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From: "quarterdeck canada" <quarterdeck.canada@canrem.com>
Subject: dvx on amstrad pc 138
Reply-To: "quarterdeck canada" <quarterdeck.canada@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: comp
Date: 15 Nov 92 20:48:50 EST

To: cperkins@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Carol Perkins)

CP>I can not get DVX to work on an Amstrad PC 1386 with Stacker loaded.  I got
CP>the new sswap and other files for QEMM from CompuServe.  The BIOS is dated
CP>1988.  Any suggestions?

Try Quarterdeck Technical Bulletin, QEMM-386 & DESQview on the Amstrad
386 (AMSTRAD.TEC), available on the Quarterdeck BBS at (310) 314-3227,
Compuserve (!GO QUARTERDECK), or large local BBS systems, and also via
our Q/FAX fax retrieval service; from the handset of your fax machine,
call (310) 314-3214, or in Canada, (416) 665-5070.  After that, please
describe what constitutes "not working".  We'll try to help you out.

Regards,

Michael Bolton
Tech Support
Quarterdeck Canada  (416) 360-5758  quarterdeck.canada@canrem.com
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From: ech@ac.dal.ca
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
Subject: prog doesn't recognize comm port under DV386
Date: 18 Nov 92 15:38:59 -0400
Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada


	I got a program from my bank to dial in to their data base to get
information on stocks and funds and the like.  The problem is it doesn't
recognize the comm port under DESQview.  I would like to run this prog
under DV(386) so I can mark and transfer the data from the screen to my
finance program (Quicken).  Any ideas on how to get it to recognize the
port?  It works fine in plain (read dull and linear) DOS.

	Ed

Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
From: "quarterdeck canada" <quarterdeck.canada@canrem.com>
Subject: matlab demo problems
Reply-To: "quarterdeck canada" <quarterdeck.canada@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: comp
Date: 23 Nov 92 05:11:07 EST

NW>Alas, Matlab seems to be causing more than just VM problems. I had same
NW>problem as poster with 4 Mb already set as maxmem, I have tried taking
NW>it up to 8Mb on a 16Mb PC and it is *still* very slow to plot
NW>e.g several minutes to plot a 32 x 900 element pseudocolour plot from
NW>RAM.

NW>None of our NCDs have more than 4Mb RAM and they cope fine, as of course do
NW>the HP 9000/720 host machines.

NW>PC was in 640x400x256 colour mode. HP/Paradise VGA card. 20HHz 386dx.

Yowza.  This is the second-slowest machine capable of running DESQview/X
at all.  With DESQview/X, faster machines are not only faster, they're
extraordinarily faster, and a video coprocessor makes the whole works
faster still.  I run DESQview/X on a 386/20 myself; like me, your cup
may be half-empty, but it's for sure half-full too.  With an application
like MatLab, I'd bring a little more processing power to bear, if
possible.

Regards,

Michael Bolton
Tech Support
Quarterdeck Canada  (416) 360-5758  quarterdeck.canada@canrem.com
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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
From: garyrich@qdeck.com (Gary Rich)
Subject: Re: Desqview/X and Video Drivers/Monitors
Organization: Quarterdeck Office Systems, Santa Monica CA
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 17:59:40 GMT

In article <1992Nov18.162108.13993@qdeck.com> support@qdeck.com (Technical Support) writes:
>In article <1992Nov17.160511.21816@mp.cs.niu.edu> higgins@mp.cs.niu.edu (Greg Higgins) writes:
>>I am planning to make Desqview/X the centerpiece of our office 
>>environment. I am beginning to dispair, however, at finding the 
>>right combination of video card and monitor which would be both
>>cost effective and useful.
>>
>>Is anyone out there running Desqview/X in 1280x1024x256 NI mode? 
>>If so, what are you using for your video card/drivers.
>>If not, what are you using, and how do you rate it?
>
>DESQview/X does not currently support any mode higher than 1024x768x256,
>with any chipset. It almost certainly will in the future.

