andrea@hp-sdd.hp.com (Andrea K. Frankel) (05/18/89)
My home machine is a 286 clone with 1 Meg of memory, and it isn't quite enough for the Excel spreadsheets I have been doing (which aren't all that big, but a bunch of them are linked...) The local computer shop where I bought the machine suggested that rather than shelling out ~$500 for an AboveBoard, I buy a $49 software utility called "softbytes" (I think), which makes the memory >640K look like LIM memory. Has anyone tried this with Windows, and/or Excel? It sounds like a cost-effective solution - IF it works. Andrea Frankel, Hewlett-Packard (San Diego Division) (619) 592-4664 "wake now! Discover that you are the song that the morning brings..." ______________________________________________________________________________ UUCP : {hplabs|nosc|hpfcla|ucsd}!hp-sdd!andrea Internet : andrea%hp-sdd@hp-sde.sde.hp.com (or @nosc.mil, @ucsd.edu) CSNET : andrea%hp-sdd@hplabs.csnet USnail : 16399 W. Bernardo Drive, San Diego CA 92127-1899 USA
golds@rlgvax.UUCP (Rich Goldschmidt) (05/19/89)
I called the company that makes it, and asked about Windows. They said that it will not give any aid since Windows requires LIM 4.0. Softbytes only simulates LIM 3.2. This will give more memory for some applications, like 1-2-3 and Symphony though. So it might help you with Excel. The company is Vericomp, and their number is 800-876-0400. Rich Goldschmidt uunet!rlgvax!golds or sun!sundc!rlgvax!golds
kaw@hplvli.HP.COM (Ken Ward) (05/19/89)
> >The local computer shop where I bought the machine suggested that rather >than shelling out ~$500 for an AboveBoard, I buy a $49 software utility >called "softbytes" (I think), which makes the memory >640K look like LIM >memory. > > >Andrea Frankel, Hewlett-Packard (San Diego Division) (619) 592-4664 > "wake now! Discover that you are the song that the morning brings..." I suggest that you try V-EMM (virtual expanded memory manager) from Fort's Software. It works with windows, and was PC Magazine "Editors Choice" March 31, 1987. It is $89.95, and they have a 30 day money-back guarantee. Fort's Software P.O. Box 396 Manhattan, Kansas 66502 (913) 537-2897 Ken Ward, Hewlett-Packard (Loveland Instrument Division) (303) 679-3236 (I have no connection with Fort's Software, other than the author is a good and trusted friend).