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In article <LABACH.92Dec24092411@acs5.acs.ucalgary.ca> labach@acs.ucalgary.ca (Terence Michael Labach) writes:
>In article <bruce.0cvx@zuhause.MN.ORG> bruce@zuhause.MN.ORG (Bruce
>Albrecht) writes: 
>
>> I haven't seen any problems where characters are ignored or doubled, but
>> I have had a lot of problems where DEMACS hangs, presumably because its
>> 32-bit DOS extender is incompatible with other ones, like the one provided
>> with Turbo C++ V3.0.
>
>I'm surprised to hear this.  My DOS programming environment at work IS
>Turbo C++ 3.0 and demacs and they work well together.  I haven't had
>problems with the two being incompatible.  You might try adjusting the
>amount of extended memory each uses (-keep in demacs) to ensure that
>they aren't conflicting.

I think the instability comes not from memory problems, but disk
problems.  DEMACS swaps to disk and, under certain circumstances, can
put quite a strain on the disk.  Some controllers don't handle this
well, and timing bugs that don't show up under DOS can come to the
fore.  Many people have reported problems to this effect.  When I use
DEMACS, every so often it dies, but ALWAYS WHEN THE HD IS ON THE SAME
TRACK!  (I know because my Dell machine tells me what track the drive
is on.)

-Joel