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- LANtastic Network Operating System Version 4 Compatibility Bulletin
- Product Reviewed: Microsoft Windows version 3.1
- Classification: Multi-tasking/Windowing Environments
- Date: 04/27/91
- Engineer: JAG
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- Compatibility Statement:
- Microsoft Windows 3.1 is compatible with LANtastic NOS v4.xx.
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- Product Overview:
- Windows 3.1 builds upon the legacy of Microsoft's popular graphical user
- interface in many ways. It includes faster overall performance, enhanced
- Program Manager and File Manager functionalities, sound and multi-media
- capabilities, and better support for diverse LAN environments.
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- Test Equipment Configuration:
- The following machines were used for Windows 3.1 testing. All machines have
- VGA adapters installed and use Artisoft AE-2 or AE-3 NICs. Testing was
- completed using LANtastic NOS v4.10 with AILANBIO.EXE and AE2.EXE v3.01.
- All machines were configured as LANtastic servers and used the Windows 3.1
- versions of Microsoft's HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE for memory management.
- Extended memory was configured as XMS with Upper Memory support enabled.
- Windows was tested in both Standard and 386 Enhanced modes.
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- - CompuAdd 333: 386DX/33, DOS 5.0
- - CompuAdd 316s: 386SX/16, DOS 5.0
- - Northgate 386: 386DX/20, DOS 5.0
- - Tandon 486: 486DX/33, DOS 5.0
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- Product Installation Notes:
- 1. The Windows 3.1 SETUP program is now able to detect the LANtastic
- network environment during installation. For this to work correctly, LANtastic
- must be running when you run SETUP. The steps below detail the two ways you
- can install or upgrade Windows 3.1 on a LANtastic network.
-
- NOTE: SETUP should never be run from within a Windows DOS prompt
- Window, you must exit completely from Windows first.
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- A. Local SETUP, installing from the Windows diskettes at each workstation:
-
- When performing a local SETUP, follow the same process as if you were
- installing Windows 3.1 on a stand-alone machine. For most PCs this is as
- easy as inserting SETUP Disk 1 into the floppy drive, changing to that drive,
- and typing the SETUP command. From there, follow the on-screen
- instructions for installation. If LANtastic is detected, SETUP will display
- "LANtastic Network Operating System version 4.xx" in the "Network:"
- selection on the System Configuration screen. If no network is detected, exit
- SETUP and ensure that the LANtastic software is running before continuing
- with the Windows 3.1 installation.
-
- B. Network SETUP, installing Windows from a network drive:
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- SETUP for Windows 3.1 can now perform an "Administrative setup" which
- expands the Windows files from the floppy disks and copies them all to a
- specified directory on a network server. Each workstation then logs into that
- server and runs SETUP from the network directory, shortening installation
- time dramatically. (Note: check with Microsoft or your Windows dealer for
- specific licensing terms.) To perform an administrative setup, put SETUP
- Disk 1 in the floppy drive, change to that drive and type
-
- SETUP /A
-
- at the DOS prompt. Once you have completed the administrative setup, you
- can install or upgrade Windows on each LAN workstation in one of two ways.
- First, you can run SETUP from the network drive just as you would from the
- installation diskettes, creating a local copy that can run either with or
- without running the network software. To do this, NET USE the server's drive,
- switch to that drive and run SETUP. A typical sequence of commands would be:
-
- C:\> NET USE W: \\WIN_SERVER\C-DRIVE
- C:\> W:
- W:\> CD WINADMIN
- W:\WINADMIN> SETUP
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- Note that if the server where the administrative setup is installed is also
- going to be running Windows, do not issue the above NET USE command at
- that server itself. Instead, switch to the administrative directory on the
- local partition (C: in the above example) and run SETUP from there.
-
- The second method of installation is the "network setup." The network setup
- requires less disk space on the workstation's hard disk, but the network
- software must be running in order for Windows to load. It leaves common
- files and programs that can be used by all workstations in the administrative
- directory on the server rather than copying them to the workstation. To
- perform a network setup, follow the procedure outlined above, but type
-
- SETUP /N
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- at the DOS prompt in the Windows administrative setup directory. This type
- of setup requires you to always redirect (NET USE) a specific logical disk to
- the server's hard drive so that Windows can access the common programs
- when it needs them. This drive letter is the network drive from which you run
- SETUP, and SETUP will automatically add the administrative directory and
- drive to the PATH statement in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Make sure you
- add the NET USE command to the STARTNET.BAT (or other batch file you
- use to bring up the LAN) or Windows will not be able to load.
-
- 2. The SETUP program will automatically add SMARTDrive disk cache to your
- AUTOEXEC.BAT (and possibly to CONFIG.SYS also). If you are running
- Artisoft's LANCache utility, you must disable one of the caches or risk data
- corruption. To disable SMARTDrive, locate the following line in your
- AUTOEXEC.BAT file and delete it:
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- C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE
-
- Refer to the "Using LANCache with Microsoft Windows" section in the LANtastic
- NOS Reference Manual for more information on configuring LANCache for use
- with Windows.
-
- To disable LANCache utility, open your STARTNET.BAT (or other batch file that
- starts the network) and delete the line that looks similar to:
-
- C:\LANTASTI\LANCACHE
-
- See the Microsoft Windows User's Guide for more information on running
- SMARTDrive.