Minor clarification:  You can get 1280x1024x256 by using a DGIS driver
and a card that support DGIS at that resolution.  a fair number of TIGA
cards fit this bill.

>
>I personally am using an STB card (with a TSENG 4000 chipset) in
>1024x768x256 mode, and am quite pleased. (Well, mostly. My windows
>SVGA drivers corrput the screen, but that may be a hardware problem
>with my individual card. I don't use windows too much anyway, and DVX
>works fine...) I also hope to obtain an 8514-compatable in the future...

Tom... stop looking at my computer that way... what's that glazed look
in your eyes... put that screwdriver away....    aaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!

>
>-- 
>Tom Bortels - Quarterdeck Office Systems - Internet Support 
>    For questions or Technical Support, write to support@qdeck.com
>
	garyrich@qdeck.com


Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
From: fordke@infonode.ingr.com (Keith Ford)
Subject: HyperDisk users?
Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL.
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 20:19:44 GMT


Someone said the HyperDisk 4.32 consumes less memory than SMARTDRV.
Therefore, I've acquired the ShareWare version to experiment.  I am
curious what command line options people have used and why.  My system
is a 386SX-16 with 4Megs.  I run QEMM with Stealth and have a 2Meg
cache using SMARTDRV.  All comments welcome.

-- 
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Intergraph Corp  /  \ Micro Magic BBS 1:373/12  The Dragon Server
+1 205 730-8614  \__/ sysop@umagic.fidonet.org  server@ingr.com
fordke@ingr.com  [__] 830-2362 HST/V32bis 9600  "Subject: HELP"
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
Subject: Re: Jpeg/Gif Viewer for Desqview/X
From: mike@batpad.lgb.ca.us (mike batchelor)
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 92 13:22:32 PDT
Distribution: world               
Organization: The Batchelor Pad

ggg@kepler.unh.edu (Gregory G Greene) writes:
>
> 
> 	Does anyone know if there is a jpeg or gif viewer for Desqview/X? 
>    I just bought DVX and although I have DOS viewers ( DVPEG2 and CVIEW ),
>    they just take over the screen.  Is there any viewer that can display
>    jpegs or gifs inside a DVX window?  Thanks for any help.
> 
> 							Greg Greene
>                                                         ggg@kepler.unh.edu

Funny you should ask, but I happen to have just such a thing.

Call 310-494-1024 2400-V.32bis, login: guest, password: guest, type
'files /pub/xapps' at the main prompt, and you can then download
xv221bin.zip, xv221doc.zip and xv221src.zip for the binaries,
documentation and source code to XV for DV/X.  It does both GIF and
JPEG, and will compress your GIFs to JPEG format, too.  Does a whole
lot of other stuff I haven't figured out yet.

I've also posted it to comp.binaries.ibm.pc, but there is a 2-3 month
backlog before new submissions appear.



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[] Mike Batchelor <> Long Beach, California
[] mike@batpad.lgb.ca.us <or> mikebat@qdeck.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
From: garland@dcss.mcmaster.ca (W.J.Garland)
Subject: QEMM, Toshiba 4400 battery popup and Stealth problem
Organization: Department of Computer Science, McMaster University
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 15:26:53 GMT

I have used t386.exe and qemm successfully on a Toshiba 4400 but only
with stealth mode turned off.  The system hangs when sealth is used.  In
addition, stealth and the setup program (test3) are not compatible.
Does anyone know which areas of upper memory are being affected?
From: garyrich@qdeck.com (Gary Rich)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
Subject: Re: DV/X in B&W
Date: 16 Nov 92 17:14:57 GMT
Organization: Quarterdeck Office Systems, Santa Monica CA

In article <53420001@hpcvra.cv.hp.com> charliep@hpcvra.cv.hp.com (Charles Patton) writes:
>Can anyone give advice about convincing DV/X to work
>remotely in B&W (1-bit color) mode. When working
>remotely, especially with MS-windows, the overhead
>of 8-bit color can really bog down the network. Watching
>windows refresh over a SLIP connection rivals grass
>growing for pokiness. Moreover, some X-servers I use
>don't provide for the palettes required for windows,
>and so the connection bombs out before it really gets
>going.
>
>All advice appreciated.
>...Charlie Patton

