Date:         Wed, 27 Jan 93 23:17:07 DST
From:         "Nicolai Winther-Nielsen" <INNWN@VM2.UNI-C.DK>
Subject:      NB Lingua, Windows - a desperate cry
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.notabene

My repeated attempts to run nb4 under Windows 3.1 have so far
been futile, and I would very much appreciate responses from
those of you who do run Windows successfully without DR.Dos and
more sophisticated programs.

  I have an AST Bravo (386 SX) and have recently installed addi-
tional memory (4 MB RAM).

Before X-mas Poul Bodin helped me tremendously well into a fine
tuning of my config.sys to load from DOS. Following his sugges-
tions to start with
      DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE 128 m9 ram
and then
  First try increasing the amount of EMS memory your system makes
  to 256.  If that doesn't help, try moving the page frame by
  changing m9 to m8, m7, m6 and so on down to m5.
Accordingly my full Bodin-CONFIG.SYS file reads:
  device=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
  device=C:\WINDOWS\emm386.exe 256 m5 ram
  dos=high,umb
  devicehigh=C:\WINDOWS\ramdrive.sys 1024 /E
  devicehigh=C:\WINDOWS\smartdrv.sys 256
  country=045,850,c:\dos\country.sys
  devicehigh=c:\dos\display.sys con=(ega,,1)
  files=30
  buffers=15
  STACKS=9,256
The operation system loads seemlessly, and nb4 also, except that
loading configuration files can take some time. Otherwise, it
results in a pretty stable dos-based operation of NB, the speller
is in EMS, I mostly get along to have 100 k files functioning
with Ibid, Orbis and spelling available.

Recently, Paul Caron has assisted me in my problems with loading
nb4 within windows, and spend an awful lot of time with me trying
to cheat Windows. He has introduced me to any known way to start
a non-Windows application, but to no avail - Paul is much smarter
and much more helpfull than my machine!

The problem in Windows is as follows:
- When I click my NB4 Icon no execution takes place, excecpt for
  the messages:
        the working directory is invalid.
        Check PIF
    But my NB.PIF is all right:
        Program Filename:       NB.COM
        Windows Title:          Nota Bene 4
        Start-up Directory:     c:\[backslash]NB4
- When I do the Run-command, the result is a little bit better.
  It loads the drivers, but then stops completely in the middle
  of loading of the configuration files! I can sometimes force it
  to exit NB (CTRL-SHT-ALT-ESC), but sometimes have to reboot
  completely.
- Same for BATCH-program
        copy con nb.bat
        @echo off
        c:[backslash]nb4[backslash]nb.com
  when run as PIF-file
- Same for the Run-command COMMAND, which got me to DOS and the
  usual NB-command, but still ended me stuck in loading con-
  figuration files.
    I have tried /b- switch, /k-switch etc, but of no avail.

QUESTION 1
  DO YOU HAVE A CONFIGURATION FOR WINDOWS THAT COULD IMPROVE ON
  MY PRESENT ONE?
  Feel free to send a copy privately and I promise to try it out
  (Nicolai Winther-Nielsen <INNWN@VM2.UNI-C.DK>)

QUESTION 2
  SHOULD I AMMEND A PATH STATEMENT SOMEWHERE IN THE NB CONFIGURA-
  TION FILES?
  NB.COM is certainly in C:\NB4. But when I check the path I fidn
  a very curious situation:
- When I have loaded the system files (after the DOS promt), and
  check path, the message I get corresponds exactly with my
  AUTOEXEC.BAT:
    path=C:\;C:\NB4;C:\PM;C:\PM4;C:\DOS;C:\WINDOWS;....
- However, when I have loaded NB from DOS, and then check the
  path, I get the message:
    path=C:\NB4\;C:\;C:\;C:\NB4;C:\PM;C:\PM4;C:\DOS;C:\WINDOWS;C:
    \NC;C:\COMPRESS;C:\TPW;C:\WP51;
- HOW CAN
        C:\[backslash]NB4\[backslash];C:\[backslash];
    KREEP INTO THE SYSTEM BY LOADING NB???? (I have no know
  autoexec.bats that could create this sequence)
    Is NB4\[backslash] damaging?

I would be happy with almost any good suggestion (except for
  quitting Windows 3.1). I am at a total loss.
Nicolai
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