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From: JDYARD01@ULKYVX.BITNET (Jonathan D. Yarden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Wordperfect 5.1 locking up V-20 based PC's
Message-ID: <9003131604.AA29786@jade.berkeley.edu>
Date: 13 Mar 90 05:45:00 GMT
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I've come across a rather unusual problem; Wordperfect 5.1 locks up
on 12 Mhz V-20 based PC's.  Here is the configuration:


Juko ST-12 Motherboard with 640K memory;
20mb Kyocera KB-20 Hard drive with WD XT-GEN controller
Compex ANET-1 ARCNET card (machine is part of a network)
Mono graphics w/printer port

The real puzzler is, the machine runs WP 5.1 fine at 6 mhz, but locks up
the machine when run at 12.  This is a "hard" lockup, requiring hardware
reset or poweroff.  I have reported this bug, but only recieved the
standard "your machine is not IBM compatable" bull.  This is the ONLY
software package that I have come across that does this, and the machine
runs LOTS of other software just fine.

If anyone has come across WP 5.1 freezing their V-20 based machine, let me
know if there is a fix, or better yet a reason.  I'm buffaloed!

Jon