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From: nfs@notecnirp.Princeton.EDU (Norbert Schlenker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Question re Windows/386
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Date: 29 Dec 89 19:13:05 GMT
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Reply-To: nfs@notecnirp.UUCP (Norbert Schlenker)
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Here I am, trying to clean up a too full hard disk.  When I bought this
Toshiba 5100, it came bundled with a copy of Windows/386 that I have yet
to use seriously.  So, thinks I, let's see whether it's worth keeping around.

The first thing I notice is that I can apparently have an infinite number
of copies of the standard Windows application programs (clock, notepad,
write, reversi, etc.) all running.  Fine and dandy.

The next thing I notice is that I cannot start a single real application
inside this turkey.  So I get rid of the "smartdrive" (where do they get
these names?) and let Windows play with the whole 2Mb that I have.  Now
I can start one copy of command.com, which will run applications in about
450Kb of memory.  Not fantastic, but better.

Now can I start WordPerfect in another window?  Uh-uh.  Not enough memory
to run, it says.  So I finally RTFM, and it has a vague reference to 
setting "swapdisk" and "swapsize" in win.ini.  I follow the instructions
and do that, but nothing changes.

To recap, I have a 2 Mb machine (640K real, 1408K extended) that cannot
run more than one decent sized application.  What have I done wrong?
Is Windows really incapable of swapping - if so, why does the manual have
all this gibberish about it?  Should I waste 2Mb of disk space on this
software?  Should I buy VM/386?  Should I buy Desqview?

Please email me your answers ... I don't usually have the time to read
this group.

Norbert