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From: phil@pepsi.amd.com (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: DesqView 286
Keywords: Desqview Memory
Message-ID: <29763@amdcad.AMD.COM>
Date: 6 Apr 90 19:39:07 GMT
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In article <879@lehi3b15.csee.Lehigh.EDU> kdunn@lehi3b15.csee.Lehigh.EDU (Kevin Dunn) writes:
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|  I am interested in any information on DV 286.  I have a 286 with 640k +
|  384k EXT/EMS memory, and heard from a friend that DV 286 can use the 384k to

Forget it. It won't work. You won't like it.

From the description of your system, it has EMS 3.2, which is useless
for multi-tasking. You need EEMS, which you can only get on either an
AST Premium 286 or a 386.

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