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From: jankowski@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
Subject: The Dreaded "X13" strikes again...
Message-ID: <1991Jun24.124950.4955@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com>
Date: 24 Jun 91 17:49:50 GMT
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 F.Y.I.:

 For those of you who see the nasty "Exception 13" I have some info that
 may be of some interest. I'm running QEMM 5.1 w/ DV 2.3 on a 16mhz. 386
 (4MB) Data General Laptop. Recently I had a bout with the dreaded "X13"
 which I could cause at will. I would run Smarterm 240 (st240.exe) as my
 first window which I used to log onto a DECNET Vax. All I had to do was
 do a directory listing and tap the "DESQ" (ALT) key while the directory
 was being listed and wala X13, every time !!! I set protection to #3 and
 even turned off optimization within setup with no help. But wait, on
 accident I loaded PCTOOL desktop in window #1 then ST240 in window #2
 and suddenly to my surprise no "X13". This leads me to believe loading
 certain applications in different orders also becomes part of the 
 optimization process. Has anyone else had this experience ????

 By the way it's taken me a good 6 months to get my laptop tiptop with QEMM
 and DV. But I tell you what it was %#$ well worth it. To be able to load
 at last count 1-9,A,B,C,D applications such as WP 5.1, PCTOOLS shell &
 desktop, Smarterm, Manifest, CCS CAD, etc... is wonderful, although I do
 confess I'm still hesitant on working on a valuable document or drawing
 due to bad experiences with "X13" but I'm gaining confidence daily...


Jim (Jimmy the Lock) Jankowski

It's amazing how the definition of "playing" changes with age !