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From: pnl@hpfinote.HP.COM (Peter Lim)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Where is Windows 386 3.0?
Message-ID: <19450046@hpfinote.HP.COM>
Date: 4 May 90 20:45:06 GMT
References: <4008.263c5a65@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
Organization: Hewlett Packard CICD
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> .............. as well as EMM386.SYS (with 3.0), which does exactly what you
> want done. BTW: SMARTDRV.SYS is the best disk-caching utility I've seen,
> CORETEST, which gives me a figure of slightly over 600Kb/s when 
> talking directly
> to the disk (Adaptec RLL/Priam 230 Mb drive), says 4.6 Mb/s when 
> using SMARTDRV.
> When configured with 4Mb RAM it load windows 386 (2.11) in abaout 8 sec's the
> second time, as opposed to 23 sec's the first.(25 MHz 386)
> 
Just for comparison, SUPERPCK running under QEMM386-5.0 gives me about
6 Mb/s under CORETEST and load windows 286 (2.11) under 3 to 4 sec's.
Besides, the SUPERPCK cache can share EMS memory with a RAM disk and
print spooler.

> I for one cannot wait to have an official release of "the OS/2 killer" and
> applications like Ami, Excel and other 3.0 compatible applications on my
> machine.
> 
Me neither, but from reliable sources, I heard that under the 286 protected
mode, almost no existing Windows application run properly except Word for
Windows.  Excel is the worst culprit --- hangs the machine stiff !
My source hasn't tested the 386 protected mode operation yet. He too is
very reluctant to dismount QEMM-386  :-).


Personally, I feel very PISSED OFF that Micr*s*ft chose to create a new
DOS extender standard when one is already in place.

In fact, Windows 286 refuses to install when QEMM-386 is loaded ! But, if
you disable QEMM-386, install Windows and then re-enable QEMM-386, boot
and run, Windows 286 works perfectly fine under QEMM-386 ! What an
ARSE-HOLE !!!  Sorry for the langauge, but I just think that Micr*s*ft
is disgusting in this count.


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