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From: dkchen@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Problems w/ Gateway 386 and Windows
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Date: 5 Mar 90 05:08:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu!dkchen    Mar  4 23:08:00 1990


In previous response, mms00786@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu wrote

>In your Win.ini file, under [win386], add the line 
>virtualhdirq=off
>This I think should solve your problem. Also, in your setup procedure, I think
>you can get away with Compaq or 100% compatible, instead of Zenith and Intel
>Inboard.

This seems to solve the problem. But now everything in Windows/386 is about
3 or 4 times slower than before. Could someone explain what the line added
in Win.ini does? And why it slows the whole system?

>Hope this helps
>
>Milan.

Thanks a lot for your response.

Dean