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Re: Extended and Expanded memory

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From: Phil Ngai
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 1990 06:15
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In article <PORTUESI.90Aug23104340@tweezers.esd.sgi.com>
portuesi@sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) writes:
|Seems like I'm out of luck, then.  Though I'd like to point out that
|DV still runs just fine on my machine with EMS 3.2; it's just that
|many of DV's more powerful features aren't available.

Yes, you can run DV but if you want to do real multi-tasking, as
opposed to just task switching, then you either have to stick to
very small programs or have real 4.0. (and I know you know this,
I'm just clarifying my posting)

|I wouldn't go so far as to say DV is nearly useless without full EMS

Perhaps I was a little extreme. (but at least I didn't say it
was completely useless!) Nearly useless was my reaction when I
discovered the difference between what I had expected and what
I could actually do on a 286 NEAT system. I went on to get a 386
and QEMM and was happy with that.

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Phil Ngai, phil@amd.com		{uunet,decwrl,ucbvax}!amdcad!phil
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