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From: mah@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Mike Honeycutt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Windows 386
Keywords: Windows 386/Zenith 386
Message-ID: <5402@ecsvax.uncecs.edu>
Date: 23 Sep 88 18:47:50 GMT
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Does anyone push Windows 386 to its limits??  My problem:

     I have a Zenith 386 computer with 2 mb ram, 40 mb hard
     disk, MicroSoft Bus Mouse, and Zenith's FTM monitor. 
     Windows 386 works find with Microsoft Windows products
     (Write, Notepad, Calendar, Paint programs) and some other
     third party programs but will not consistently work with
     popular programs like WordPerfect, Procomm, Supercalc. 
     We have attempted to create PIF's for the programs but
     can't find a combination that works.  

I've talked to both Zenith and MicroSoft and both tell me it should
work but the bottom line is it does not.  I know all 386 machines
are not standard and I wonder if software compatibility problems
are common to the other brands as well.  BTW, the machine works
fine when we run programs outside of Windows and works with
Desqview (not perfectly though).  Any thoughts??

I will post a summary if I get any responses.

Mike Honeycutt    UNC Asheville Computer Center   mah@ecsvax.BITNET