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AST RESEARCH TECHNICAL BULLETIN TB-0178 5-19-86
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DESQVIEW COMPATIBILITY WITH VEMM SOFTWARE
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Compatibility testing was conducted with DESQview and VEMM
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software. VEMM (Virtual Expanded Memory Manager) developed by
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Fort's Software, is a virtual memory software that uses demand
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paging similar to that found in IBM mainframe operating systems.
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It allows a user of a 2Mbyte EMS or EEMS board to get an
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additional 6Mbytes of virtual memory. The following equipment
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and softwares were used:
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IBM PC/XT with 256Kbytes of memory and 10MB fixed disk
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Model 5160
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SixPakPremium/1000
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PC-DOS 3.10
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REMM 2.70
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VEMM 1.0
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DESQview 1.11
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LOTUS 123 Release 2
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SYMPHONY Release 1.1
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VEMM requires a device driver to be loaded immediately after the
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expanded memory manager device driver.
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Device=VEMM.SYS D=32 M=40
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Where "D" allocated the amount of 16KB demand pages for virtual
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memory and "M" stands for the amount of expanded memory pages
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available. Fort's Software claims that VEMM is compatible with
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AST Research's RAMpage! board and the RAMpage! Expanded Memory
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Manager. No problems were encountered when using this
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combination with LOTUS 123 Release 2 or SYMPHONY 1.1. However,
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attempts to enter DESQview causes DESQview to respond with the
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following:
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This version of DESQview requires:
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1. An AST Enhanced Expanded memory board such as RAMpage!,
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RAMpage! AT or SixPak Premium.
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2. The line Device=REMM.SYS (at minimum) in the correct
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order in your CONFIG.SYS file.
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Exiting...
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The reason this occurs is because DESQview talks directly to the
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hardware. Possible solutions are being investigated. |