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Subject: DESQVIEW 386 W/ 600K APPLICATIONS
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Date: 28 Dec 89 17:38:25 GMT
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Nf-From: s.cs.uiuc.edu!fireman    Dec 28 02:31:00 1989


A while back I posted a question about Windows 386.  My objective is to 
multitask DOS applications (Turbo Pascal, a word processor, and the student
version of Golden Common Lisp).  What's unique about my situation is that this
student version of GCL requires 600K to run.  In order to run it, I need to
decrease the number of files and buffers to 10 each.  While in GCL, I can't
even use the DOS access function because there isn't enough memory to spawn
COMMAND.COM.  (I'm using DOS 3.3)

From the response I got to my original query, I'm convinced that Desqview 386
is better than Windows 386 (any opinions to the contrary?).  My question is,
does anyone know if I'm going to be able to run this student version of GCL? 
Does Desqview (or Windows) require a little bit of overhead in each of it's
windows?  How much?  I can't spare more than a few KB.

Assume I have a 386 with 4MB.

Also, what is the relationship between QEMM and Desqview 386?  Do you use them
together?

FOR THOSE WHO WANT A CHALLENGE.  
Actually, this student edition of GCL is split into three separate programs.  
1. The LISP interpreter without any editor.  This only takes several hundred
   K, leaving a few hundred K available for running your code.
2. A version with an editor that takes up so much memory that you only have
   30K or so to run your code with.
3. A tutorial which takes up a full 600K.

Obviously, it's convenient to be able to edit but with only 30K available for
running your programs, you often have to quit, load version number 1 and run
your program.  If you want to do extensive editing, you quit version 2 and go
back to version 1.  If you want to use the on-line tutorial, you have to quit
whatever you're in and enter version 3.  *SO*, my real objective is to run all
three of these at once as well as my word processor (350K).

Does anyone know if Desqview can do the job?
Finally, does anyone know of a reference where DESQview 386 is evaluated?  
Specific dates or issues of magazines would be very much appreciated.

Neil