Xref: utzoo comp.os.msdos.apps:2047 comp.windows.ms:13440 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!metro!macuni!suna!dcrowley From: dcrowley@suna.mqcc.mq.oz.au (David Crowley) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: MS-DOS v5.0 Release Date 11th June Message-ID: <1006@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz> Date: 4 Jun 91 09:10:39 GMT Article-I.D.: macuni.1006 References: <28466BFD.13771@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> Sender: news@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz Organization: Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Lines: 30 In article gurganus@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (James P Gurganus) writes: >riehm@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Carl Riehm) writes: > >>>for MS-DOS 5.0, which will be released World-Wide on 11th June. And not before time too :-( > >>How will the operation of Windows 3.0 be affected by DOS 5.0, if at all? Win3 works fine for me under Dos5 though there were a fee initial hiccups, cause I don't have enough memory to put all that I want up into himem like you can do with qemm. But no I'm hooning and get more memory for dos apps under windows. :-) > >some extra file in your root directory to run Windows 3.0. Does anyone >know what this file does or if its really needed? Yep, this is true. When you get all your N disks that come with Dos5 and then type setup to install it, it puts a file called WINA20.386 in to root dir on your boot disk (ie C:) and if this file does not exist windows will not run in 386enh mode. Ohh, yea and another thing. Is it possible to set up expanded memory, extended memory, put stuff up in himem and still be able to run win in standard mode? I couldn't get it to work. I can only run in 386enh mode which is fine, but I was wondering?-) David... -- -----------------=\|/= = = = = Don't blow up, it's more fun to implode ! = = = David Crowley --@-- Database Programmer, Macquarie University, Australia ----------------- /|\ email: dcrowley@suna.mqcc.mq.oz.au At MacUni-Phone = 61 2 805-8792 Room = EsevenB 238. At home-Phone = 489-5384