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From: fargo@pawl.rpi.edu (Irwin M. Fargo)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Applications mngr, background images, memory
Message-ID: <25744DC0.69F4@rpi.edu>
Date: 29 Nov 89 21:44:32 GMT
Organization: Fargo HQ, Inc.
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I have three big questions to ask:

1. I have a Zenith Z-248-12 (12 MHz AT compatible) running MS Windows/286
v2.11.  I currently have 6 Mb of memory in my machine.  What I'd like to
know is, what is the best way to configure my memory for Windows?  Using my
Zenith's built in setup utilities, I can change my memory from expanded (EMS)
to extended in a number of different configurations.

2. Is there some kind of applications manager for Windows?  What I mean by
this is a window with a list of applications I can choose from.  I'm a lazy
person when it comes to navigating my directory tree to start my programs and
this would be ideal.

3. Is there a way to load a bitmap (or other format) image to be my background
in Windows?  Although the number of colors (true, dithered, and otherwise)
for the background is quite extensive, a background image just adds that little
bit of uniqueness.

And now for some addenda I thought of while typing:

1. Is there a way to use MS Windows as an X-Windows client?  I regularly use
the Sun workstations here at college and it would be great if I could work
in a multiple windowed environment.  (I know about screen, but I'd like my
windows to be visible all at once).

2. What terminal emulators are available for Windows that will run as a
Windows window (say that 10 times fast with a hamburger in your mouth!)?
I'd be especially interested in the following: VT-100, VT-220, TEK-4010.

Thanks in advance for any and all information.

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