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From: royster@unccvax.uncc.edu (David Royster)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: 4DOS 3.02 and MS Windows 3.0
Keywords: 4DOS Windows problems
Message-ID: <3329@unccvax.uncc.edu>
Date: 8 Apr 91 21:24:53 GMT
References: <18059@sdcc6.ucsd.edu>
Reply-To: royster@unccvax.uncc.edu.UUCP (David Royster)
Organization: University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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In article <18059@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> hartung@crl.ucsd.edu (Jeff Hartung) writes:
>...
>there are some problems I have noticed which have not been mentioned, as far
>as I know, in this newsgroup so far.  One problem which I had been aware of is
>that 4DOS does not like the version of HIMEM.SYS required to run Windows 3.0,
>and will cause your system to crash HARD if you allow it to try to swap to
>extended memory,

I am running both on a 386 at home and have seen no problems with 4DOS or
Windows3. As was mentioned in another message, check your version of HIMEM.SYS
>
>The other problem was more subtle.  When windows starts up with 4DOS installed
>as the shell, the setup program will not run properly.  Any attempt to search
>the disk for applications to install will result in an unexpected application
>error, and possible a crash.  

Again, I have had no such problem, and have been running both since Oct, 90.
However, given the first problem you have experienced, it is not surprising that
you run into others.  Isn't it true that they always run in 3's?!?

dcroyster


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