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- From: kaustell@viikki.Helsinki.FI (KIM OLAVI KAUSTELL (MATEK))
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
- Subject: 32 bit multiplication not reliable ???
- Keywords: 386/16, processor faults
- Message-ID: <kaustell.80@viikki.Helsinki.FI>
- Date: 6 Nov 92 06:24:54 GMT
- Sender: news@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Uutis Ankka)
- Organization: University of Helsinki, Fac.Agric.For.
- Lines: 34
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- Hello there !
-
- I recently got my hands on a used WYSE 386/16 PC with 4M RAM, 1M Trident,
- 68+20M hard disk and Intel 387/25. Now that I installed Win 3.1, I get this
- very annoying WARNING from WIN (not exactly these words...):
-
- "Your Intel 80386 processor is not reliable on 32 bit
- multiplications. Usually Windows can handle these situations,
- but You might want to replace the processor.
-
- Press any key to continue..."
-
- If I hit any key, Win starts and runs normally (in enhanced mode). The point
- is that this message wasn't there when I got this machine with another
- person's win3.1 which I wanted to replace.
-
- I know this PC is a bit old, but it would do the job. I'd just want to get
- rid of that WARNING, and if possible, by some other means than
- - replacing the processor(card)
- - shutting my eyes/the monitor during win start
- - buying a new machine
-
- I can imagine there would exist some system.ini -setting like "disable 32
- bit multiplications=1" or something.
-
- Any hints would be very appreciated.
-
- y-=p Kim Kaustell p=-y
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