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- Zip Manager Update Version 3.0W
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- Novenber 02 1990
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- This file contains important information on Version 3.0W of Zip Manager and
- Windows 3.0
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- This version will function on computers that refused to run 3.01 Of ZM
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- In solving the bios problem for 99.9 % of the computers out there with
- version 3.01 of Zip Manager a few weird hardware and Windows combinations
- would not allow version 3.01 to work at all. So here is 3.0W the W stands
- for weird hardware glitch! This should take care of those that had a problem
- with version 3.01. Keep in mind that you will need to keep your path
- names as short as possible to ensure that Windows won't truncate the
- characters before they can be passed to PKZIP and the other program
- files.
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- Windows and the DOS Environment.
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- In our examination of the DOS environment and the way Windows reacts with it
- the following suggestions may be helpful.
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- DOS Programs and the Command Line.
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- As mentioned in the Windows User's Manual you should not pass more than
- 12 characters as a command line argument when using the ? in a PIF file.
- The reason for this we discovered, was that in most instances only 12 - 17
- characters can be passed as command line args. When you go beyond this limit
- the args become truncated(cut off) after the limit is reached.
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- A good rule of thumb is to keep your sub-directory names as short as possible. If
- The deeper you nest them below the root, the more likely you are to have
- the parameters passed to them become truncated. This is less critical when
- you are using a native Windows Program since the Program Manager will
- change to the directory that holds the Windows executable before any
- parameters are passed thus lowering the number of characters need to
- be passed as arguments.
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- DOS Diagnostic Programs run from the Windows Shell
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- In talking to a large number of users it appears that running a diagnostic
- program that returns memory usage, bios type and date etc... can in
- most cases cause windows to lose the location of its programs. On more than
- occasion while asking a user a specific question on their hardware
- they ran a program like Nortons SI and when they pressed Alt Esc to return
- to windows the environment was so scrambled that a warm boot, and often
- a complete re-start was necessary in order for Windows to recover.
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- We hope that the above information will make using Windows 3.0 a more
- enjoyable experience. As always if you need technical support with
- Zip Manager feel free to call us during normal business hours.
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