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From: dhosek@euler.claremont.edu (Don Hosek)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
Subject: Re: Communication programs
Message-ID: <1991May19.224319.1@euler.claremont.edu>
Date: 20 May 91 05:43:19 GMT
References: <1991May19.113245.19970@cs.umu.se>
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In article <1991May19.113245.19970@cs.umu.se>, dvldbg@cs.umu.se (Daniel Brahneborg) writes:
> I read somewhere in the manual that you shouldn't let com-progs be
> swapped out. Is there any workaround for this? The problem is
> that I am using Reflection 4, which is very good, even though it
> is a quite big. It would be VERY nice if I could run
> Refl. from DV, together with my editor (Sage), and a few other things.
> But when I start Refl, and try to get back to DV, it just says that
> 'a non-swappable window in in the way'. So, is there any way I can
> make this work? If I have to get another com-prog, that's OK.
> As long as I have complete vt220-compatibility, I'm happy.

MS Kermit can be run in a 200K window. Plus it's DV-aware and has
the best VT emulation I've ever seen.
 
> Now I have a 286, with 1 Mb memory. Would more memory do it?
> (Expanded or extended, I never seem to remember the difference.)

With multitasking, more is always better. Especially more memory.
I'm currently running a 386 with 13M of RAM (plenty of room for
apps plus a 2M cache). 4M provides an adequate environment for my
needs (but a lot of that is large memory windows
 
> I also tried opening two Basic-windows. Very cute, if the could only
> run at the same time. Now it just says 'Swapping', and stops the first
> one when I click on the second. Very annoying. So, what is happening
> here? I tought that DV could multitask, even if you didn't have a 386.
> PLEASE tell me it can! 

You're runing short on memory. I don't use Basic myself, but you
may want to see if you can shrink down the memory allocated (go
into Open window/Change Program and select your basic entry and
diddle with the memory allocated.

-dh

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