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The easiest way to make a short cut. Use My computer to go to the location of Apcex.exe. Drag the icon to the startup button. The menu should open still dragging move to programs and drop into the location where you want it.
Other people have had no problems at all, and the reason for this was a mystery.
We now know what to do to cure the problem, thanks to some sterling work from Pineapple, who managed to get a working version and a not-working version side-by-side, and compared the two to get a fix.
So thanks to Pineapple for the following:
The setting that breaks access is 'DoubleBuffer=2', so change it to look like this, or simply remove it, as it is not required an some CD's work better without it.
[Options]
DoubleBuffer=1
Windows 98 does a test on installation to see if your CPU is fast enough. This fails on some CPUs even when they are fast enough (eg AMD DX4/100s), and you may want to install it on a slower CPU anyway. To do this you need to run SETUP.EXE with the undocumented option to skip the processor check '/nm'.
SETUP.EXE /nmLoad the system.ini into a text editor and add or edit the lines shown.
[vcache]
MinFileCache=0
MaxFileCache=2048
"Computers with Cyrix CPU''s"
If you have an Epson 866C or Microcenter Winboolt computer, you may experience periodic general protection faults. To fix this problem:
Although 586 second processor card is of course not specifically mentioned G.L.Yetts having a 586 Cyrix processor driven PC card did the above and found that his Windows95 has not "bombed out" for a week or so.
I have the following software that works on my PC Card (Aleph1 586 100Mhz). I am using PC pro version 3 and I use the 256 direct x setting with 32Mb allocated to the PC card.
Flight Simulator 98 (FS95 works as well) - albeit rather slowly when all the graphic options are turned on. It is still playable though.
Warlords III Darklords Rising - works to speed with no problems. Nice turnwise medieval warfare game.
The Star Trek Encyclopedia - nice reference guide for all trekkies. Recommended spec is a P90 but it works on my card. Recommend installing Quick Time version 3 to utilise the direct x mode for video playback.
Hope the above would be of help to anyone looking for software to run on their PC card.
Brian Howlett delighted us with message which contained some of the following text:
I have also a piece of better news to impart. Trivial Pursuit didn't work on my 486-SX33 PC card (although it did on a friend's DX2-66 card) with PC Pro 2.xx. However, with PC Pro 3, it works fine.
Swings and roundabouts, I suppose...
I have the following software that works on my PC Card (Aleph1 586 100Mhz). I am using PC pro version 3 and I use the 256 direct x setting with 32Mb allocated to the PC card.
Recommend installing Quick Time version 3 to utilise the direct x mode for video playback. Encylopaedia 99 Multimedia Edition - An absolutely brilliant purchase. Again QT version 3 is a definite requirement (as well as IE 4). The program uses 2 CD's and covers the complete text of this massive volume set. The interface is responsive, search engine impressive and includes a vast amount of images and audio/video clips. With QT3 the videos are a nice bonus and even work on my humble PC card. This package would of course be even nicer in the 32K/16M direct x mode when Aleph get it sorted.
David Randles wrote in responce to a NG posting on MS Office2000.
I have recently installed Office2000 on Win95 and PCPro 3.03, and everything went fine, the only problem being right clicking on the office assistant gave a menu, but the entries were all blank. It's not a worry for me as I can't stand the assistant and it is the first thing I turn off.
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