djo7613@blake.acs.washington.edu (Dick O'Connor) (05/11/89)
Now that RAM prices are a bit more reasonable, I've upgraded two Zenith
Z248 AT-compatibles to 3MB each. Now the fun begins: just how shall we
put this memory to good use?
We program using QuickBasic, Microsoft C and Fortran, Turbo Pascal and
Prolog, and have other "stuff" around like WordPerfect 5.0, Quattro, comm
packages and utilities. Besides obvious expanded memory uses like
RAM disks and WordPerfect use, what other uses have some of you put your
"extra" memory to? Any extended memory uses you care to share?
I keep reading about the combination of Desqview and QEMM (sp?) as one
way to put extra megabytes to work in a "multitasking" way under DOS.
Any comments on how well it works (is it worth the $$)? Real life
experiences would be greatly appreciated!!
Of course, I can always wait until our agency recognizes the existence
of Unix <grin>...
"Moby" Dick O'Connor
Washington Department of Fisheries
Olympia, Washington 98504
Internet Mail: djo7613@blake.acs.washington.edu
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DISCLAIMER: I speak only for myself, not for the Department. Here, anyway!
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So long, and thanks from all the fish...bear@bgsuvax.UUCP (Michael D. Bear) (05/11/89)
If you don't have a 386 machine, QEMM won't do you any good. It is a memory manager for the 386. I use Desqview and a 286, and have found that the only good use for extended memory is to make swapping to disk very fast. I just set up a 2MB ramdisk, and point the swapdisk to it. That is the only use for 286 extended memory, because your programs don't run in protected mode. If your memory is LIM 4.0, it is much more useful to Desqview, because programs can actually run in it, unlike in extended memory or LIM 3.2 Hope this helps. -- Michael D. Bear bear@andy.bgsu.edu Computer Technician Bowling Green State University (419) 372-2104