I run R:Base 6.1a DOS and 6.5++ DOS on an XP Pro machine on several networks without
problems. I've even changed the background on the screen without blowing anything up.
I have been known to have 6.1A DOS, 6.5++ DOS, 6.5++ Windows and RBG7 running at the
same time along with a bunch of other programmes such as Outlooka and Excel. I use an
IBM Thinkpad A31, 512 RAM.
marc schluter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Thanks Kenny
>
>Sometimes I wonder if it is my hardware. �I would hate
>to buy a new computer just to test this...but I may
>have too.
>
>marc
>
>--- Kenny Camp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Marc,
>>
>> My experience is the opposite of yours. Win98 and
>> 6.1 locked up randomly and
>> several times daily on my first two RBase for
>> Windows 6.1 applications and I
>> was baffled and extremely frustrated after trying
>> everything this great list
>> suggested (including replacing the NICs, and
>> reformatting and installing
>> clean installs of Win98).
>>
>> When I finally replaced the troubled Compaq
>> Presarios w/ Celeron processors
>> with refurbished Compaq workstations (business class
>> machines with real
>> Pentium processors at about $ 800.00 each) all
>> problems disappeared. � Any
>> problems I see now are machine specific (see below).
>>
>> The same exact RBase for Windows 6.5++ programs (and
>> several newer ones) now
>> run on XP processing 300 orders a day with 4-5
>> concurrent users using these
>> programs with ZERO problems. I have 30 total local
>> users most using only
>> RBase for Dos apps. �I couldn't be happier with XP
>> and 6.5++.
>>
>> We did have one XP that started freezing up
>> occasionally after the user
>> changed from the XP default display theme and
>> colors. �The problem seems to
>> be gone now that we changed her back to the Windows
>> default theme and
>> removed some unauthorized programs and screen savers
>> she had downloaded from
>> the Internet.
>>
>> The problem computers seemed to run DOS RBase apps
>> just fine.
>>
>> Good luck with debugging your problem. �Mine drove
>> me crazy for months.
>>
>> Kenny Camp
>> IT Manager
>> Electro Enterprises
>> Oklahoma City, OK
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "marc schluter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 10:18 AM
>> Subject: [RBASE-L] - XP and 6.5++ major problems
>>
>>
>> > Hi all
>> >
>> > I have been using RBase for years and had 0
>> problems
>> > using 6.1 in 98. �When I switched to XP and 6.5++
>> > about a year ago it turned into crash city. �This
>> is
>> > not too bad until you start haveing broken
>> pointers
>> > and need to go to your back up. �I am not sure if
>> it
>> > is a XP problelm, hardware, RBase, my app or a
>> > combination.
>> >
>> > My db is about 100 meg (all 4 files) and over
>> 100,000
>> > rows in my main transaction table. �I have RStyled
>> all
>> > files, added more RAM, and have been using the
>> error
>> > feature (set var v1err = (cval('error detail'))
>> > ) to track errors. �I have fixed all errors I can
>> > find. �The problem with this is when you crash to
>> > Windows you can't get the error.
>> >
>> > The program does not crash in the same place and
>> you
>> > can not duplicate the problem.
>> >
>> > I am starting to upgrade to 7 but that will take a
>> lot
>> > longer to convert than I planned and I need a fix
>> NOW.
>> >
>> > I guess I am like all of the guys / gals who loved
>> > 4.5++ so much they held off upgrading to newer
>> > versions. �As it stands now I wish I was back in
>> 98 /
>> > 6.1.
>> >
>> > Any help would be welcomed
>> > Marc
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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