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From: zampetti@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Marc Zampetti )
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Subject: Re: Multi and background processing on a 286
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Date: 12 Apr 91 00:03:01 GMT
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	Multitasking on a 286 using DOS is possible, but you only can do 
it in the 640k conventional memory. Desqview will multitask on a 286, but only
if there is enough memory for the programs. But, if you have an ExPanded
memory board, not emulation, then Desqview can use that also, and run 
programs on that. It gets kinda tricky though, because you have to 
set up the board to backfill as much conventional mempory as possible, the 
ideal being all of your memory is on the exPanded board, not the main board.
Still, if you want to multitask Non-Windows programs, that is the best way
to do it on a 286. Windows will multitask Windows programs on a 286 just
fine, but not Non-windows programs. For Windows, you need eXtended memory.