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From: liberato@dri.com (Jimmy Liberato)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: Window 3.0 is a Pain
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Date: 2 Apr 91 20:59:41 GMT
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Reply-To: liberato@dri.com (Jimmy Liberato)
Organization: Digital Research, Inc., Monterey Development Center
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lee@minnow.sp.unisys.com (Gene Lee) writes:

>I have been trying to load windows 3.0 on my new DTK 486/25 with no luck.
>Windows runs fine if I put it in Real or Standard mode but if I try to 
>run it in Enhanced mode it dies.  The worst thing about it is that it 
>does not print any error messages, it just goes back to the DOS prompt
>while the opening logo screen is still up.  

>I called Microsoft (I should have known better) and all the guy could do
>is guess at problems ...

Ok, another guess: try turning off your CPU instruction cache (usually
toggled by a "turbo" switch on a 486) before loading your XMS driver
(HIMEM.SYS).

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Jimmy Liberato   liberato@dri.com
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