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From: mr@ogre (Michael Regoli)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.zenith
Subject: Re: Windows 3.0 on Zenith 386/16
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Date: 29 Sep 90 18:08:14 GMT
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In <38227@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> v095juhx@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Jon
E Luntz) writes:

  I have a Zenith-386/16Mhz, with 2MB ram, and the Z449 video card.

Isn't that the brain-dead EGA card?

  I've been trying to get Windows 3.0 to work on it, but I haven't been
  able to.  When I try to run other applications, it either runs out of
  memory or gives me an error about "Terminating Current Program" which
  sometiomes referrs to the main Windows window.

And, if you're as lucky as me, if you keep playing with it trying to
get it to work, it'll trash your hard disk!  (Gee, thanks Uncle Bill!
:-) 

I had to install two new ROM BIOS chips in my Z286LP/VGA to get
Windows running (one was a system BIOS, the other a video BIOS).
Until then, Windows did exactly the same thing as you described...

Rumor has it that you also need Zenith DOS running on your machine
(not just Zenith DOS "sys"-ed onto a previous version).  Run Zenith's
"prep," "part," and finally "format".  Apparently Windows is making
some funky BIOS calls that requires the Zenith OS.

You also need Zenith's version of Windows' "SWAPFILE.EXE" (if you're
going to setup a swapfile).

Lastly, you should tell Windows you're on EGA *not* VGA.  Else, go out
and get a real VGA card like the Z-549.

Zenith:  Compatability goes out before the name goes on!

--
michael regoli
mr@cica.cica.indiana.edu 
regoli@iubacs.bitnet
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