Re: Win 3.0, TSR's, and DOS Windows

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From: Matthew Starr Richmond
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 1990 05:22

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In article <90258.165912CC65SRAD@MIAMIU.BITNET>, CC65SRAD@MIAMIU.BITNET says:
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>To use TSR's under Windows, you must first load Windows, then run the TSR's.
>You can create a batch file called WINSTART.BAT, which will execute as soon
>as Windows is loaded.  You can then have the batch file load the TSRs.
>I strongly reccommend minimizing the number of things you load before loading
>Windows, unless you use a high memory driver like QEMM 386. Each one grabs
>a certain amount of your base memory, and hampers Windows performance.

I have an AT 286, so this may not even be possible for me..  Does HIMEM.SYS
allow you to access extended memory in Windows?  How about for TSRs?  Does
QEMM have a similar program for 286?  thanks for any info...

-Matt

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From: MSR113@psuvm.psu.edu (Matthew Starr Richmond)
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Subject: Re: Win 3.0, TSR's, and DOS Windows
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