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From: kudla@rpi.edu (Robert J. Kudla)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: DesqView 386 Problem
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Date: 2 Apr 91 15:38:14 GMT
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I'm running an original copy of DesqView 386 with manual and all, and
yet I can't figure out how to get into this mode the manual refers to
as "Virtual 8086 Mode" which should allow me to break the 640K
barrier.  I have an IBM PS/2 Model 55SX with, I believe, 2M of RAM
total (the DOS 4.01 MEM command shows 1.7M of EMS memory under QEMM,
and 1.2M of extended memory with 0 of that free.... I can't figure
that out either).  

As it stands, I run one application (say, a terminal program) and when
I go into the DEsqview menu to start another one it tells me there's
not enough memory.  The memory status program shows "1736K of Common
Memory" but only 506K of Conventional Memory when nothing but the
status program itself is running.

The manual mentions Virtual 8086 Mode in passing at the beginning and
glosses over it for the rest of the manual.  How do I access it?

By the way, please respond in email.  I don't actually read
comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc.  Thanks....

Robert Jude Kudla <kudla@rpi.edu>
                                   
No more bars!  No more cages!  Just rollerskating, disco music, and
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