I run DV quite often. It is a pretty stable program, but it is difficult
getting enough conventional memory free to run programs under it. You
really need to work through your autoexec.bat and config.sys carefully,
perhaps using several configurations to get it clear enough even to run
some configurations of WordPerfect 5.1 (I am thinking of when you run it
with the ttfont ad-in which takes additional conventional memory.
Arachne also takes up enough conventional memory to make it difficult to
run under DV. I would like very much to be able to run things in the
background, but even more importantly to be able to cut and paste between
programs. DV doesn't do that easily-it does it, but at a cost of
conventional memory.
Michael
On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Roger Turk wrote:
> Clarence,
>
> You wrote:
>
> >>Or Botton wrote:
> >
> > But the question is this: Why cant DOS applications do the same thing?
> > Or can they do it, and this is simply not the problem?
> > If this is not the problem.. then what is it? :)
>
> As usual, I'm going to just guess here - and probably get away with it cuz
> Ricisi is on vacation. <G>
>
> DOS programs, even most TSRs, run in single task mode because there is no
> Task Manager. There is NO reason why you couldn't have multiple DOS programs
> running semi-simultaneously (semi is all even Linux can get) if you have a
> simple task manager. As long as you are talking about programs that ALREADY
> have their own memory allocated - like TSRs - they could run simultaneous
> with the primary program running in main memory.
>
> That Task Manager could be VERY simple and VERY small.
> I would write it if I was sure no one would complain because they can't run
> two Arachne windows at the same time.<g><<
>
> What about DesqView? DV.exe is only 145 K on my machine. Symmantec has
> abandoned QEEM and DesqView; do you think that they will permit anyone to
> freely distribute the program?
>
> Roger Turk
> Tucson, Arizona USA
>
