cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us (Gordon Hlavenka) (08/18/90)
I use Windows 3.0 primarily to multitask non-windows applications.
Obviously, I run Win3 in 386enhanced mode...
I have experienced a _lot_ of crashes. There are two main scenarios:
1- Double-click an icon. The disk runs, then Windows exits to DOS. (No, I
didn't exit my DOS apps first!) AUTOEXEC completes normally. But Windows
will no longer load until the machine is rebooted.
2- The machine enters a "repeat-printscreen" mode. This is quite obnoxious,
since the screen is graphics, and the printer is in a text mode. There
seems to be no way to break out of this loop.
Now I know that I'm focussing on the weakest aspect of Windows: The ability
to multitask non-multitasking software under a single-tasking OS. But what
I'd really like to know is how to make things work.
It seems that these bombs involve graphics intensive software: Games,
scanner drivers, Paint programs. What are the secrets of fine-tuning PIFs,
*.INI, etc,?
The system is:
VIP motherboard, 386DX/20MHz
4MB RAM
Seagate ST296N SCSI drive with ST-02 host adapter
Trident SVGA, 512K (Standard Windows VGA drivers used)
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Gordon S. Hlavenka cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us
Disclaimer: I've fallen! And I can't get up!
So how could I have expressed an opinion?