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From: mlord@bwdls58.bnr.ca (Mark Lord)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Can a Rampage be taught LIM 4.0?
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Date: 7 Nov 90 20:09:10 GMT
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In article <9560@jarthur.Claremont.EDU< jmerrill@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Jason Merrill) writes:
<In article <10250@ur-cc.UUCP> gwni@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (G. Wayne Nichols) writes:
<>Last time I knew, Quarterdesk (authors of Desqview) did not feel that the
<>AST LIM 4.0 EMS driver was very good.  At that time, they recommended
<>staying with the EEMS driver when using their software.  So be warned.
<
<The reason for that is that DESQview requires EEMS to multitask.  LIM 4.0

Err.. not quite.. Desqview requires LARGE FRAME LIM 4.0 for efficient 
multitasking.  Like windows3 (real mode) it can also multitask in small
frame EMS (64K, no backfill), but it does so by doing lots of massive 
memory moves.
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