Subj : Re: Today I learned
To   : Spectre
From : Nightfox
Date : Wed Jun 19 2024 09:06:53

  Re: Re: Today I learned
  By: Spectre to AKAcastor on Wed Jun 19 2024 09:31 pm

 Sp> I believe DESQview doesn't require QEMM specifically, but does require
 Sp> some kind of memory manager, and in every case I've seen, DV came with
 Sp> QEMM making it the most likely candidate.  Pretty sure you needed a 386
 Sp> also, so even if you had QRAM or similar for a 286 it wouldn't run.

It has been a long time since I used QEMM and DesqView, but I seem to remember DesqView saying I'd need to set up QEMM in order for it to use some features related to multi-tasking, or maybe just for more optimal behavior.  I don't remember for sure.

Nightfox
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