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From: phil@amdcad.AMD.COM (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: advice wanted on VM/386
Message-ID: <23061@amdcad.AMD.COM>
Date: 29 Sep 88 19:30:07 GMT
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, Ca.
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I'm mainly a Unix user who uses a 286 AT clone to run applications
such as Microsoft Word and OrCAD's schematic entry program. My problem
is that most such programs are memory hogs. When I use Sun's PC-NFS
with Microsoft Word, I can't run the spelling checker because 640K is
not enough memory. And most of the programs I use don't understand
extended or expanded memory. 

Having heard of the 80386's virtual 8086 mode, I wonder if I could use
a 386 clone to give each of my applications the bare 640K machine they
seem to require. What kind of software do I need? VM/386 sounds like
the right thing. Windows is more than I need. I've also heard of
DESQView. Which one will let me run my applications without running
out of memory? What do they do if I run out of physical memory? Do any
of them know how to swap or page?

Would PC-NFS work with any of the above?


-- 

I speak for myself, not the company.
Phil Ngai, {ucbvax,decwrl,allegra}!amdcad!phil or phil@amd.com