Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!bellcore!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!sdrc!spsisira From: spsisira@sdrc.UUCP (Sisira Jayasinghe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Windows 3.0 troubles with Northgate Message-ID: <1453@sdrc.UUCP> Date: 15 Jun 90 14:11:52 GMT References: <4625@sunspot.cme.nist.gov> Organization: SDRC, Cincinnati Lines: 19 In article <4625@sunspot.cme.nist.gov>, anderson@cme.nist.gov (William E. Anderson) writes: > I am unable to run Windows 3.0 in 386 enhanced mode on my Northgate > 386 machine. The symptoms are that the screen is a mess and the > cursor usually locks up. Substituting the Northgate-supplied vga-16 > board with a Paradise 8-bit board solves the problem. Northgate can > not explain this (they suggest not using enhanced mode). Any ideas? I am running Windows 3.0 on my Northgate SL 20 in enhanced 386 mode. Everything runs fine. Of course, the software was sent to me by Northgate. I wonder they make some changes to Windows 3.0 they are destributing. Sisira Jayasinghe. Sr. Technical Developement Engineer uunet!sdrc!cae19!spsisira Structural Dynamics Research Coorporation spsisira@sdrc.UUCP 2000 Eastman Dr. Milford OH 45150