Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Path: utzoo!censor!meadow!py
From: py@meadow.uucp (Peter Yeung)
Subject: Windows 3.0 Questions
Message-ID: <1991Apr2.155841.4106@meadow.uucp>
Reply-To: py@meadow.UUCP (Peter Yeung)
Organization: Amdahl Canada Ltd., Software Development Center
Distribution: comp
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 91 15:58:41 GMT


I have just got Windows 3.0 over the weekend. I have a 33MHz 386 clone with
2 Meg of memory. I have the following questions and hope to get some answers.

It seems that Windows can run in enhanced mode only if HIMEM.SYS is installed.
The problem is if HIMEM.SYS is installed it takes up all the extended memory
available such that I cannot run programs like Lotus 123 version 3.0 under DOS
with modifying config.sys and reboot. Is there a way to limit how much
HIMEM.SYS can take?

I was trying to run Lotus 123 version 3.0 in Windows enhanced mode and it
complained about not liking 123 to switch into protected mode. It seems to
work in standard mode. Question: is there a way to run 123 version 3.0 in
enhanced mode or is it hopeless?

In enhanced mode, Windows will try to assign the com port to whatever programs
trying to use it. There are 3 options: (1) ask you whenever your program
tries to use the com port and allocate the com port to that program only;
(2) don't ask anything and make the com port available to all; (3) check the
com port once in a while and allocate the com port to whoever needs it. The
problem is that when I tried to use any DOS communication program, only
option (1) would work. Using other options will either generate a lot a
garbage or Windows keeps asking you whether it is OK to give the program
the com port. Is there a way to pick(1) without having Windows prompting you
everytime you use a DOS comm. program (actually, it prompted you even if you
just go into DOS without running anything)?

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Peter Yeung     Amdahl Canada Ltd., Software Development Center
                2000 Argentia Road, Plaza 2, Suite 300
                Mississauga, Ont.   L5N 1V8
                Phone: (416) 542-6300    Fax: (416) 858-2233