-
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- Product Execution Notes:
- 1. Your DOS PATH= statement in the AUTOEXEC.BAT should not include any
- redirected drives that loop back to your local server. For example, if your
- server name is WIN_SERVER, the NET USE statement in the "Network SETUP"
- section above is an example of a loopback redirection. If your PC locks up at
- the Windows logo screen when Windows is starting up, this is the most likely
- reason. To resolve this, you should remove any loopback paths from your
- PATH= statement or cancel the redirection before starting Windows and
- reconnect the drive once Windows is running.
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- 2. If you are running Windows 3.1 on a machine that also functions as a print
- server, perform the following steps to speed up printing:
-
- a. At DOS, run the NET_MGR program and select "Shared Resource
- Management" from the Main Functions menu.
-
- b. Select the printer resource (e.g. @PRINTER), select the Chars/Second
- field and change it to 9600.
-
- c. Hit the ESC key twice to return to the Main Functions menu, then
- choose the "Server Startup Parameters" selection. Set Printer Tasks to
- 1, even if you have more than one printer physically attached to this
- machine. Exit from NET_MGR and reboot if you changed the Printer Tasks
- setting.
-
- 3. With Windows 3.1, you can send print jobs to any of the standard print
- devices (e.g. LPT1-3, COM1,2) when running over LANtastic. However, if the
- printer you are sending jobs to is a network printer, carry out the following steps
- to streamline printing:
-
- a. From the Main Group in Windows, select Control Panel and then
- Printers. If the "Use Print Manager" box is checked, click on the box
- to turn it off. This will eliminate double spooling of jobs, since both
- Windows and LANtastic have print spoolers.
-
- b. From that same window, click on the "Connect" button and uncheck the
- "Fast Printing Direct to Port" box that appears in the Connect window.
-
- c. Also in the Connect window, put the value 900 in the "Device Not
- Selected" box, and change the "Transmission Retry Timeout" to 950.
-
-
- Compatibility Notes:
- 1. If Windows 3.1 replaces a Windows 3.0 installation and you run Windows in
- Standard mode, you may receive an error message regarding NetHeapSize.
- Windows will display an informative message on startup requesting that you
- reduce this setting. Generally, this is because the [standard] section of the
- SYSTEM.INI file contains this line:
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- NetHeapSize=64
-
- Change this value to 63 to eliminate the informative message.
-
- 2. SETUP will not be able to configure a permanent swap file if the LANtastic
- SERVER program is running. To remedy this, have all users log out of your
- server and remove SERVER from memory. You can then run SETUP or change
- the virtual memory settings from the 386 Enhanced option within Control Panel.
- Remove SERVER by running the command below at the DOS prompt (NOT within a
- Windows DOS prompt window).
-
- SERVER /REMOVE
-
- Note that this command will shut down your server and log out any active users.
- No other users may log in or use your system until you re-run the server
- program. If the above command returns the message "ERROR: not safe to
- REMOVE, Interrupts re-hooked," you must temporarily comment out the SERVER
- command from your STARTNET.BAT file and reboot the machine before configuring
- the swap file.
-
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- 3. SETUP inserts the following line in the [386Enh] section of the SYSTEM.INI
- file during the configuration process:
-
- EMMExclude=D800-DFFF
-
- This prevents Windows from using the default RAMBASE address of the Artisoft
- Enhanced 2Mbps (E2Mbps) adapter. You may remove this line if you are using
- Artisoft AE-2, AE-2/T, AE-3, or AE-1 adapters since they do not use a
- RAMBASE address. If you do have the E2Mbps adapter, verify the address it
- uses and change the values on the EMMExclude line to match them if
- necessary. If you are using adapter cards other than Artisoft's, check the
- adapter documentation to confirm whether the card uses a RAMBASE address.
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- Vendor Information:
- Microsoft Corporation
- One Microsoft Way
- Redmond, WA 98052-6399
- 206/882-8080
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- Internal Product Overview ARTISOFT CONFIDENTIAL
- The following information is based on the Test Engineer's observations of this
- third party product. It is for in-house use only and is ARTISOFT Confidential.
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- General Impressions
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- Third Party Contacts
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- Product Licensing
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- Product Installation
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- Product Documentation
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- Product Performance
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- Suggested Improvements
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- ARTISOFT, Inc. Makes no warranties as to the completeness or accuracy of this document.
- LANtastic is a trademark of ARTISOFT, Inc. Brand names, company names, and product names
- are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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- LANtastic Network Operating System Version 4 Compatibility Bulletin
-
- Product Reviewed: Microsoft Windows verstion 3.1
- Classification: Multi-tasking/Windowing Environments
- Date: 04/27/91
- Engineer: JAG
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- ARTISOFT, Inc. Makes no warranties as to the completeness or accuracy of this document.
- LANtastic is a trademark of ARTISOFT, Inc. Brand names, company names, and product names
- are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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- ARTISOFT, Inc. Makes no warranties as to the completeness or accuracy of this document.
- LANtastic is a trademark of ARTISOFT, Inc. Brand names, company names, and product names
- are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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- LANtastic Network Operating System version 4.xx Compatibility Bulletin
-
- Product Reviewed: Microsoft Windows version 3.1
- Classification: Multi-tasking/multi-windowing environments
- Date: 4/27/92
- Engineer: JAG
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