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sgf0z@watt.acc.Virginia.EDU (Steven Glenn Fox) writes:

>Is anyone using Qualitas 386MAX version 5.0 with Windows 3.0?

Yes and no.  386Max version 5.0 does not work with Windows 3.0:
I've got 5.0 in use and windows will run, but is restricted to
real mode.  386Max Version 5.1 is supposed to work with Windows-
I don't have it installed yet (it just arrived) so I can't say.

>I just received an offer to pick 386MAX cheaply
>(as a PC Tools registered user, you can get it for $50).
>Presently I do not use any memory manager and have definite 
>need for one.  

>This version of 386MAX says it coexists happily with Win 3.0 
>in 386 Enhanced mode and can often clear up the whole lower
>640K.  

>Can anyone back up this claim with personal experience and give
>a general impression of 386MAX?

386MAX seems to me to be pretty good: but the most I've been able to
clear is around 600K with V5.0: how much you can clean out depends a lot
on how much memory is really free between 640K and 1M, and what the
hardware of your machine is like.  386MAX has a MAXIMIZE installation
program that figures a lot of stuff out for you, rather than you
having to screw around for hours and hours.  I'm very impressed with
the company: I originally bought version 4, and 2 months later 5.0
came out so they sent it to me free when they got my registration.
2 months after that 5.1 came out (so it would work with windows) and
they sent that free, without my even having to ask for it.
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