[comp.sys.ibm.pc] Is there a good reference for Windows 386?

ARRITT@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (What a waste it is to lose one's mind.) (01/16/90)

I finally managed to get a 386 pc, so that I could (hopefully) do
multi-tasking.  Unfortunately I've been having a great deal of trouble
with setting up my programs to run under Windows.  The manual is not
particularly well organized and contains numerous omissions and factual
errors; e.g. it will tell you to enter a "-1" for desired memory, but the
PIF editor doesn't like negative numbers.

My request:  Can anyone recommend a good reference for using Windows-386?
All I want to do is to multi-task what Microsoft calls "standard applications".
I don't need information on "paint" programs or any of the other junk that
comes bundled with Windows.  Also I don't intend to program for the Windows
environment specifically.  I just want to be able to run some time-consuming
things in the background while I do other stuff.

Any help you can offer would be appreciated.  Thanks!
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Ray Arritt                        | 
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy    |
Univ. of Kansas                   |
Lawrence, KS  66045               |
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