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From: wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Windows 386
Summary: Make sure you have latest version of Windows 386
Keywords: Windows 386/Zenith 386
Message-ID: <1356@neoucom.UUCP>
Date: 29 Sep 88 02:55:57 GMT
References: <5402@ecsvax.uncecs.edu>
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Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
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<< Windows 386 on a Zenith problems >>

1.  Make sure that you have the most recent version of Windows.  It
is now up to at least version 2.10 (latest major revsion we have).
The first version we got was 2.03.

2.03 had quite a few bugs.  2.03 would often crash when switching
from one window to another.  It would occasionally crash for no
discernable reason at all (on a model 80 IBM).  We were running
with 2 megs.  We upped to 6 megs (talk about $$ ) and it helped a
lot.

Version 2.10 is also somewhat faster opening Windows, etc.  I
didn't feel like things were terribly faster in actual use,
however.  One thing I've noticed is that trapping of misbehaved
applications that try to write directly to the screen is much
better under 2.10.

Amazingly, 2.10 seems to get along well with most popular TSR
programs.  You can load the TSRs before windows to have them
available in every application.  You can also run a TSR in a
window after loading windows.  The TSR then goes away when the
window closes.  Neat.  That is one of the best features so far.

One thing that still is sorely needed is some sort of window depth
arranger like the Amiga has.  On a "dinky" 16 inch monitor, it
quickly gets to be a hassle trying to wade through a piple of 6 or
so windows.  I'm not terribly enamored of using the ALT-TAB to
toggle the windows.  I don't know why, but the inconification
method in Sunview seems less of a hassle.  At least, if necessary,
the windows can be dealt with without touching the mouse.

All in all, windows has come a long way in the last year or so.

--Bill