Re: 16 bit Database Tools on DEC Alpha NT 3.51
Date: 1996/04/18
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In Article<4l3peu$bas_at_insosf1.netins.net>, <cisco_at_netins.net> writes:
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> From: cisco_at_netins.net (Peter Bowers)
> Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle
> Subject: 16 bit Database Tools on DEC Alpha NT 3.51
> Date: 17 Apr 1996 21:56:46 GMT
> Organization: INS Info Services, Des Moines, IA
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> We have installed Oracle Workgroup Server on a DEC Alpha 400 server
> under NT 3.51. None of the 16 bit database administration Windows Tools
> (Database Manager, Instance Manager, etc.) will work. We get
> an ORA-3121 error. According to Oracle support, the Alpha cannot
> emulate Intel 286 16 bit mode, and therefore the applications will not
> run. Only 32 bit apps will work. Has anybody else encountered this
> problem? Why are these tools installed if they don't work? Is there
> any way to make them work on the Alpha?
>
> Peter Bowers
> cisco_at_netins.net
> 515-225-9015
>
Received on Thu Apr 18 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST