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From: zimmer@cod.NOSC.MIL (Thomas L. Zimmerman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: TOPS network with Windows/386
Message-ID: <1254@cod.NOSC.MIL>
Date: 13 Oct 88 15:28:38 GMT
References: <4665@thorin.cs.unc.edu>
Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego
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I'm not sure if there is any relation, but I had similar mysterious
"hangups" while trying to get Windows/286 running on my Zenith Z-248.
Windows wouldn't even finish loading with TOPS installed - it just
hung with the Windows title screen showing.  That was bad enough, but even
after I removed TOPS (I eventually even removed the device driver for
the Flashcard), I couldn't get Windows to run for more than about 5 minutes.
It seemed to lock-up anytime I began to stress its memory usage.  For example,
when trying to open a second application (even if I had closed the window
for the first one) or trying to print something.  Very disappointing and
not what you'd expect from a mature product from a respected company.

My configuration is a Zenith Z-248 (AT-clone) with 3M of RAM (2.5M is
extended memory).  I was trying to run Windows/286 ver. 2.1 using the
Microsoft Extended Memory Manager and SMARTDrive.

Lee Zimmerman
Naval Ocean Systems Center
zimmer@nosc.mil