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From: mishima@hpujsda.HP.COM (Ryuji Mishima)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Win3 to support mem management
Message-ID: <1200001@hpujsda.HP.COM>
Date: 24 Aug 90 06:03:46 GMT
References: <1990Aug20.191715.19173@amd.com>
Organization: YHP/SDC/CPO - Tokyo, Japan
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>Yes, this is VERY GOOD news from Microsoft.  As reported in this weeks
>InfoWorld (page 13), Quarterdeck was about to release their new QEMM 5.1,
>claiming "the ablity to run Windows with device and program drivers loaded
>above video memory", but "Microsoft said it couldn't be done."  Thus,
>Quarterdeck informed Microsoft how they were going to accomplish this
>impossible feat, and Microsoft asked Quarterdeck to delay shipment while
>they developed a virtual device driver, XVD.  This XVD will be bundled
>with QEMM and 386 Max to make Windows 3.0 compatible with the memory
>managers.

I don't read the article and not sure what it means.
The new QEMM driver with XVD will allow to run in 386 enhanced
mode after DOS device drivers are loaded by loadhi?

Any information would be much appreciated. Thanks.


Ryuji MISHIMA
mishima@hpujisa