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From: chris@conexch.UUCP (Chris Bailey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Users of WENDIN-DOS or other Wendin products ?
Keywords: Wendin, multitasking
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Date: 3 May 89 01:19:37 GMT
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Reply-To: chris@conexch.UUCP (Chris Bailey)
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Organization: The Consultants' Exchange, Orange County, CA.  (714) 842-6348
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I have Wendin-DOS but can't use it, because it takes up too much memory.  
It leaves you with about 300K usable.  It's impossible to run CAD programs,
some compilers, and lots of other programs that need that much memory or
more.  If you just run small things, then it would be great.  They are
supposedly working on utilizing EMS memory on XT's for system memory, and
I am not sure as to whether there is a way to get the exteneded memory on
a 286 or 386 for system memory, my manuals says that it's used as swap
space automatically.  (on an XT, you have to create a RAMdisk of your own
if you want to use the EMS memory as swap space).  It could be a revolu-
tionary product if they can get their memory management together.  I would
suggest DoubleDOS on an XT, and something like DESQView on an AT with lots 
of memory.  DoubleDOS is like Wendin-DOS in that it can only give an 
application something like 450K max, while the other (it only allows for two applications at one time) has the rest of memory.  I use this when I'm in my
ternminal program and downloading.  It doesn't affect transfer performance.
have fun!