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From: mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Desqview + comm program = trouble?
Message-ID: <603.24DB138A@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us>
Date: 5 Aug 89 04:53:47 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:120/129 - Starship Enterprise, Ann Arbor MI
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In article <2068@compugen.>, john@compugen. (John Beaudin) writes:
 >Am I supposed to be able to run a comm program (using modem)
 >in window 1, hit the desqview hot-key, run a spreadsheet for a while
 >in another window, then return to the comm program without missing a 
 >beat?.
 >
 >This, on a 286. I use the comm program in desqview with a direct connect
 >to another cpu with no problems. But frequently, with the 1st configuration,
 >when I return to the comm window, there's nobody home. Characters may
 >or not be in transit from the other cpu.

It sounds suspiciously like the communications program is being swapped
out to free up some memory to run the spreadsheet.  If you see a little
window go up in the upper-right-hand corner of the screen that says
"Swapping..." and a flurry of hard-disk activity, then it's swapping
out the comm. program.  Go to the "Change Program" screen, and flip
the "Can program be swapped out?" option to "No".  This means that
you will have less memory available (you may not be able to run
your spreadsheet and comm. program at once), but the connection won't
get dropped.

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