Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!cornell!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!b.gp.cs.cmu.edu!ralf From: ralf@b.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Ralf Brown) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: DOS 4.0 & Windows/386 Message-ID: <2680@pt.cs.cmu.edu> Date: 12 Aug 88 16:18:41 GMT References: <55@radix> <38470@linus.UUCP> <5179@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> Sender: netnews@pt.cs.cmu.edu Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI Lines: 20 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). -- {harvard,uunet,ucbvax}!b.gp.cs.cmu.edu!ralf -=-=- AT&T: (412)268-3053 (school) ARPA: RALF@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU |"Tolerance means excusing the mistakes others make. FIDO: Ralf Brown at 129/31 | Tact means not noticing them." --Arthur Schnitzler BITnet: RALF%B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU@CMUCCVMA -=-=- DISCLAIMER? I claimed something?