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Pre Win 3.0 display problems
Name: Graeme Cree Date: May 1, 2004 at 15:39:15 Pacific OS: Windows 1.04 CPU/Ram: 486/66, 24
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I've been trying to load Windows 1.04, 286, and 386 on an old computer, and have the same problem with all of them. It gets to the sign-on screen, then starts beeping and displaying garbage without ever getting into Windows.
I've tried this on several different computers, even one where I could swear it once worked, and get the same problem each time. Is it possibly something to do with having too advanced a Video card? I'm using a VGA with 1MB, but might be able to dig up an older one if necessary. Or is it something else entirely?
It might be the video - VGA didn't hit the market until '87, Windows 1 & 2 predate that. VGA should be backward compatible with CGA & EGA video modes, but it's hard to say.
Another consideration might be memory management - most of those were written for versions of DOS that managed memory a bit differently than DOS5+.
Just guessing though, haven't had any experience with anything earlier than 3.0
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Response Number 2
Name: Spatz2 Date: May 3, 2004 at 12:57:44 Pacific
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What DOS version do you use? - when too new version is used, these Windows start to beep and the in the garbage will be written : "Incorrect DOS Version". Try to read the garbage on the blue screen and if it says that... in most cases DOS 5.0 is sufficient, but the older, the better.
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Response Number 3
Name: roytam1 Date: May 3, 2004 at 21:38:07 Pacific
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you should use setver before you use them
setver win100.bin 3.20 setver win200.bin 3.40
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Response Number 4
Name: El-Trucha Date: May 5, 2004 at 07:24:23 Pacific
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Yeah!! I had that problem too!! I'm gonna try an older DOS version... :)
I expirienced the same problem, so I used PC/MS-DOS 3.3 and the problems went away. VGA by default is backward compatible with the EGA standard, which IS supported by Windows 1.x. Windows 2.x has support for VGA.
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runonc16.exe file
