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From: c8847914@cc.nu.oz (Athol ('Mugz') Mullen.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: DesqView 286
Message-ID: <12184.2621d264@cc.nu.oz>
Date: 10 Apr 90 02:32:36 GMT
References: <879@lehi3b15.csee.Lehigh.EDU>
Organization: University of Newcastle
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In article <879@lehi3b15.csee.Lehigh.EDU>, kdunn@lehi3b15.csee.Lehigh.EDU (Kevin Dunn) writes:
> 
>   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
> multitask.

With 384K, you can only load part of DESQview into EXT or EMS memory, and
use the rest as a 'swap disk'.

DESQview needs at least 1Meg of EMS (EEMS or EMS4.0) before it will run
programs in there. With EMS, DV loads about 32K of itself up there.
With EXT, DV loads almost 64K of itself up there.

Mugz.

Signature? I'm only an undergrad !