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Article #3054Re: MSDOS 5.0 + Win 3, some irregularities?
From: Jim Hargrove
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1991 13:42
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1991 13:42
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>>>>> mmshah@athena.mit.edu (Milan M Shah) writes:
> Hello.
> I am running win 3 in enhanced mode under DOS 5.0. My setup exhibits two
> "irregularities":
> o If I run DOS in a window, and then type in "undelete" to undelete a file,
> the window goes full screen, but works correctly. System seems to be fine,
> and I can alt-enter back to window mode.
I just verified this. I think that undelete, for safety, forces the
system into "exclusive" mode, which implies full screen.
> o Very often (almost every other time?), win3 will not start! I type in win /3,
> the MS logo comes up, and then the system goes on a coffee break. I can
> normally reboot and try again and it works. This never happened under DOS 3.3
> which I was running before.
> I am running hyperdisk 4.20 (shareware version), and have DOS 5.0 loaded into
> high memory, along with hyperdisk, doskey, and a mouse driver.
I'd suspect hyperdisk myself. Have you tried using Smartdrive instead?
I know it is probably not as good, but it was designed to work in this
environment.
--
-- jwh
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