smith@muvms3.bitnet (Phil smith) (05/13/91)
O.K., I'm desperate.
I have a new 33mhz i486 machine that is driving me bananas! Here's
my problem(s):
1. It will not run Dbase III+, nor will it even install Dbase
IV! Both installs are from original Diskettes, so there is
no problem relating to copy protection or such. (Please don't
send me e-mail telling me to get foxbase or some other such
stuff; I already use those products as well -- that's not
the point!) When attempting to run III+,the screen goes dark,
the prompt comes up that says 'Enter a dbase commmand' and
then the computer dies. When attempting to install IV, I see
the logo screen (of course) and then the screen goes dark, a
box is drawn on the screen, and then ...
you guessed it- nothing!
2. When attempting to run Windows 3.0 with my network (PCSA 3.2),
I cannot use the 386 specific mode. When I try the computer
freezes. In standard mode everything is fine. When I boot up
in 'stand alone' mode it works great, even though I
am using the same configuration with the exeption of the
LAD device driver in config.sys. (I am posting this to several
newsgroups, so I apologize to those who are not familiar with
the PCSA environment.) Also the MEMMAN utility crashes with
an error message similar to basics old 'divide by zero' error.
3. I can't install AT&T's Lan Manager software. I get a
consistent 'Not ready reading drive x' error message,
regardless as to what drive I use, A:,B: or even C:.
(This really irks me, as the computer is an AT&T machine
with AT&T network cards.)
If you think you might be able to help, please email me at the address
below, and I'll give you more details as to machine configuration and
software environment. I will not go into greater depth on the net, because
I don't want to tie up bandwidth; nor do I wish to inconvience readers who
don't wish to hear my sorrows.
Thanks in advance,
Phil Smith
smith@marshall.bitnet
smith@marshall.edu
smith@muvms3.wvnet.edugooey@helix.nih.gov (Sean Graham) (05/14/91)
In article <47413@muvms3.bitnet> smith@muvms3.bitnet (Phil smith) writes: >I have a new 33mhz i486 machine that is driving me bananas! Here's >my problem(s): > > 1. It will not run Dbase III+, nor will it even install Dbase > IV! Both installs are from original Diskettes, so there is I just got a 486/33 and had to switch to the lower speed to do some things. My ALR does it with the CNTL-ALT-[+ or -] keys. Sorry, can't help with the rest as I'm not all that familiar with networks. Good Luck. Sean -- || Sean N. Graham NIH BIX: sean.graham || || '91 GSX600FM | '85 RX-7 Bethesda, Md gooey@helix.nih.gov || || "This is a test of the Emergency Broadcasting System. This is just a || || test. In the event of a real emergency you would most likely be dead." ||