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From: lron@easy.hiam (Dwight Hubbard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: problems with MS-WINDOWS 3.0 on AT bridgeboard
Message-ID: <lron.1045540@easy.hiam>
Date: 12 Oct 90 06:42:57 GMT
References: <4849@tuminfo1.lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de>
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>In article <4849@tuminfo1.lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de> tensi@informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Thomas Tensi) writes:
>Hello,
>
>did somebody successfully install MS-WINDOWS 3.0 on his or her AMIGA with an
>AT bridgeboard?
>
>I tried to do it last night; the installation worked fine, but the following
>major problems occur:
>
>   - Whenever I start WINDOWS in the standard mode (I assume the 80286 runs in
>     protected mode in that case), the startup screen comes
>     up, but after some time, the DOS prompt appears with the system still in
>     graphics mode (i.e. you can't start WINDOWS in standard mode);
>
>   - I can use WINDOWS in real mode; but whenever I leave it, the system locks
>     up;
>
>There is no special stuff involved. I use the memory management drivers
>HIMEM.SYS and SMARTDRV.SYS (as they were installed by the SETUP-program; I
>think you need them when going for standard mode) and as a mouse driver
>AMOUSE.DRV from the JANUS 2.0 distribution is used.
>
>Maybe one more remark: the system is an 2000A, but I hope this doesn't affect
>the problem?!

One user on one of the local BBSes had posted that he did get windows to work,
but he had to remove the Amouse driver and use a logitech mouse on the PC
side.

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