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From: gyugyi@earthsea.stanford.edu (Paul Gyugyi)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Win 3.0 w/ Intel INBOARD/386 PC
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Date: 2 May 91 17:55:31 GMT
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In article <13763@ur-cc.UUCP>, ttak@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Tim
Takahashi) writes:
|> I've finally upgraded the memory in my ancient IBM PC w/ INBOARD
386/PC
|> accelerator card to 2mb. However, I seem to have a conflict between
|> HIMEM.SYS and the driver necessary to activate extended memory that
|> comes with the Inboard. Should I call Microsoft or Intel to solve
|> my problems?
|> 
|> (PS The manual states that the .SYS driver that activates the
INBOARD
|>   contains the equivalent of HIMEM.SYS - this only works for Windows
|>   2.x!)
|> 
|> thanks in advance
|> 
|> tim

For now, just use HIMEM.SYS, and load it after the inbrdpc.sys
entry in your config.sys file.  Don't use the Intel-supplied
emm driver you got with the Inboard.

What you want to do is call Intel and get _FREE_ the Inboard/PC
specific version of Windows 3.0.  This will let you run in 386
mode, (which you can't do with the normal version) and in standard
mode (which you _might_ be able to do now).

Email me if you have problems.  I've got an Inboard/PC with the
2 meg expansion board.  If you don't have the 2meg daughter board
full up, you'll have this strange desire to by more memory just
seconds after running windows.

--
Paul Gyugyi
gyugyi@earthsea.stanford.edu