-=> Quoting Al Sponar to All <=-
 AS> I ran GeoWorks v1.0 (no L) for years on a 4.77 MHz 8088 with DOS 3.3 
 AS> . I have moved it onto a 386 with DOS 5.0, it will not run.
 AS> The same software used to run on another 386 with DOS 3.3, so I am
 AS> guessing that it doesn't like the DOS.  I would still like to be able
 AS> to use it, even though I have v2.01, I would still like the old version
 AS> for accessing old files (without converting).
 AS> If anyone knows what to do, let me know.  Thanks.
I think there was something about loading SETVER.EXE after 
entering the GeoWorks start up program into it. KERNEL.EXE 
or LOADER.EXE come to mind. Look in the .bat file that 
starts GeoWorks and see what the name is. 
Change to the directory that SETVER.EXE is in (C:\DOS) and 
type: SETVER KERNEL.EXE 3.30 or SETVER LOADER.EXE 3.30 or 
SETVER GEOS.EXE 3.30, depending on which loads your version. 
Note: it is NOT the geos.bat file, but the .exe that the 
bat file loads. 
The following is from one of the GeoWorks text files: 
You may be able to use Ensemble 1.0 using the SETVER command. 
At any DOS prompt, type the command:
	SETVER GEOS.EXE 3.30
and press enter.  You should get a warning message of some kind, and 
then a message that the version as been successfully updated.  Press 
Ctrl-alt-del to re-boot your machine, and GeoWorks Ensemble should 
run normally.  You should not ever need to run the SETVER command 
again with GEOS.EXE.
If, after running the SETVER command, you get the message "Bad 
command or filename," then the SETVER program is either not present 
on your system or it is not in your current path.  Try switching to 
your DOS directory and re-running the command.  Type CD\DOS to change 
to your DOS directory, and then type the SETVER command shown above.
If you still get the "Bad command or filename" message, you should 
make sure you are typing the command correctly, and that you have MS-
DOS 5 installed.  You can check your current DOS version by typing 
the command VER and pressing enter.
If you get a message like "SETVER device is not loaded...," then you 
need to make a small change in your CONFIG.SYS file to make SETVER 
function correctly.  You must insert the following, on a line all by 
itself, in the CONFIG.SYS file:
	DEVICE=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE
You can edit your CONFIG.SYS file with any text editor, or you can 
simply append the line to the end of CONFIG.SYS by typing this 
command at the C:\> prompt:
	ECHO DEVICE=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE >> CONFIG.SYS
Don't put in any spaces except where shown.
 
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