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From: howell@thorin.cs.unc.edu (William Howell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Windows/386 - Problem with Excel and other problems
Message-ID: <5047@thorin.cs.unc.edu>
Date: 3 Nov 88 13:53:52 GMT
Organization: CS Dept., U. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Does anyone really use Windows? or is it a marketing facade?
I can't believe that very many people would put up with the
problems that this product has.  I'd be interested to know
if anyone is really having success with this product.  And
if you aren't, i.e. if I am not alone with this many problems,
what hope is there that the Presentation Manager will be any
better?

The latest two problems;

1) Excel consumes 206 KB of conventional memory on a PS/2 with
   Windows/386 and 6mb of memory.  This translates to that you
   can't run Microsoft Word and say a terminal session at the 
   same time.  Correct me, but I thought that was the basic 
   reason for the product.

2) I ran Word, called up a file from a 5.25" diskette in drive 
   B.  Everything is going fine.  I then go to print it.  Windows
   complains that it can't find the Windows system, to please 
   insert it in drive A (3.5").  The mouse becomes disabled, and
   all I can do is press the Enter Key to acknowledge okay.  Of
   course I don't have a Windows system on a 3.5" diskette and 
   none of the distribution diskettes would do the trick...so a
   soft boot...a loss of work...and I am back running again.  I
   don't know how many times Windows hangs my machine, but it is
   getting ridiculous!

I'd like to hear from anyone that has some ideas that might help 
or confirm these problems.  Thanks.