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From: gantony@gara.une.oz.au (George Antony)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
Subject: DESQview-R:Base 3.1 clash
Message-ID: <6226@gara.une.oz.au>
Date: 4 May 91 04:48:34 GMT
Organization: University of New England, Armidale, Australia
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Perhaps it is bad manners to kick off in a newsgroup with such a whine
instead of a gala opening, fanfares and cheerleaders, but this problem
is holding my work back.  

Short description: R:Base 3.1 has some advanced memory-management
features that seem to clash with DESQview (I tried up to V2.32).

In particular, when leaving a subprogram of R:Base like Browse, I am
chucked out of R:Base altogether.  Worse still, DESQview is then totally
confused about memory: Memory Status reports more Total Available and 
Largest Available than the amount shown under Total Memory !
Not suprisingly, trying to do anything else results in a system crash, and
often even the CMOS setups are screwed up on restart.

I asked the local reps of both Microrim (R:Base's proud parents) and 
Quarterdeck, but nothing useful came from the former and nothing from the
latter.

Before I go into laboriously documenting everything pertaining to my 
system:  (a)  did anybody else have such a problem,
         (b)  if yes, have you found a solution,  and
         (c)  can anyone suggest the optimal DV setup for R:Base 3.1.

Thanks for your help.

George

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George Antony    (gantony@gara.une.oz.au)
Department of Agricultural Economics and Business Management
University of New England, Armidale, N.S.W. 2351, Australia
Fax: (+61-67) 711531     Phone: (+61-67) 733222 (GMT +10 hrs)
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