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Re: hffax 5.1 on the Sharp PC-3100
Hello
I ran into the same problem. Solution was to turn off the computer, using
Fn+Esc when it hung and then after 3 seconds or so hitting the Esc key to
turn it back on. WP51 works fine on the Sharp.
Good luck
Harold
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Volker Jahns" <Volker.Jahns@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <sharp-pc3k@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <volker@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 1:46 AM
Subject: hffax 5.1 on the Sharp PC-3100
> I have some trouble to get hffax 5.1 to work on a PC-3100.
>
> The system hangs when the executable is started.
>
> First I thought it might be the video adapter, but the UNIX command
> strings HFFAX.EXE clearly show that it CGA is configurable. Also
> running the executable w/ dosemu ( a DOS emulation which runs
> in UNIX) works fine (also shows that dispaly defaults to CGA.
>
> Then I suspected not enough memory:
>
> I have tried several memory configurations. hffax hangs in any of
> these configs.
>
> (1) Disabling any loading of drivers and diagnosing w/ MEM.EXE
> gives a maximum 548528 bytes available.
>
> (2) Extra memory EMM.SYS w/ 640 kB
>
> Also, I know that hffax 5.1 runs on HP200 LX (which also supports CGA
> but has 80186 unit on board).
>
> I would _greatly_ appreciate any suggestions.
>
>
> --
> Volker Jahns, Volker.Jahns@xxxxxxxxxxx, http://thalreit.de
>
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