crm@icad.com (Christopher McConnell) (09/18/90)
I have an AT 286 clone with 1meg of memeory and a 30 meg hard drive. It is
running at 8mhz, which is slow but ok for what I do with the machine. I can
only get windows to run in real mode. Shouldn't I be able to use standard
mode also? I am running DOS 3.1. When I try to run standard mode, I get
the Microsoft Windows 3 title screen and then the system hangs. I have to
power down to reboot. My system starts up with the following:
Enhanced Graphic Adapter Basic Time Inc. (c) Copyright 1986 Version 1.2
AT Bios V.105 Copyright Award Software, Inc.
EV8603
01024 Kilobytes Memory Good
<machine then clears the screen and checks the A drive>
Compatability Software
Copyright (c) 1984,85,86 By Pheonix Technologoes, ltd.
Himem: Xdos Extender, Version 2.60 - 04/05/90
XMS Specification Version 2.0
Copyright 1988-1990 Microsoft Corp.
Installed A20 Handler Number 1
64k High Memory Area is Available
Nnansi.sys for EGA/VGA (80x86) <I have the same problem
(c) Daniel Kegel, Pasadena, CA 1986 if I don't run nnansi.sys>
Modified By Tom Almy, 11/89
MIcrosoft SMARTDrive Disk Cache Version 3.08
Cache Size: 320k in Extended Memory
Room for 37 tracks of 17 sectors each
Minimum Cache Size will be 0k
EGA Device Driver Version 2.10.18
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation 1984-1990
Copyright (c) IBM 1986-1987
Portions Copyright (c) Hewlett-Packard Co. 1987
Using default value of BCH for interrupt 2FH function calls
A copy of the EGA device driver is being installed
C>echo off
C>
<at this point I can type win/r to run in real mode or just
win to hang the system.>
My Autoexec.bat looks like:
echo off
prompt $p$g
path c:\windows;c:\util;c:\dos;c:\sys;c:\emacs;
set temp=c:\windows\temp
My Config.sys looks like:
device=c:\himem.sys
device=c:\sys\nnansi.sys
device=c:\windows\smartdrv.sys 384 0
files=30
buffers=10
device=c:\windows\ega.sys
Is there anything I can change which can let me run in standard mode?
Any help in solving this mystory would be greatly appreciated.
- Chris
crm@icad.com