justin@griffin.itc.gu.oz (MMAX) (12/06/89)
Does anyone know of any incompatibilities with windows 386 running on a 386-20Mhz and an Intel 387-20 math coprocessor. Windows run fine untill I installed th copro and then windows title screen was displayed and then the system dropped back to the DOS prompt. Windows did manage to load up correctly once and once only. The version is 2.1 Windows 386. Thanks for any help you can offer. Justin Chandler Griffith University.
paul@cscnj.csc.COM (Paul Moody) (12/08/89)
In article <1989Dec5.221507.1261@griffin.itc.gu.oz>, justin@griffin.itc.gu.oz (MMAX) writes: > Does anyone know of any incompatibilities with windows 386 running on a > 386-20Mhz and an Intel 387-20 math coprocessor. > The version is 2.1 Windows 386. > > Thanks for any help you can offer. > > Justin Chandler > Griffith University. You need windows/386 dated after September 1988. There are odd inter- actions between the 386 and 387 which cause crashes in software that does paging, link windows/386. For the 16Mhz 386's there was a special chip called an Ironwood that could be installed under the 387 to fix this problem. Microsoft fixed it them selves with Revsion D of 2.1. -- Paul Moody UUCP: rutgers!cscnj!paul Computer Sciences Corporation # the opinions expressed are entirely imaginary #