AAWIN v 1.10 Crappin'
01-Sep-93 11:10:27
Sb: AAWIN v 1.10 Crappin'
Fm: Marion K. Marks 70700,2777
To: David Taffet 70473,3052
PMJI: As I understand it, you can run Windows in STANDARD mode inside of
3DS2, but it's not recommended to try to run it in 386 Enhanced mode. In other
words, add "USER-PROG#=Std. Windows,C:\WINDOWS\WIN.EXE /S" in your 3DS.SET
file.
The reason 3DSr2 won't run under Windows 3.1 is that Windows doesn't provide
nor support VCPI memory, and the old version of Phar Lap 386|DOS Extender
(v2.6) that r2 is linked with can't use DPMI, which Windows 3.1 DOES provide to
DOS apps. 3DS2r3 (like Animator Pro 1.3) is linked with a newer Phar Lap
version which CAN use DPMI memory. Hypothetically, one could use a utility
(NEWDX.EXE) to substitute the Phar Lap extender code in the 3DS.EXE file with a
newer, DPMI-capable version, but I wouldn't try it (except on a backup).