🚀 go-pugleaf

I am new to this group, so please bear with me or let me know if this
is not the place for this.

I just bought a 486-50, 8Mb Ram, 130MB HD. I set up dos 5.0, windows 3.1
and Norton Desktop 1.0. Most stuff works fine except for my modem.
I can use the modem software when I am not in windows. If I am in windows,
I get a one charachter delay, so that is no good to me. I tried using other
software such as that telcom for win or Pro Com Plus. PCPlus will not even
work outsede of windows. I got com 4 selected on the board, but win reads it
as com 3. I have a Cardinal 2400 - Fully Haynes Compatible. Most programs
will connect but the writing is messed up, no matter what I change. (I am not
new to computers, and I tried all modes, emulations, etc). Also I noticed
that my mouse does not want to work properly, i.e. it sometimes locks up when
I exit a non-win application. Also I find that that Notron Desktop makes the
start up very slow, about twice as long as the program manager.

The reason I think it has something to do with windows is because it worked
on my old XT, where windows was not avialable.

Thank you for any help!!
ANdrew (gajewski@ug.cs.dal.ca)

Here are my autoexec and config files, maybe there is something there not right

Config.sys

DEVICE=C:\TVGABIO.SYS			%increases the video speed
DEVICE=C:\DOS\himem.sys
DEVICE=C:\DOS\emm386.exe 640 ram
DOS=HIGH,umb
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\RAMDRIVE.SYS 1024 /e
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE
DEVICE=C:\MOUSE\MOUSE.SYS		%microsoft mouse driver
FILES=50
BUFFERS=50
SWITCHES=/w   				%win did this-don't know what for

Autoexec.bat

@ECHO OFF
PROMPT $p$g
PATH C:\;C:\DOS;C:\MOUSE;c:\windows;c:\windows\norton;C:\util\xtgold
loadhigh c:\windows\smartdrv.exe 2048 2048
loadhigh c:\dos\fastopen.exe c:=130
ep /on					%Norton did this
image					%Norton did this
mkdir d:\temp				%Ram drive
SET TEMP=d:\temp
SET TMP=d:\temp
win
-- 
---....-------------****----*******-) GTI FUN-atic                      o  
--. \/ .-----GTI---******--*********)         Don't forget to bike:     ,-\
--.\/\/.-----------******--*********)  (and sail and windsurf and ski)  0\-0
---....-------------****----*******-) gajewski@ug.cs.dal.ca,goaway@ac.dal.ca