--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F3300070 Date: 03/02/98 From: SOLOMON BOX Time: 04:28pm \/To: BUD JAMISON (Read 2 times) Subj: PROBLEMS WITH WINDOWS 98 -> RN> Sometime last year my Windows 95 kept jumping forward 100 -> RN> years. But I still don't know why. -> -> Beats me too! Oh well guess will never know either! :) BJ> Look on the bright side, you could FORGET about the 'year 2000 BJ> problem' BJ> that way. He he yeah let me bios handle it!!! :) rMG ... I'm not dead, I'm metabolically challenged. --- Ezycom V1.48g0 01fa011b * Origin: CyBer_Fruit BBS Brisbane -= 61-7-33573131 =- (3:640/238.4) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F3300071 Date: 03/01/98 From: JERRY SCHWARTZ Time: 11:40am \/To: PAAVO MKEL (Read 2 times) Subj: Memory architectures [Feb 27, 98 - 19:24] Paavo Mkel of 2:224/0 wrote to All: PM> There are some systems (like Compaq PW 6/8000 and Carrera) which offer PM> something extra in a form of a better memory architecture. They all say, PM> that this would decrease the bottleneck resulting from slower memory vs. PM> processor. Is this true? If it is, does it reduce any bottlenecks with PM> memory tranfers, does one really get a performance boost with such a PM> system? It certainly can be true. Access to main memory is quite a bit slower than CPU speeds: if not, they wouldn't put cache on the CPU chip. In fact, even the main (L2) memory cache is relatively slow. If the BIOS on your current machine allows it, you could turn off your L2 cache temporarily and see for yourself. There are different cache designs, and different ways of interleaving memory access (which results in higher throughput). I can't comment on any particular architecture, but clearly if this weren't an issue different machines would benchmark out at the same numbers. Jerry Schwartz --- Msged/386 4.00 * Origin: Write by Night (1:142/928) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F3300072 Date: 03/01/98 From: JERRY SCHWARTZ Time: 06:43pm \/To: JOHN NEMMER (Read 2 times) Subj: lock up?? [Feb 28, 98 - 09:34] John Nemmer of 1:129/186 wrote to All: JN> in windows 95 OEM ver. b JN> the games freecell and solitare lock up solid on me only way to JN> get out is to reboot. was wondering if any one had ideas on what was going JN> on or a fix... I'm not worried so much about the games but if the games JN> lock up something else might during a critial time for me. any ideas . I JN> Tried both memmaker and quemm 8.0 and qemm 97 I have the following: I'm not sure what you are loading that you need any memory managers, so my first suggestion is that you rename CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT, reboot, and see if you can make your system freeze. If so, then I'd have to suspect either an outdated video driver or a hardware problem of unknown origin. If a clean boot doesn't hang, then you'll need to figure out what you are loading that is causing the problem. Jerry Schwartz --- Msged/386 4.00 * Origin: Write by Night (1:142/928) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F3300073 Date: 03/02/98 From: JERRY SCHWARTZ Time: 09:42am \/To: PETER SHARPE (Read 2 times) Subj: Shut down problem [Feb 27, 98 - 17:40] Peter Sharpe of 2:254/108.9 wrote to All: PS> My PC has developed a delay in shutting down. I am unable to track down the PS> cause. My system is a Cyrix 166+ with 2 HDs, a Creative 24x CD-ROM, 48 Megs PS> of memory, running W95OSR2. The delay is exactly 30 seconds between the PS> "Windows is shutting down" to "its now safe to switch off". The delay is PS> inside part of the shutdown sequence, as it also happens when you try to PS> restart in DOS mode. My laptop exhibits the same behavior, and I've noticed that the floppy light comes on for that interval. I don't know if that's a useful clue or not, since I've not figured out why it happens to me. Jerry Schwartz --- Msged/386 4.00 * Origin: Write by Night (1:142/928) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F3300074 Date: 03/02/98 From: JERRY SCHWARTZ Time: 09:44am \/To: BILL DAWSON (Read 2 times) Subj: win3.x on a 386? [Feb 28, 98 - 22:38] Bill Dawson of 1:387/23 wrote to Keith Hooper: BD> One of the places that I spent a lot of time teaching applications BD> (they used _Enable_, what a fiasco!) was a local AF base where their BD> access to PC's was for the most part in huge orders that locked them BD> into obsolete hardware because the bid procedure took so long and BD> the order period lasted so long that for half of the order period BD> involved, they were literally locked into having to keep on buying BD> obsolete junk. This isn't just a government problem. Whenever my company rolls our PCs (especially laptops), we have the same problem. By