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From: tensi@informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Thomas Tensi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: 286 Bridgeboard
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Date: 5 Dec 90 10:52:37 GMT
References: <24@microsoft.UUCP> <599@cbmger.UUCP>
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In-reply-to: peterk@cbmger.UUCP's message of 29 Nov 90 09:27:38 GMT

In article <599@cbmger.UUCP> peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) writes:
>  In article <24@microsoft.UUCP> timha@microsoft.UUCP (Tim HARRIS) writes:
>  >  5. Has anyone run Windows on this beast and if so does
>  >it really work?  
>
>  I heard about problems with the mouse driver for Windows 3, but
>  don't know details. As I remember, older versions should do.
>
>  BTW, there is software to use the Amiga mouse as a MS compatible
>  mouse also on the PC side. 

I can add the details, because I was the one posting about the problems with
WINDOWS 3.0.

The AMOUSE.DRV driver for WINDOWS 2.03 works correctly with that version of
WINDOWS. When using it with WINDOWS 3.0, the following problems occur:

 -  The system can not be started in standard mode (i.e. protected mode of the
    80286). The startup screen appears, but after a while the "C>" prompt
    reappears.

 -  In real mode the mouse works, but anytime the graphics mode is changed,
    the system hangs. Normally this is no problem for WINDOWS applications, but
    it is whenever you call a non-WINDOWS application (e.g. WordPerfect) or
    when you leave WINDOWS.

The problem can be definitely accounted to AMOUSE.DRV because all is ok when
you either use no mouse at all (good luck :-) or using a PC-mouse with a serial
card.

                  Hope this helps


                           Thomas Tensi

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