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raedgari@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Robert Allen Edgar II) writes:


>     I have a couple of problems with 4dos 3.03 and windows 3.0.

>1.  While running a communications program which is minimized I get a
>    warning when I try to run a non-windows application at the same
>    time.
>    It says something to the effect that something is using the comm port,
>    which it is, and that I may loose characters if I run the application
>    now.  It also gives me a choice, that is yes run it or no don't.  Is 
>    this a problem I should worry about?  Can it be fixed?  Should I 
>    just live with it?  

>2.  The other problem is that it seems I can't run a non-windows app. in
>    a window as I could before installing 4dos.  Alt+Enter doesn't seem
>    to do anything when 4dos is initialized before windows.  Is there
>    a parameter that needs to be set in my config.sys or autoexec.bat
>    files that is not already set.

Come to find out, these problems occur in standard mode.  After I got
4dos to quit using my extended memory, Windows operated in enhanced
mode.  This eliminated the above problems.

Thanks to those who answered my post.

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