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From: mark@infolog.se (Mark Plotnick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: PC-ELEVATOR 386 FOR APOLLO
Summary: Is there any hope? Is there any use?
Message-ID: <308@infolog.se>
Date: 13 Nov 90 09:04:55 GMT
Organization: Infologics, Sollentuna, Sweden
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I use a PC-ELEVATOR 386 card (Applied Reasoning Corp.) in a
DN4500 for development of PC/MS-DOS applications.

I would like to increase the usability of this "386".

For example, is there anyway to add exteneded memory? Currently
it can only be emulated by the Apollo which is extremely slow.

Is there anyway to get this card to work decently with Windows-3?

I suppose the main problem is screen drivers. According to the
users manual (July 28, 1989) there are limitiations to how far the
ega/hercules emulation will go and it is slow. I can't use the EGA
anyhow since I have a B&W monitor.

Does anyone know the status of support for these cards from HP/Apollo
and Applied Reasoning Corp? Is there any hope for better integration and
drivers in the future?

I would also like to hear from any other users, especially if they think
using this card is worth the trouble or that they would be better off
with a separate PC connected to the apollo via a network. Is there hope
or is the PC-elevator a dead-end?

Mark Plotnick,   mark@infolog.se
Infologics AB
BOX 91, 191 22 Sollentuna, SWEDEN
Tel. +46 8 92 20 63
Fax  +46 8 96 08 46