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From: ralf@b.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Ralf Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: DOS 4.0 & Windows/386
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Date: 12 Aug 88 16:18:41 GMT
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In article <5179@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> jsf007@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Steve Fintel) writes:
}In article <38470@linus.UUCP> jcmorris@mbunix (Morris) writes:
}>problem with this combination; apparently there are several products which
}>barf at the sight of 4.0.
}>
}>The article I read (wherever it was) had no indication of when usoft would
}>be able to resolve the problem.  Have you tried calling usoft's tech help
}>line?
}
}I have.  They currently have no fixes.  They don't admit to knowing what the
}problem is (one support person subtly tried to pin it in IBM).  From what I

It may not BE "fixable".  The programs which barf at 4.0 may be checking the
DOS version and only proceeding if it is >= 2.0 and <= whatever version was
the highest tested (which would obviously be 3.x).
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