Xref: utzoo comp.windows.ms:8425 comp.sys.dec:4878 comp.os.vms:34487 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!pcserver2!ddsw1!michael From: michael@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Michael Duebner) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,comp.sys.dec,comp.os.vms Subject: Re: DEC Mouse and Windows 386 Message-ID: <1991Jan15.115542.19698@ddsw1.MCS.COM> Date: 15 Jan 91 11:55:42 GMT References: <1991Jan8.123349.1741@sa.gov.au> <1991Jan10.074518.3061@monsanto.com> Organization: ddsw1.MCS.COM Contributor, Wheeling, IL Lines: 40 In article <1991Jan10.074518.3061@monsanto.com> dwploc@monsanto.com writes: >> I am attempting to get a 386 running Windows in 386 enhanced mode using a >> Digital DEPCA Ethernet board with DEPCA mouse. >> >> It appears that the Ethernet cards and mouse driver supplied by DEC for >> installation under Windows (DEPMOUSE.DRV) does not run under 386 enhanced mode. >> >> Documentation has suggested that a seperate mouse driver supplied by DEC >> (DECMOUSE.SYS loaded via CONFIG.SYS) would enable applications to use the >> mouse as though it was a MicroSoft mouse; it doesn't work when running either >> the DEC Mouse driver or the MicroSoft mouse driver. >> >> Note that with the DEC mouse drivers loaded it will run O.K. in real mode. >> A [some stuff nuked] > > We are currently trying to use WIN3.0 and PCSA. We are not using >DEPCA boards. 3COM 3C523's and 3C503's are our standards. The BAD news >is: DEC has finally told us that PCSA 3.0 will DEFINATELY NOT work with >WIN3.0. There seems to be some timeing problems in the PCSA code when >running under Windows. The DEC code is not getting enough time to do its >thing. We have found that the software will work but not consistantly. >Your final comments asking if you must wait for Pathworks leads me to believe >you are not currently using the PCSA product. > >David Ploch Hm, that is strange. We have been using Win 2.0 with PCSA 3.0 for the past 6 weeks without any problems. Each system is running PageMaker as a commercial application and both are very stable. Windows even runs in 386 enhanced mode so we can take advantage of the extra speed. We are using the DEPCA 200 Turbo boards along with the associated DEC drivers. While some of the modules shipped with PCSA don't work, i.e. "must be from an earlier version of Windows" the base system seems reliable enough. The only problem we continue to have is with connections to NET drives from within Windows. Some day I'll figure out what I broke.