Olivetti DOS 4.01 Revision 1.06 or Later Needed to Run Windows

Last reviewed: November 9, 1995
Article ID: Q66416

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.0, 3.0a

SUMMARY

According to Olivetti Corporation, Olivetti DOS version 4.01 with a revision number earlier than 1.06 does not run Microsoft Windows version 3.0 correctly.

If you have a version of Olivetti DOS 4.01 with a revision date earlier than 1.06, contact Olivetti for Olivetti DOS 4.01 Rev 6.

MORE INFORMATION

A possible symptom might be an "Unsupported DOS" error from Windows when trying to run Windows 3.0 in any mode (real, standard, or enhanced) on an Olivetti computer running Olivetti DOS.

KBCategory: kbother
KBSubcategory: win30
Additional reference words: 3.00 3.0 3.0a 3.00a win30

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Last reviewed: November 9, 1995
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