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From: nmouawad@water.waterloo.edu (Naji Mouawad)
Subject: DOS 5.0, glossy pages, On/OFF computers and Side or no Side.
Message-ID: <1990Aug21.000120.28505@water.waterloo.edu>
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Organization: University of Waterloo
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Date: Tue, 21 Aug 90 00:01:20 GMT
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I have me a couple of questions... maybe old, maybe new...

1) DOS 5.0, DesqView and VCPI:

I've read in the last two issues of Pc Magazine that Microsoft is 
working on version 5.0 of DOS. It seems that this beast will know
a bit more about expanded/extended memory, will use less ram and
will be able to swap Tsrs into High memory and extended memory.
that's all good and nice. However, the Virtual Control Program Interface
got me a bit worried: This thing can replace QEMM, 386_to_the_max and 
the like. Question: in the invent I want to run DesqView under Dos 5.0,
will I be able to do so ? I don't have DesqView, I'm planning on buying
it, and I hate DOS 4.01 and don't want to go back to DOS 3.3 (I'm being
difficult :) ). 

2) Before reading PC Magazine,  I tear down all glossy pages, all
pages that stands out of the mass of soft plastified pages. They make
flipping through the mags difficult and make the ads look pompous
if anything else. I counted over 50 pages that I had to throw away
from the last issue of PC Mags. Am I the only one who doesn't like 
these pages or what ?

3) These two questions have been asked in the past, I'm sure. 
However I'm actualy interested by *what* you do, *not* by what you
think one should do, and I'd like *short* answers so as to avoid
any futile inflamatory debate.

  a) Do you keep your computer ON all day and switch it OFF at the
     end of the day, or do you switch it OF every time you are done ?

    Please, answers in the following formats are much appreciated:
          SD ( I Switch it OFF at the end of the Day )
          SE ( I Switch it OFF Every time I'm done.  )

  b) Is your computer standing on its side ?

     Please, answers in the following format are much appreciated: 
         SY ( The computer is Standing on its side      )
         SN ( The computer is not Standing on its side. )

 I would appreciate if you could e-mail me the answers to the last
question. I'll post the result in two weeks.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Naji.
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