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From: dchun@aludra.usc.edu (Dale Chun)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: more gripes about Win 3.0
Keywords: trashing disks frustration argh! MicroSloths
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Date: 18 Aug 90 14:22:33 GMT
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In article <1990Aug17.224057.13790@val.com> ben@val.com (Ben Thornton) writes:
>jwb@cci632.UUCP ( co-op) writes:
>a divide overflow and the machine halts.  After rebooting, CHKDSK
>reports crosslinks and a trashed windows directory.  Also, Norton
>Disk Doctor does find the trashed FAT.  I'm not sure whether or not
>the Trident driver is responsible, but I had used Windows 3.0 for
>several weeks with the standard VGA driver with no disk corruption
>problems prior to installing the Trident Driver.

You are not alone, few minutes after running Windows 3.0 on a 286-10,
my computer dies/hangs, then after rebooting, my EMS (Expanded memory
system) fails to get recognized by emm.sys (fixed it by cracking out
the original disks and zeroing expanded memory), the CMOS is scrambled
(fixed it by running setup), CHKDSK C: reports "Probable Non-DOS
Disk//Continue Y/N ?" (even Mace can't repair the damage; so fixed
this by reformatting), modem fails to respond with my comm program
(fixed this by downloading the stuffs again) and many small other
irritating problems.

After all of this (above), I still don't know if I fixed everything
that Windows 3.0 trashed. Still running "mapmem" (to check on expanded
memory) and CHKDSK on every single partition every five
minutes....yeah, I know, I pain, but I really don't wanna go through
the above again.......(phew!)

>> Needless to say, I am not using Win 3.0 any more.  I would also
>> add that it never did run well on my 10 MHZ 286 even with 2 1/2
>> megs of memory;  you really do  need a 386 with 3 megs or more.
>
>I have had some nagging problems with strange hangs and inability
>to run some of its own applications on my 12 MHz 286.  Also, the
>keyboard never works right at 12 MHz.  It beeps (as thought the
>keyboard buffer were full) with almost every keystroke.  Slowing
>to 6 MHz corrects this.

...similar (not exactly) problem here...

>>Thanx for hearing me out.

...hope netland hears me too.

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