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From: MSR113@psuvm.psu.edu (Matthew Starr Richmond)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Standard mode locks up
Message-ID: <90256.020432MSR113@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 13 Sep 90 06:04:32 GMT
References: <1990Sep12.184606.16168@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
Organization: Penn State University
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In article <1990Sep12.184606.16168@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>,
mikew@proton.LCS.MIT.EDU (Michael B. Williams) says:
>
>I just switched to Standard mode from 386 Enhanced mode because it's
>significantly faster (especially when running DOS apps), but now when I
>switch to a running DOS application, my system sometimes locks up tight,
>necessitating a cold reboot.

I have a 286 AT and therefore (unfortunately) MUST run in Standard Mode,
but I too have noticed that my machine freezes up frequently..  Could
these 2 occurances be connected in some way?  Is there a problem with
running DOS apps from Windows?  Thanks..
                                                   --Matt