Re: MS-DOS v5.0 Release Date 11th June

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From: David Bean
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 1991 01:46

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In article <3259@sparko.gwu.edu>, timur@seas.gwu.edu (The Time Traveler) writes...
>In article <gurganus.675797385@stable.ecn.purdue.edu> gurganus@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (James P Gurganus) writes:
>>riehm@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Carl Riehm) writes:
>>I saw someone using a beta version of Ms Dos 5.0.  They said you needed
>>some extra file in your root directory to run Windows 3.0.  Does anyone
>>know what this file does or if its really needed?
> 
>That is correct.  The file is called something like WINA20.386.  I
>don't know what it does, and I haven't tried deleting it either.

Well, I did delete WINA20.386...and Windows won't boot up without it (at 
least in Enhanced Mode).  I got past the Windows splash screen, and then it 
gave me a nasty message...something to the effect of "Application error, 
WINA20.386 must be in the root directory to run in Enhanced Mode!"

Whether Windows will run in Standard mode without it, I don't know.  I 
restored my WINA20.386 file before even trying WIN/S (or whatever the code 
is for standard mode).

David "Not-a-Windows-Fan-Yet" Bean
University of Arizona

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Subject: Re: MS-DOS v5.0 Release Date 11th June
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