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From: tracy@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Phil Tracy)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Running Windows 3.0 from OS/2
Message-ID: <1676@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>
Date: 6 Dec 90 18:21:18 GMT
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Organization: Northwestern University
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Jack Zucker asks (loosely quoted)

Can I run Windows 3.0 in the Dos box of OS/2?

[end loose quotation]

Well, the answer is a guarded yes.  I'm doing so at the moment, in OS/2
extended edition 1.2, Corrective Service Disk level WR04098, but we were
doing it even before the latest fix.

As a further complication, I'm running Windows over an OS/2 LAN, which
works better than you might think.  (A LOT better than under Novell)
Keep this in mind:  it will always give you the "NetPopUp Service Not
Running" error when you start windows, but I'm not sure if that's fatal
or not--it hasn't been for us, at least.  I use Windows 3.0 pretty
regularly in the Dos box of my OS/2 machine, with little problem.  The
major problem, really, is adjusting the Control-Esc, etc., key combinations
such that you can get OUT of your DOS box again :-)

Keep in mind:  if you've purchased OS/2 from IBM, and not Microsoft, 
you'll need to acquire three "magic files" to let Windows 3 run on a lan.
Don't worry, these are freebies.  I can mail them to you, if you want.  
*****I'm not sure if you need these for stand-alone machine.*****

I'm posting because your e-mail address looks rather intimidating.  You can
try e-mailing me, if you'd like to pursue this; I realize I haven't
provided many details.

Phil Tracy
Academic Computing, Northwestern University
tracy@casbah.acns.nwu.edu
(312) 503-1536