my@dtg.nsc.com (Michael Yip) (05/26/90)
Someone responded to my previous posting saying that I can load the
Netware shell (2.15c) to extended memory or expanded memory. But I
don't have the network here with me nor I played with 2.15c shell.
I think that the one that I used before was 2.15a(?). Anyway.
Do I load the shell to expended memory before I start Window 3.0 or
Window move the shell to somewhere in the memory itself?
(I think that the shell should be loaded into expended memory before
starting window ... but I am not sure.)
If I am connect to multiple printer on the network (Netware), can I
print to, say, three different printers on the network at the same
time from three different apps? Also, how well, does Window 3.0 handle
printing from a DOS process?
About the File Manager ... someone mentioned that the File Manager from
Window 3.0 will go around the hard disk and collect information. Is
that true? Is it possible to disable that? 'cause if I am using Window 3
on a network, I sure don't want File Manager to snoop around a 600 Meg drive
on the file server. That will take a long time and generate a lot of
traffic on the net plus the file server will be heavily loaded.
My last question (for now) ... how much memory will Window 3.0 and the
network shell require? Will a 2Meg 386SX type of machine be able to
handle both? Or the min configuration should be something like 4Meg?
Oh, actually one more question. When Window 3.0 is swapping memory to
the disk, will it not swap to a network drive? Swapping thru the
network is rather expensive in time and resource. Can I disable the
swapping 'cause of Virtual Memory? (I supposed that the swapping is
'cause by some sort of VM, right?) If I disable the swapping, how will
that affect the performance of Window 3.0? And how many apps can I run
in 2Meg (and 4Meg RAM) without swapping?
Thanks in advance.
-- Mike
my@dtg.nsc.com
PS: I will probably upgrading a Netware SFT LAN sometime in the summer
therefore I would like to collect as much information as possible
before I get my hands wet! Thanks.