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From: covici@well.sf.ca.us (John Covici)
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Subject: Re: desqview and speech
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Date: 8 Aug 90 19:58:32 GMT
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In article <13123@bunker.UUCP> Rick.Alfaro@f8.n369.z1.fidonet.org writes:
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>I have 640k conventional memory, 384k extended and 1 meg expanded
>that comply to the lotus intel 4.0 specifications for expanded
>memory.  Desqview did indeed recognizxe that the 1 meg of expanded
>memory was there, and upon first impression, you would think that
>everything was just fine.  However, the probelm comes when setting
>up several tasks and activating them in different windows.  When
>desqview makes full use of expanded memory, it is supposed to swap
>applications in and out of expanded and leave your dos memeory as
>fre as possible.  Here is where I realized that desqview wasn't
>really using the expanded memory like it was supposed to do.  

The problem is that most expanded memory boards don't really comply with 
LIMEMS 4.0  .  I had this same problem with an Intel Above board
where it would not map the area from 1000 to a000 to expanded memory 
so DV couldn't take full advantage of it.  There is something  called
a "charge Card" which last I remember you can attach to that kind of board
and it will make it fully comply with the standard.  I actually have not seen
a memory board by itself which complies properly.  Given the price, 386SX's
are the thing to get rather than the 286 stuff.

         John