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The continuing saga of Windows 3.1 in enhanced mode on OmniBook 300
08-05-2017, 01:09 AM
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RE: The continuing saga of Windows 3.1 in enhanced mode on OmniBook 300
(08-05-2017 12:42 AM)Bill (Smithville NJ) Wrote:  Hi Dave,

I have an OB-430. I usually use it as a DOS machine.
If I get some time, I'll try to get Win3.1 installed on it. If I do I could send you an image of it.

I'll let you know how I make out.

Bill
Smithville, NJ

Thanks, I'd mostly be interested in hearing what kind of results you get. Install DOS 6.20, Win 3.11 retail, and run Windows in 386-enhanced mode on battery power and let me know what happens. Not sure if it's just a slight difference in the 386 chip's power management vs. the 486 that's throwing something off.

And so far, I haven't figured out how to make DesqView do proper 386 multitasking. It seems like it's just swapping things in and out of XMS - or possibly swap files - rather than running multiple V86 VMs (and it gobbles up ~180 KB conventional memory, which doesn't help any).

At this point, I would settle for Win 3.1 in Standard mode but with DOS task swapping in XMS rather than swap files, and EMS enabled for Lotus Agenda.
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