Message-ID: <67BAFB085CD7D21190B80090273F74A45B7D08@emwatent02.meters.com.au> From: "Da Silva, Joe" To: "'opendos AT delorie DOT com'" Subject: RE: Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 16:20:55 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com Yes, there is a problem with Scitech Display Doctor and DR-EMM386 (7), which you can fix by re-stubbing the Causeway DOS-extender of the Scitech utilities (these utilities currently use an old version of Causeway). The latest version of Causeway is now public and can be downloaded at "http://www.devoresoftware.com" - this includes a re-stubbing utility, whose name escapes me at the moment. Joe. > -----Original Message----- > From: fernande AT internet1 DOT net [SMTP:fernande AT internet1 DOT net] > Sent: Monday, 30 October 2000 13:28 > To: opendos AT delorie DOT com > Subject: Re: > > That was me, Chad, not Mark :-) > > The two problem areas that come to mind were SciTech Display Doctor, and > the Wipe function of Norton Utilities. Both would cause EMM386 to halt > the system, or crash, no matter what I tried. I can't remember what > exactly I tired, However, it has been too long :-) > > Recently, after switching the boot scsi adapter in another computer, > Norton wipe crashes again. Let me explain further, both scsi adapter > have been installed, I just switched the setup to boot from the > Differential SCSI adapter, instead of the Single Ended one. This is > under PCDOS 7, However. I am not worried about it, However. The setup > is probably going to get changed again anyways :-) > > Chad Fernandez > Michigan, USA > > Recently > > > What kind of bugs are you encountering and what software does not work > for > > you? Some software cannot use EMS installed, some cannot have DPMI > > installed, etc. I do not seem to have any problems with it, however, > > programs that will work on my system okay do not work right on my > brother's > > computer. We both have DRDOS 7.03 installed. He has flaky problems with > some > > programs that I do not have problems with. I know that for one thing, > his > > BIOS sucks big time. So it may not even be a problem with the EMM386 > itself, > > but with something low level in the system.