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STAC ELECTRONICS
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TECHNICAL SUPPORT BULLETIN
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NUMBER: 018
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SUBJECT: WINDOW3.0
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DATE: September 18, 1991
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TIME:
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SOURCE: Tech Support, Engineering, User's Manual
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SUPERCEDES/ TECH003 Dated 4/14/1991
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SUPERCEDED BY:
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RELEASE STATUS: Public
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TITLE:
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WINDOWS 3.0 in enhanced mode and STACKER
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OVERVIEW:
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WINDOWS is a memory-intensive program. It can be run in enhanced mode to
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take advantage of extended memory, and such operation is compatible with
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STACKER.
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ISSUES/COMMENTS:
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1) When the XT/8 coprocessor board is present, its address range must be
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excluded in the WINDOWS SYSTEM.INI file. Overlooking this step can
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lead to corruption of the Windows directory. Omitting the EMMExclude
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can also lead to "Insufficient Memory" errors when launching Windows
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programs.
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Use of the AT/16 coprocessor presents no such problems.
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2) Permanent swap files cannot reside on the STACKER volume; (Windows
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does not present it as an option).
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3) Temporary swap files should also reside on the uncompressed drive.
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4) With third party (non-Microsoft) memory managers, certain files
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must exist in the identical directory paths on both the compressed
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Stacker drive and in the uncompressed boot drive.
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386MAX BLUEMAX QEMM386
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----------- ------------ ------------
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386MAX.SYS BLUEMAX.SYS QEMM386.SYS
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386LOAD.SYS 385LOAD.SYS LOADHI.SYS
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386MAX.VXD BLUEMAX.VXD WINHIRAM.VXD
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RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:
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1) If WINDOWS is run in enhanced mode AND the XT/8 coprocessor board is
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installed, add an EMMExclude statement to WINDOWS\SYSTEM.INI under the
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heading [386ENH] (see User's Manual, "Microsoft Windows 3.0 in 386
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Enhanced Mode Users"). This should be done BEFORE WINDOWS is loaded,
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and can be accomplished using any text editor. (If the coprocessor is
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disabled, SYSTEM.INI may be modified using NOTEPAD.)
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2) If a permanent swap file will be part of the configuration, leave
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sufficient uncompressed space on the host volume. If there is not
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enough uncompressed space and you have Stacker version 2.0 or greater,
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use SDEFRAG to physically shrink the STACVOL file.
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If you are using version 1.12 or lower,the STACKER volume must be
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SREMOVEd, and a smaller one created.
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3) Temporary swap files left on the uncompressed drive will not cause
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fragmentation in the STACKER volume.
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4) If the STACKER volume becomes corrupted or write-protected due to an
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interrupted 386-enhanced session:
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a) verify that STACKER coprocessor card address has been excluded in
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SYSTEM.INI;
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b) run SCHECK/F on the STACKER volume;
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c) delete the WIN386.SWP (temporary swap) file;
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d) run SCHECK/F again;
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e) reboot before writing anything to disk.
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