Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!cica!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU!greggt From: greggt@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU (Gregg F. Thompson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Desqview 386 Problems Message-ID: <202@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU> Date: 9 Aug 89 14:58:45 GMT References: <632@dtix.ARPA> <2520@astroatc.UUCP> <358@maytag.waterloo.edu> Reply-To: greggt@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU (Gregg F. Thompson) Distribution: na Organization: U of Akron Computer Center, Ohio Lines: 20 In article <358@maytag.waterloo.edu> dmurdoch@watstat.waterloo.edu (Duncan Murdoch) writes: >Actually, DV/386 can give more than 640K to programs, but not much, and probably >not to someone using VP. I have a Hercules clone card, and since it doesn't use >the memory between addresses A0000 and AFFFF, DV's QEMM gives this to programs. >After loading drivers etc, programs typically get about 650K. But I doubt anyone >would use Ventura on a Hercules card. > >Duncan Murdoch I installed DV/386 on an Epson 386 with Hercules graphics and with 4 megs of extended memory. After specifying RAM on the QEMM command line, chkdsk reports 720k! But in dv (xdv) it reports that I can open windows of only 640k (well the first gets 644k). Gregg -- To live is to die, to die is to live forever; GRegg Thompson Where will you spend eternity? greggt@vax1.cc.uakron.edu I reply to mail messages, only and always.