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From: pfrennin@altos86.Altos.COM (Peter Frenning)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Protected mode + 386MAX + NetWare
Message-ID: <251@altos86.Altos.COM>
Date: 14 Feb 90 19:00:56 GMT
References: <3551@csccat.UUCP>
Reply-To: pfrennin@altos86.UUCP (Peter Frenning)
Organization: Altos Computer Systems, San Jose, CA
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In article <3551@csccat.UUCP> larry@csccat.UUCP (Larry Spence) writes:
 >Let's assume, VERY hypothetically, that MS releases a version of Windows
 >that runs in 386 protected mode.  Say we're a development shop that is
 >using NetWare with 386MAX, in order to stick all the net software up into
 >high memory.  Well, this won't work -- 386MAX is protected mode software,
 >and so is our hypothetical version of Windows.  If we don't use 386MAX,
 >we don't have enough RAM to compile.
 >
 >Other than rebooting each time we switch from edit/compile to testing, is
 >there some way we can get NetWare and this very, very hypothetical version
 >of Windows to coexist?  I seem to recall hearing about some hardware board
 >that lets you shove all the net drivers onto its own RAM.  
 >
 >Any concrete answers to this VERY hypothetical scenario would be appreciated.
 >
 >-- 
 >Larry Spence
 >larry@csccat
 >...{texbell,texsun,attctc}!csccat!larry

VERY hypothetically I would expect Microsoft to include a virtual driver for
Netware to allow it to coexsist with Windows:-) :-) :-) :-)
(Damn those Non-Disclosures.......)

Peter
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