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From: scott@cs.hw.ac.uk (Scott Telford)
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Subject: Re: Is there an ftp site for upgrade win 3.0a?
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Date: 8 Mar 91 19:34:08 GMT
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In article <1991Mar7.170748.25606@sbcs.sunysb.edu>
altman@sbstaff2.cs.sunysb.edu (Jeff Altman) writes:
>... 3.0a is a bug fix which addresses 4 specific problems
>related to standard mode on 286s on Novell or NetBIOS compatible networks 
>with 1 meg of RAM.
> ... 
>The update consists of a completely new set of Windows diskettes.  The dates
>on all of the files have been changed but only 4-6 of the files are actually
>new.  The Supplement Driver Library drivers are more recent than the drivers
>on the 3.0a disks.  Changes have been made to ProgMan and FileMan to reflect
>the new version number.  

I had a look at Windows 3.00a (sic) recently when a new PC arrived in
our department with it already installed. There is at least one more
bugfix than the ones mentioned above: the really stupid bug in File
Manager where floppy disk volume labels aren't updated after you swap
disks (at least my Windows 3.00 didn't) is now fixed. 

Only Program Manager FileManager and WinVer seem to have the new 3.00a
version number.

Has anybody noticed the DIR datestamps on the 3.00a files: "31-10-90 3:00a"
I wonder if another release before 3.1 will be called 3.00p :^).

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