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From: ydist@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Yijun Ding)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: 1. com3 in enhanced, 2. himem.sys
Keywords: com, enhanced
Message-ID: <59216@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Date: 10 Nov 90 15:41:03 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Computing & Information Services
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Two problems with win3.0, can someone explain?  Thanks.

1. I have two serial ports and my modem is configured to COM3. Terminal
  program from window would not run.  It give message "COM3 used by ...",
  etc.  Mskermit, Procomm and BitCom all seem to be able to dial etc., but
  you can not see anything on screen.  Without window, they all work fine.
  In Mskermit, set port=Bios3 seems the only way to make it work.  This 
  setting does not work very well (lose char.) even without window.
  
  Strange, if use "win /s" --> start window in standard mode, all works
  including Terminal from window.

2. We have a program (APLII) with use protected mode (need 2mg to run, our
  machine has 4 mg, DELL310, Everex 386/20).  There is a utility program from
  APLII called RAM.COM, checking memory avaible.  With HIMEM.SYS in
  config.sys:
     
   RAM report MEM Ok. After exit window, RAM.COM report 0 extended mem and
   APLII can not be loaded.

   With device=emm386.sys 2048 in config.sys:  RAN report expanded mem Ok.
   After start window and then exit it, RAM report 0 expanded, 0 extended
   on Everex (so APLII can't run), but correct expanded, 0 extended on
   DELL.  Dell still able to run APLII.

  Running APLII in standard mode in window is no better -- we are not asking
  this much yet.

3. We have a little BOOT program.  It does not work in window.  It will hang
   the machines.

Any idea wellcome.

(412)624-0134 (DR. DING)