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Article #1340Re: 386 system problems
From: Gunther Wil Anderson
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1990 07:29
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1990 07:29
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In article <36@demott.COM> kdq@demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt) writes: > > I have a utility called search, which is one of those do-everything >type utilities. When I try to run it on some (cheap) 386 systems, it >hangs the CPU so that it has to be reset or power cycled. I do not have >this problem on 808x, 80286 systems, or on Compaq, AST, Dell, or Everex >386 systems. > > Has anyone run into something similar? Any educated guesses? My educated guess is that there is some timing conflict. Try slowing your machine down to a crawl, and see if it works then. Yes, Dorothy, there is such a thing as a machine too fast. Gunther W. Anderson gunther@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!aplcen!jhunix!gunther From: gunther@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Gunther Wil Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer Subject: Re: 386 system problems Message-ID: <4328@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> Date: 24 Feb 90 07:29:16 GMT References: <36@demott.COM> Reply-To: eisen@jhunix.UUCP (Gunther Wil Anderson) Organization: The Johns Hopkins University - HCF Lines: 16