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From: hrs1@cbnewsi.att.com (herman.r.silbiger)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Gateway 2000, Win 3.0, & Excel 2.1C???
Keywords: problems with Excel on a Gateway 2000
Message-ID: <1991Feb7.021757.29391@cbnewsi.att.com>
Date: 7 Feb 91 02:17:57 GMT
References: <11279@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <11279@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>, todd@uhunix1.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Todd Ogasawara) writes:
> I just received my 33MHz 80386 Gateway 2000 yesterday and started moving my
> software from my old AT clone to it today. I've run into a problem with
> Microsoft Excel 2.1C (upgrade released in December 1989). The problem is
> that Excel locks up right after the startup screen (the empty spreadsheet)
> appears in either Windows 3.0 Standard or 386Enchanced mode. It works ok if
> I run Windows 3.0 in Real mode. Excel 2.1C ran fine on my old 10MHz 286 in
> Windows 3.0 Standard mode. And, I've seen it run on an Acer 1100/25 (25MHz
> 386) in Standard and 386Enhanced mode, so I suspect the problem lies in the
> Gateway itself. Any clues out there? Here is my configuration:
> 
> 	33MHz 386 Micronics motherboard w/64K cache
> 	01/15/88 Phoenix BIOS
> 	4M RAM (PC-Cache 6.0 uses 1M of this as a disk cache)
> 	4M Permanent swap file
>
I have the same system as you, but you did not say which disk drive you have.  I
have the 150 Mb ESDI with UltraStor controller, which os a cached controller.
While I did not have the problem you mention with Excel, (I also have 2.1c), I had some problems with a few other programs.  I found out that there is no need
for PC-Cache which I was uasing when you have a cache controller for the hard
disk.  After I removed PC-Cache I had no more problems.  Apperently there is
some contention between the the two caching facilities.

Herman Silbiger