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- Digital Research DRDOS 6.0
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- Microsoft Windows 3.1
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- April, 1992
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- Welcome to the Novell Desktop Systems Group International Business Update
- Service. This service is part of the Novell Desktop Systems Group commitment
- to bringing you the very latest features for your DR DOS 6.0 operating system.
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- The files and information enclosed in this Windows 3.1 update contain
- enhancements for your DR DOS 6.0 operating system specifically and only in the
- area of Windows 3.1 compatibility. These enhancements include:
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- -- Full support for Windows 3.1.
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- -- The DR DOS EMM386.SYS memory manager now supports upper memory while
- running Windows 3.1 in Standard and Enhanced Mode.
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- To respond to your needs in this area in an efficient and timely manner, we
- will be releasing additional files, information, and enhancements (unrelated
- to Windows 3.1) to you, as a registered user, at a later date and free of
- charge.
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- This next full update, the April Business Update Service, will begin mailing
- to registered users shortly, so be sure to send in your registration card or
- FAX it to us if you have not already. If, for some reason, you are not
- included in this mailing, and you are registered with us, contact us at:
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- TEL (408) 646-6464 or FAX (408) 649-8209.
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-
- The following is an excerpt from the Release Notes which describes features of
- DR DOS 6.0 that are not explained elsewhere in the DR DOS 6.0 documentation.
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- Microsoft Windows 3.1
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- DR DOS 6.0 is fully compatible with Microsoft Windows 3.1.
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- The Windows 3.1 default drive for temporary swap files is the drive
- on which Windows was installed. If Windows is installed on a
- SuperStor drive it is recommended that users change the default
- drive for swap files to an uncompressed drive. This should be done
- for both temporary and permanent swap files. Use the 386
- Enhanced option from Control Panel to change swap files.
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- If Super PC-Kwik is already loaded when you install Windows 3.1,
- you are informed by the Windows SETUP program that SUPERPCK.EXE
- is running and you are warned that your system may fail; ignore
- this message and continue with the Windows installation procedure.
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- Windows 3.1 makes changes to autoexec.bat and config.sys on
- installation. It is recommended that you make a backup of these
- files.
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- By default, Windows installs the SMARTDrive disk cache program
- and the HIMEM.SYS memory manager. However, the DR DOS 6.0 disk
- cache, Super PC-Kwik, and the DR DOS 6.0 MemoryMAX drivers provide
- superior functionality over the Windows 3.1 SMARTDrive disk cache
- and HIMEM.SYS. To use Super PC-Kwik and the DR DOS MemoryMAX
- drivers, instead of SMARTDrive and HIMEM.SYS, you simply remove one
- line from your autoexec.bat and config.sys files. Edit autoexec.bat
- to remove the line
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- C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE
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- and edit config.sys to remove the line
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- DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
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- The above lines should be removed after Windows 3.1 has been
- installed but prior to rebooting.
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- If you are using the DR DOS 6.0 EMM386.SYS MemoryMAX driver, Windows
- may also replace the EMM386.SYS line in your config.sys file with
- the Windows EMM386.EXE line. As a result of this change, your system
- may generate an error message when rebooting. The EMM386 line should
- be changed back to its original form after installing Windows 3.1 for
- your system to boot properly. Refer to the backup of your config.sys
- to be sure that you have the correct syntax.
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- The Windows 3.1 installation will also insert a STACKS command
- into the CONFIG.SYS. Even though DR DOS does not use a STACKS
- command the line can be left in CONFIG.SYS. No error will
- result.
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- DR DOS 6.0 is compatible with both the SMARTDrive disk cache and
- with HIMEM.SYS. If you want to continue using these drivers, you
- must run the DR DOS SETUP program, and remove MemoryMAX and Super
- PC-Kwik. However, if you do use SMARTDrive instead of Super PC-Kwik,
- do not use the SMARTDrive + option to enable caching on a SuperStor
- compressed drive. Unexpected errors may result when this option is
- used.
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- EMM386.SYS supports upper memory for Windows 3.1 running in Standard
- or Enhanced mode. You no longer need to use the /WINSTD option on the
- EMM386.SYS command line to run Windows 3.1 in Standard mode. (Note:
- As a result, if you use SETUP to configure MemoryMAX, EMM386.SYS, to
- run Windows 3.1, you should respond "No" to the question "Support
- Windows Standard Mode" when prompted.)
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- NOTE: Machines that have LPT1 ports and are using NE2000 network
- cards configured for I/O address 360 have occasionally hung or had
- trouble running DOS applications under Windows 3.1. If this is
- encountered, try setting the NE2000 for a lower I/O address.
-