Re: VirtualPC/Windows PC issues

From: Colin Barnhorst (colinbarharst(nojunk)_at_msn.com)
Date: 03/09/05 

Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 14:53:41 -0700

See: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q85659/ 

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Colin Barnhorst [MVP  Windows - Virtual Machine]
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"hielan' laddie" <bobbieburns@bobbybruce.co.uk.not> wrote in message 
news:0001HW.BE54CF4C0018046BF060B5B0@news.individual.net...
> On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 14:20:14 -0500, John wrote
> (in article <1110396023.afce70243bf8b5b916e983a35d1a20a5@teranews>):
>
>> I apologize if I hit the wrong groups here, but I could not find a
>> Windows 3.x exclusive Newsgroup that was active and I know that people
>> in these groups would be able to answer my question.
>>
>> Okay I bought VPC 1.x and created a Zip 250 boot disk that boots Mac OS
>> 7.5.5.  Once in that os I then run VPC which runs Windows 3.11 (also on
>> the zip disk).  (My mac is old, and cannot emulate anything behond 95
>> with speed.  Perhaps I might load Windows 95 again if VPC 1.x will
>> support it, but I might be lacking disk space and speed if I ran 95 from
>> a Zip disk on a machine as old as mine).
>>
>> Okay here is the error I am getting everytime I boot Windows 3.11.
>>
>>
>> "Application Error
>>
>> PROGRAM caused a General Protection Fault in module MSADLIB.DRV at
>> 0002:0325."
>>
>> I am not familiar with troubleshooting Windows 3.x and want to fix this
>> issue without doing something like reinstalling.  VPC shipped with Win
>> 3.x on the CD, so I believe this is a change from future versions that
>> require a user to install the OS.  Whatever configs of 3.x were done by
>> Connectix.  I did not play with anything.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>>
>> John
>>
>
> Sigh. Let me count the problems...
>
> 1 VPC 1 was a version one product. It was even more version one than many
> version one products. (Translation: it had more bugs than a fire ant 
> nest.)
> Among other problems, it didn't do long names, just basic DOS 8.3 names, 
> and
> _this was a +feature+_. Problems like that made for interesting times in 
> so
> many ways.
>
> 2 IIRC VPC 1 emulated a 486 or a Pentium 1. Those CPUs are, how can I put 
> it,
> less than speedy. If you're running VPC 1 on an older, slower, Mac, it's
> going to _crawl_.
>
> 3 VPC was _not_ designed to be run from removable media. Installing it on 
> a
> Zip disk strikes me as being foolhardy.
>
> 4 Zip disks are _not_ fast. Given the lack of speed in VPC 1 itself, and 
> the
> lack of speed in the Mac running the system, trying to run VPC from a Zip
> would seem to be _begging_ for trouble.
>
> There are other items, but I can't be bothered with them. You have _gone 
> out
> of your way_ to use a system which is _guarenteed_ to cause problems, and
> then you have spammed half of usenet to announce your success in creating
> problems for yourself. May I suggest that you buy VPC 6 or 7 and install 
> on a
> slightly faster machine? Or just buy a cheap Windows box? As VPC 7, 
> without a
> Windows license, costs US$130, and cheap WinBoxen, _with_ WinXP, cost 
> around
> US$500, buying VPC ain't that sensible unless you're _really_ low on cash.
> (VPC 7, on a 1.25 GHz Mac, emulates a 700 MHz Pentium 2 or 3 with a 
> low-end
> video card and not much RAM. Even a throw-away Gateway box does better.
> Naturally, even if VPC 7 _runs_ on your 'older Mac' it's not going to be 
> even
> _close_ to delivering 700 MHz speed.)
>
> Finally, if you _really_ want to get answers about VPC and not to troll
> multiple groups (guess which one _I_ think you want to do) you'd go to one 
> of
> the VPC newsgroups. Microsoft has two of them set up, one for VPC Mac and 
> one
> for VPC Windows. Hint: the Windows guys won't have a clue about your 
> problems
> and undoubtedly care even less about them than I do.
>
> Followups set to microsoft.public.mac.virtualpc. May God have mercy on 
> them.
>

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