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From: cmorgan@ooc.uva.nl (Chris Morgan/RIKS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: DR DOS 5.0 & Windows & Tops/Dos ... does it work ???
Message-ID: <16275@slice.ooc.uva.nl>
Date: 28 Nov 90 13:18:50 GMT
Organization: Center for Innovation and Cooperative Technology, University of Amsterdam
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Hi, i'm not sure if this is the correct news group but I have some DR DOS 5.0
related questions...

I've recently installed DR DOS 5.0 on a Compaq DeskPro 386-20 with 8MB RAM. In
all the software is pretty good - the hi-memory allocation of DOS modules
and drivers etc mean that I can now run my Tops/Dos network software in
conjunction with Matrix Layout which requires a large chunk of the 640K.

My problem is this - I cannot get Windows 3.0 to start up in 386 enhanced mode
because, presumably, there is an incompatibility between DR DOS's EMM386.sys
driver and Windows' HIMEM.sys driver.

The question is this - How can I utilize the advantages of DR DOS's memory
relocation tricks AND get MS-Windows 3.0 to run in enhanced 386 mode at the
same time. Also I don't want to loose the ability to keep Tops/Dos in high
memory at the same time.

In short - Can I run DR DOS *AND* Windows 3.0 (386 enhanced mode) *AND* Tops/Dos
ALL AT THE SAME TIME and STILL keep plenty of low memory over for ather apps ???



Thanks in advance for any replies - I would also appreciate direct E-Mail
since I get little chance to access this news group.


Chris Morgan
cmorgan@ooc.uva.nl