Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!ece-csc!mcnc!ecsvax!mah 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 Distribution: na Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service Lines: 21 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