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From: dhosek@euler.claremont.edu (Don Hosek)
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Subject: Re: Problems right off the bat
Message-ID: <1991May23.191208.1@euler.claremont.edu>
Date: 24 May 91 02:12:08 GMT
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In article <1991May23.203923.4683@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>, stone@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Glenn Stone) writes:
> I just got DV386 and have encountered these problems with it and the 
> programs bundled with it:
 
> 1. MANIFEST reports DOS 4.00 although DOS's VER reports 4.01 (it IS 4.01).

Actually it _is_ 4.00. 4.01 is not really an official version
number although ver and the packaging have it anyway.
 
> 2. BUFFER won't run, saying it needs DOS 2 or 3.

rtfm. rtfERROR MESSAGE.
 
> 3. OPTIMIZE won't put a LOADHI command for Sidekick in my autoexec.  It
>    made LOADHI commands for my other TSR's but not SK.  I can of course
>    change the autoexec file myself, but why would OPTIMIZE choke on SK?

Not enough memory left to load it hight perhaps? Take a look at
first meg/programs in MFT and compare the size of SIDEKICK to the
open holes over 640K.

-dh

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Don Hosek                  
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