Re: DESQview/X problems

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From: Mark Notarus
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 14:05

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tstark@access.digex.com (Timothy M. Stark) writes:
}    Since I have DELL 310 (slow 16 Mhz 386SX) with two megabytes of main
}memory, DV/X is very slow. When 256-color display server was installed, I moved

 That's your problem.  DV/X uses about 2MB of memory for display stuff
when using the 256 color server...and about a meg when in 16 color mode.
What that means for you, is that you need more actuall ram and *MUCH*
less swap from disk.

 mark

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