStation (eCS) Preloaded Workstation Computer:

• Intel D945GNTL Motherboard
• Intel LGA 775 Pentium 4 631 3.0 GHz, 800MHz FSB, 2MB L2 Cache EM64T - Cedar Mill
• Crucial / Micron 512MB RAM - 1 of 512MB - DDR2 PC2-5300, CL=5, UNBUFFERED, NON-ECC, DDR2-667, 1.8V, 64Meg x 64
• Antec Sonata III 500 Case with 500 Watt EarthWatts Power Supply
• Lite-On CDRW / DVD Burner CD Drive - iHAS424
• Hitachi DeskStar 7K1000 250GB SATA II Hard Disk Drive, 7,200 RPM, 16MB Cache
• ViewSonic 17" Flat Panel LCD Display - VG705b
• Teac 1.44 Floppy Disk Drive
• Logitech PS/2 Optical / Wheel Mouse
• Keytronic Classic-P2 PS/2 Keyboard
• OS/2 eComStation (eCS) 2.0 License - 1.2R Actually Preloaded - Full License Included

Consulting Specifications - UltiVist Server

• 72 Hour Burn-In
• OS/2 installed on three partitions:
  1. C: HPFS Full OS/2
  2. D: HPFS Bootable Maintenance - Created with bootAble, having: Networking, WorkPlace Shell (WPS), etc...
  3. E: JFS Application / Data
• Custom OS/2 bootAble image recovery CD containing reinstall images of the OS/2 partitions as it ships from LDS.

Pricing

Pricing for this preloaded solution, quantity one, starts at $1,500. Please contact LDS to receive a customized quotation.

Consulting Specifications - UltiVist Workstation

• 72 Hour Burn-In
• OS/2 installed on three partitions:
  1. C: HPFS Full OS/2 Warp 4 with latest available updates
  2. D: HPFS Full OS/2 eCS 1.2R
  3. E: JFS Application / Data
• Custom OS/2 bootAble image recovery CD containing reinstall images of the OS/2 partitions as it ships from LDS.

Pricing

Pricing for this preloaded solution, quantity one, starts at $1,700. Please contact LDS to receive a customized quotation.