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From: rcook@ircsun1.ccmblab.nd.edu
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Subject: Re: Running 123R3 under WIN 3.0
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Date: 3 Oct 90 21:14:58 GMT
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To: frankhua@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca (Frank X.J. HUANG)

The answer to your problem is to plunk down $35 (or possibly nothing)
for Lotus 123 release 3.1.

Release 3.0 used VCPI (Virtual Control Program Interface) to access to
protected mode memory (above 640K) which is incompatible with other
protected mode operating systems, such as Windows 3.0 running in
enhanced mode is.  Release 3.1 conforms to the 0.9 release of DPMI (Dos
Protected Mode Interface) to control the protected memory it uses.  DPMI
was cowritten by Microsoft and allows multiple programs to use protected
mode memory and instructions.

In addition to being able to run in Windows 3.0, 1-2-3 3.1 (a whole slew
of numbers, eh?) comes with mouse support and a graphical interface a la
Always, but it is Lotus's own program.  By the way, if you bought
release 3.0 since May 7, 1990, the upgrade is free.  Upgrade charges
from releases 2.2 is $75, all other releases $150.

Have Fun

Robert Kelley Cook
University of Notre Dame
(rcook@darwin.cc.nd.edu)