ambush@kk4fs.UUCP (Ambush Bug) (12/06/90)
I'd like to throw this out at anyone who cares, before I spend money to call Microsoft or Paradise to scream at them... sooo... I've got a Sanyo MBC-880 (PC/XT clone, not one of the little silver rigs) with a Paradise 1024 Super VGA card w/512K (allegedly 100% register level compatible with VGA) and an extrememly cranky copy of Windows 3.0. Not having a 3.5" drive, I copied the files to 5 1/4" disks, and tried to install it. To make a long story longet, the only video drivers I can get to work are the CGA (barf!) Hercules (almost tolerable) that came with Windows, and Paradise's 640x480x256 SVGA driver. Every other driver (EGA, VGA, and the other 2 Paradise drivers) lock up the machine (when installing it from scratch, it locks up on disk 2, right after it installs the VGALOGO.LGO file.) What am I doing wrong? Why is Windows installation routine so much worse than Apple's System installation? Why can't I GET ANYTHING TO WORK!?!? Oh yes, Paradise's VGA1024 utility will also lock up the machine if I tell it to put it into EGA mode. If you can't answer this, you can still benefit from this post... does anyone want to buy a slightly used, not very Windows compatible PC/XT clone so that I can buy a Macintosh SE/30? thanks! Erik Stiegler...
dlow@hpspcoi.HP.COM (Danny Low) (12/08/90)
>What am I doing wrong? >Why is Windows installation routine so much worse than Apple's System >installation? Why can't I GET ANYTHING TO WORK!?!? Trying to install Windows 3.0 on a machine that it is NOT suppose to run on is your first problem. If you want GUI on an XT class machine, get GeoWorks. That is supposed to really work and work well on XT class machines. Danny Low "Question Authority and the Authorities will question You" Valley of Hearts Delight, Silicon Valley HP CPCD dlow%hpspcoi@hplabs.hp.com ...!hplabs!hpspcoi!dlow