leoh@hardy.hdw.csd.harris.com (Leo Hinds) (06/21/91)
In article <91171.084713DLB@psuvm.psu.edu> DLB@psuvm.psu.edu (Dan Bernitt) writes: >I presume you're running in enhanced 386 mode? Some observations: > If you're restricted to the 2M, run in standard mode. You lose the > multi-tasking and windowing of DOS programs but performance is okay. My response really doesn't apply to the DOS side of the original question, but it does apply to the "generic" (given system memory limitations) suggestion to run in "Standard mode" I have seen this suggestion many times, but one thing that is never mentioned is the memory catch-22 ... I have 2M on a 386-so I run standard mode ... problem - I can basically load windows and MAYBE w4w (if the document is small enough) before I run out of memory ... in 386enh mode I can run swapfile (8M in my case) so that the system will at least run (load) more than onelarge application at a time ... sure it is EXCRUCIATINGLY slow & the disk thrashing (swapping) has a nice rhythm to it, but it does come closer to the windows goal of multiple applications open at once. leoh@hdw.csd.harris.com Leo Hinds (305)973-5229 Gfx ... gfx ... :-) whfg orpnhfr V "ebg"grq zl fvtangher svyr lbh guvax V nz n creireg ?!!!!!!? ... znlor arkg gvzr