the time a particular configuration gets certified by our IT folks, it is obsolete - as in "you can't buy them anymore." We then get put on back order for the successor product, and finally get the units in toward the end of the production run. So not only is the model we're supposed to get obsolete, but the model we eventually do get is, too. And we make the darn things ourselves. Jerry Schwartz --- Msged/386 4.00 * Origin: Write by Night (1:142/928) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F3300075 Date: 03/02/98 From: BUD JAMISON Time: 06:46pm \/To: ROSS NAPIER (Read 2 times) Subj: DIY PC. MSDOS to load W95 -> A friend sent me this message and was asking if there is another -> way to load a Windows95 CD-ROM. If anyone knows, thanks in -> advance. : -> -> [] When you bulid your own pc from scratch there is nothing at -> all on the system except the BIOS. (obviously) -> -> In order to load windows 95 from the CD on the new system you -> need to be able to get the pc to recognise the CD rom drive. To -> do this you first have to install MSDOS, set up the autoexec.bat -> and config.sys for the correct CDROM drivers and only then can -> you install Windows 95. All you need is a Dos boot disk with the CD Rom drivers on it. There's no need to install a full version of Dos on the HD. --- Platinum Xpress/386/Wildcat! v1.3 * Origin: FidoNet International Coordinator Emeritus, for life (1:202/746) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F3400000 Date: 03/02/98 From: BUD JAMISON Time: 09:54pm \/To: TIM WONG (Read 2 times) Subj: Thanks for the memory -> 1. what types of equipment use 32 pin SIMM strips? -> I was thinking Macintosh for some strange reason. Most 486s, and all Pentium and higher. -> 2. I don't hold any hope that these chips might be -> pin for pin compatible with their 30 pin cousins. -> I notice that they are the same size with an extra -> pin/pad at each end. Nope, each 72 pin SIMM is the same as 4 30 pinners, but the size is very different. There are adapters to put 30 pin SIMMS into MBs that use 72 pinners, but not the other way around. -> Well, back to the drawing board. When I get the proper RAM, I've -> heard that when there is a mismatch in speed, you should put the -> slower set in the first bank (Bank Zero). No, faster first, since it's what gets used most. As long as both are within the rating of the system, there shouldn't be any problems. --- Platinum Xpress/386/Wildcat! v1.3 * Origin: FidoNet International Coordinator Emeritus, for life (1:202/746) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F3400001 Date: 03/02/98 From: DALE ROSS Time: 08:54pm \/To: JOHN THOMPSON (Read 2 times) Subj: Winnt v3.5 DR>> JS> I seem to recall buying it. DR>> Yea I think it's called an UpGrade JT> Hey, ya never know. The "upgrade" from MS-DOS v6.0 to v6.2 was free (if JT> you downloaded it), as was the v6.2 to v6.22 "upgrade." Given that JT> precedent, I didn't think it too unreasonable to ask about a free "upgrade" JT> from NT v3.5 to v3.51... Different animals.. Windows 3.0 to Windows 3.1 was not free. Going from MS-DOS v6.0 to MS-DOS v6.22 shouldn't called an upgrade. Perhaps an Update. Dale --- Msged/NT 4.20 beta 3 * Origin: Win32 Support BBS +1.704.588.2669 (1:379/45@fidonet) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F3400002 Date: 03/02/98 From: STEVEN GRAY Time: 08:18pm \/To: JOHN NEMMER (Read 2 times) Subj: lock up?? -=> Quoting John Nemmer to All <=- JN> the games freecell and solitare lock up solid on me only way to JN> any ideas . I Tried both memmaker and quemm 8.0 and qemm 97 I have the Hello, John. Have you tried it without quemm? If not, please do. Steve ... The mice may have the right but the cat has the claws. --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 --- PCBoard (R) v15.22/2 * Origin: LASER! - ORLANDO FL -(407) 647-0031 (1:363/225) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: F3400003 Date: 03/03/98 From: CHRISTOPHER GREAVES Time: 08:06am \/To: ROEL BRUGGINK (Read 2 times) Subj: win3.x on a 386? RB>Try booting without himem.sys and use a file named XMSMMGR.exe. its on 1 f RB>installing disks. If you can't find it, ill netmail it. okay?? Roel, thanks for this. I have abandoned, for the time being, hopes of getting Win3.x on the 386. I suspect if the little domestic classes get going, it may well be less trouble to buy me a 1M or 2M 286 for the basic Windows stuff. My 386 is *supposed* to be my emergency email machine, and I shouldn't really be playing around with it (grin!) Christopher.Greaves@CapCanada.Com www.interlog.com/~cgreaves * 1st 2.00b #6263 * Less torque, More traction! --- PCBoard (R) v15.3 (OS/2) 5 * Origin: FidoNet: CAP/CANADA Support BBS : 416 287-0234 (1:250/710)