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  1. Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.iastate.edu!isucard.card.iastate.edu!MLONG
  3. From: MLONG@isucard.card.iastate.edu
  4. Subject: Re: How can I run 123 3.1 in emulated DOS?
  5. Message-ID: <168501229.MLONG@isucard.card.iastate.edu>
  6. Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System)
  7. Organization: CARD
  8. References:  <1992Aug26.162947.42580@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
  9. Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 07:17:25 GMT
  10. Lines: 34
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  12. In article <1992Aug26.162947.42580@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>                                                                                                
  13. thompson@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:                                                                                                                   
  14.                                                                                                                                                       
  15. >Hello netters,                                                                                                                                       
  16. >                                                                                                                                                     
  17. >Has anyone been able to get 123 3.1 (for DOS) running in emulated                                                                                    
  18. >DOS in OS/2?  I can't.  I think that a setting just needs to be changed                                                                              
  19. >but I can't figure out which one.  I need to run 123 3.1 in the                                                                                      
  20. >background--and Windows 3.1 won't do it.  I got it to work in a                                                                                      
  21. >DOS from A: session in OS/2, but I would rather use emulated DOS.                                                                                    
  22. >Any ideas?                                                                                                                                           
  23. >                                                                                                                                                     
  24. >Thanks,                                                                                                                                              
  25. >                                                                                                                                                     
  26. >--                                                                                                                                                   
  27. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------                                                                       
  28. >|  Charles A. Thompson               |  thompson@ukanvm.cc.ukans.edu         |                                                                       
  29. >|  University of Kansas              |  thompson@ukanvax.cc.ukans.edu        |                                                                       
  30. >|  _Avid_ SkiBum                     |  OS/2 2.0 is for YOU!!!               |                                                                       
  31. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------                                                                       
  32. >|  Look for Recipe Pro(tm), an interactive recipe database, coming soon...   |                                                                       
  33. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------                                                                       
  34. >                                                                                                                                                     
  35. Create a 123r31.bat in the 123r3 subdirectory with:                                                                                                   
  36. SET DOS16M=2                                                                                                                                          
  37. SET 123MEMSIZE=2048                                                                                                                                   
  38. 123.EXE                                                                                                                                               
  39. Create a program object with path d:\123r3\123r31.bat and DOS_VERSION 123*.exe,                                                                       
  40. 3,30,255 and LOTUS.EXE,3,30,255.  Set DPMI_MEMORY_LIMIT to 2MB larger than the                                                                        
  41. 123MEMSIZE setting.  If you have big spreadsheets you may need a 123MEMSIZE of                                                                        
  42. 4096.                                                                                                                                                 
  43. Never use the keystroke CNTRL-BREAK in 123 r31 - it will GP fault 123 r31.                                                                            
  44. Mike Long                                                                                                                                             
  45. Iowa State University                                                                                                                                 
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