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From: tanida@sindre.css.gov (Tom Tanida)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Unrecoverable Application Error
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Date: 12 Sep 90 00:32:51 GMT
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In-reply-to: michal@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu

In article <25516.26ecc3a8@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, michal@kuhub writes:
>
>Occassionally I would get an error message in windows 
>   Unrecoverable Application Error.
>   Terminating Current Application.
>or
>   Application has violated system integrity.
>   Terminating ...
>
> The mouse will go dead, I would have to re-set the system. I have a put
>together 386sx with 4mb of memory and  svga trident (platinum) card.
> The only thing that I can do is probably change the .PIF settings. 
>Would you think that if an application uses himem and you say it does not such 
>an error could occur ? Or would this point more to a hardware incompatibility?

I might like to know the exact cause myself.  My friend has a 33 Mhz
machine and a fast IDE drive, and he (more often than not)
will get an Unrecoverable Application Error upon starting Windows.
By turning the speed down to 20 Mhz, Windows will *always* work.  The
tech support from Microsoft on this matter leaves much to be desired.
(In fact, I've also had my Microsoft mouse, plugged into my ATI video
card's port) go dead when trying to run DOS apps,
and Microsoft can't explain it- and I *know* I'm not the only one who
has seen either of these problems. 

> Has any one succeeded at using the Trident drivers in 640x480x256 mode ?
>I have tried it yesterday but the screen got mangled up. Could it be that the 
>card needs additional memory ? (I have 256k, not 512k).

You do need 512K for that mode (multiply 640x480 > 256K).  Of course, 
at least you have drivers for your card; I'm still waiting for 256 color
drivers for the ATI!

-Tom