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Re: Windows 3.1 PIF for Executor/DOs



>In your message (Mon, 24 Jul 1995 21:22:17 -0400), you wrote:
>>
>>Have you been able to hot-key away from Executor?  When I hot-key back, the 
>>screen is garbled.  According to the FAQ, this is a problem that can't be 
>>fixed under Win3.11.  Did you have this problem, and if so, how did you 
>>solve it?
>>
>
>I have noticed the same thing happening under OS/2, but the screen
>isn't just garbled - executor does something really serious and OS/2
>shuts it down, so I don't think it's a problem specific to being run
>under Windows 3.x
>
>Tim.
>
>

Yes....Win 3.11 Does cause Executor to "lock" and the only solution is to 
ctrl-alt-delete ( that I have found ).  This puts a real damper on 
Multi-tasking.  I was wondering if Cliff could shed some light on the 
subject?  Are there plans ( WAYS ) to fix this problem?  

With my knowledge of how windows works, I wouldn't be supprised if Cliff 
said that the problem can't be solved.  It is possible that ARDI has put 
Executor in a video mode that Windows doesn't recgonize as valid, and 
therefore, is unable to restore the mode.  What I don't know is if Executor 
can "know" that it has been swaped, and then reset its own video mode when 
it returns.  Couldn't you put some kind of 386Enh driver in windows to track 
such events?

        Josh



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