Re: Excel deficiencies

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From: John Cavallino
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1987 21:50

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In article <3777@uwmcsd1.UUCP> hammen@csd4.milw.wisc.edu.UUCP (Robert Hammen) writes:
>It was my understanding that MultiFinder allocates RAM from the top down (to
>allow for room for the heaps to grow). So, to use Excel with MultiFinder,
>you'd have to fill up the other 3MB of RAM before loading Excel.

This is not true.  According to the Microsoft technoperson, Excel MUST be
loaded FIRST under MultiFinder, and MUST NOT have a partition > 768K. (Sigh)

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From: cute@sphinx.uchicago.edu (John Cavallino)
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Subject: Re: Excel deficiencies
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Date: Thu, 3-Dec-87 16:50:25 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec  3 16:50:25 1987
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