Desqview/X

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mijk
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Desqview/X

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Anyone ever use it? I'm trying to set it up along with TCP/IP access and am having the worst time ever. I just run out of memory even on 64MB of RAM (I know it's the DOS-level RAM it's struggling with).

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Re: Desqview/X

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Yes, I've run it in the day, and for "fun". Running X on Linux is what I pushed everyone to after demonstrating how fragile desqview is.

The Novell tcpip is touchy. It's always been a challenge, and the payoff isn't there for any practical reasons.

From the top of my head, don't load anything that isn't needed. No CD-ROM, no disk cache, nothing you absolutely don't need.
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Re: Desqview/X

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Are you using QEMM that comes with it?

Make sure you are not using himem, and emm386 from dos, it runs better if you use QEMM.

I had it running on a 486 laptop with 20mb.

I'll have to admit I havent tried running external X apps, just the ones that come with it, I have to say its also interesting running windows through it as well.

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