Re: Desqview/X

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From: Mike Ching
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 01:12

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In article <1992Aug24.173537.11613@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Marc Roussel) writes:
>
>     Also, what are the base system requirements for Desqview/X?  The
>glossy brochure in the last Byte didn't say, at least not anywhere I
>could find!
>
>				Marc R. Roussel
>                                mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca

DV/X uses around 10-11 Meg of disk space and can run in 4Meg of RAM.
You need 8Meg of RAM to multitask significant applications though.
EGA or VGA video (no Hercules graphics support is available) is required.
I don't think the 286 version has been released so a 386 is the
base CPU. Lots of RAM and fast I/O (disk and video) contribute more
to good performance than faster CPUs and I am satisfied with a
386SX-33, 8Meg RAM and a 0 wait state ET4000 VGA card.

Mike Ching

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