Re: EMS and Windows 2.03 help

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From: PETER GOWDY
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 1989 18:52

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Hi there,
I have a problem with Excel (2.1). I can't seem to make the system
(windows) use my Expanded memory to its fullest. Whenever I access
any command, or when I call a macro, the hard disk is accessed,
despite having 512K allocated for SmartDrive, and a 512K Ramdisk set
up and pointed to by the Environment Variable TEMP.
 
This is my configuration:
 
AT clone 12mhz
MS-DOS 3.3
2 Meg Intel Above Board
640K motherboard ram
Windows 2.03
Excel 2.1
 
Environment Variable
TEMP=f:\  (f: is a 512K ramdisk)
 
SmartDrive set to 512K, with /a switch for expanded memory
 
In WIN.INI
swapdisk=f:\ /a
swapsize=512
 
Does the swapsize, when set to 0, use the CLOCK program loaded as an
icon as the first program loaded in determining the EMS space to
allocate to swapping, or does it use the first application
loaded for use (Excel)?
 
 
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
 
Peter Gowdy
USENET: peter.gowdy@canremote.uucp
 
 

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From: peter.gowdy@canremote.uucp (PETER GOWDY)
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Subject: Re: EMS and Windows 2.03 help
Message-ID: <89110701544128@masnet.uucp>
Date: 6 Nov 89 18:52:00 GMT
Organization: Canada Remote Systems Limited, Mississauga, ON, Canada
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