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#DOS emulation problem

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#47342From: Maurice A. O'SullivanJun 23, 1995 6:09 PM
I'm seeking help for a young friend who has an Amiga [ I am a PC user ] His problem is that he recently installed some emulation gear to enable him to run DOS and MAC programs. But while his DOS programs run OK, he has not been able to install Windows. He gets messages such as " specified path or file name not found in reg. info editor …..". Before posting this message, I asked him for details of his equipment, and this is what he told me: My computer is a Commodore Amiga 4000/030, 2mb chip ram, 8mb fast ram, 120mb + 540mb seagate harddisk running workbench 3.0. The emulation hardware is called an EMPLANT board. The software it is running is e586dx 2.0 —> for the pc – there is mac software as well but there are no problems with that 🙂 Can any Amiga user provide enlightenment please? Regards, -Maurice [Bray, Ireland] 24-Jun-95 at 00:05:12 GMT
#47346From: LEPIDO R VARGASJun 23, 1995 7:54 PM
he can only install windows 3.1 or 3.0 and run it in standard mode…the emplant is too bugy fo run 3.11….look in the amigavendor andask people in the amigavendor/utilittes unlimited forum on the pc emplant …
#47350From: Maurice A. O'SullivanJun 24, 1995 2:52 AM
>> he can only install windows 3.1 or 3.0 << His problem is that it is Win 3.1 which he cannot _install_. Thanks for the pointer to the other forum Regards, -Maurice [Bray, Ireland] 24-Jun-95 at 08:39:55 GMT
#47347From: Betty Clay/SYSOPJun 23, 1995 8:50 PM
Maurice, You would probably get a wider audience of our knowledgeable people if you posted this message on AmigaUser forum, the Emulations section. I cannot just move messages between forums, so it was not possible for me to move it there for you. Your friend has a nice system, and this should not be hard to work out. We have some real experts who hang out here – but I'm not one of them, I fear. —Betty
#47351From: Maurice A. O'SullivanJun 24, 1995 2:52 AM
>> You would probably get a wider audience of our knowledgeable people if you posted this message on AmigaUser forum, the Emulations section. << Betty: Many thanks for the signpost. Regards, Maurice
#47365From: Marlene Zenker/SYSOPJun 25, 1995 5:21 PM
Besides Betty's suggestion, you should also check in the Utilities Unlimited section of AmigaVendor. They make the Emplant. Steve
#47366From: Jim SakladJun 25, 1995 10:43 PM
-Maurice – I have an A4000 with the 040 processor, and have installed windows 3.1 For me it was no great problem to install it, but I have seen reports from others who said it took hours to install on their systems. In any case, on my system, which is as fast as they come, short of one of the 060 processors (and I don't think they work with Emplant), windows is slow enough as to be non-functional. For example, I can get 3 cards ahead of the screen updates in the solitaire game…. jsaklad@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu . . JimDoc, on AutoPilot