Most programs should work fine to a 1-bit server.  WinX had 
a limitation to 4-bit (16 color) mode and only 4-bit bit mode.
This has been changed in the latest version (1.02c)  and it now
also works with 1-bit servers.  There is a file (WINX.ZIP) available
that will update the files to support this.  It's available on our
bbs, and has undoubtedly bounced to many Internet sites by now (I haven't
asked ARCHIE lately).  Send mail to support@qdeck.com if you need it.

Gary Rich		<support@qdeck.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
From: joet@dcatlas.dot.gov (Joe Trott)
Subject: Re: prog doesn't recognize comm port under DV386
Organization: U.S Dept. of Transportation
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 17:00:57 GMT

ech@ac.dal.ca writes:


>	I got a program from my bank to dial in to their data base to get
>information on stocks and funds and the like.  The problem is it doesn't
>recognize the comm port under DESQview.  I would like to run this prog
>under DV(386) so I can mark and transfer the data from the screen to my
>finance program (Quicken).  Any ideas on how to get it to recognize the
>port?  It works fine in plain (read dull and linear) DOS.

Make sure that in Change A Program you set the Uses Comm Port to Y or to the
number of the port you mean to use; otherwise DV hides its existence from
your program.

-JTT

Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
From: support@qdeck.com (Technical Support)
Subject: Re: netrek binaries
Organization: Quarterdeck Office Systems, Santa Monica CA
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 22:24:03 GMT

In article <1992Nov19.190311.21814@novell.com> pkruse@db (Phil Kruse) writes:
>Has anyone compiled blessed binaries for netrek/Xtrek to dvx?

FWIW, we at Quarterdeck would also be _really_ interested in seeing these.
(In fact, it's my one of my personal off-hours quests.) If anyone out
there has tried a port, or if there are any netrek guru's out there
interested, let me know! 

Tom Bortels - Quarterdeck Office Systems - Internet Support 
    For questions or Technical Support, write to support@qdeck.com

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From: pierre.darmon%acc1bbs@ssr.com (Pierre Darmon) 
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
Subject: Floppy Disk Error
Date: 14 Nov 92 17:23:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Advanced Computer Concepts BBS, New Rochelle, NY 914-654-1981
Reply-To: pierre.darmon%acc1bbs@ssr.com (Pierre Darmon) 

Re: Subject: Floppy Disk Error
Keywords: floppy

David Livigni writes:

DL>     I am getting very tired of re-booting because of this bug in
DL>Desqview.  Sometimes when I do a "DIR A:" from a DOS window
DL>with no disk in A: I get the Desqview message stating that I
DL>should allocate more System memory for the window.  This doesent
DL>make any sense since system memory is used for only Desqview
DL>Specific applications, which DIR is not.  I do not get the Desqview
DL>message all the time, only sometimes.  And sometimes after I put a
DL>disk in the drive and continue the machine will lock-up solidly, other
DL>times it will continue as normal.  If I actually allocate system memory
DL>for the DOS window, a lock-up is guaranteed under these conditions.
DL>     Am I the only one that has this problem?  Is something configured
DL>wrong?  Is there a fix for this problem?  It really pisses me off because
DL>it happens relatively frequently and result in the only lock-up I ever
DL>have these days.

I have had this problem too on occasion, and not just with an empty
drive. And yes it is aggravating to say the least.

Pierre Darmon
acc1bbs!pierre.darmon@ssr.com
                                                                          
Organization: Masters student, Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 01:22:41 -0500 
From: Trevor Tompkins <tt17+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Is there an FAQ?

Can someone please post the FAQ to this group, or direct where the FAQ resides?

Thanx

--Trevor(on an eternal quest for the off switch on my computer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
From: ssakata@weber.ucsd.edu (Shinichi Sakata)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
Subject: C-P (Ctrl+P) in DEMACS in DESQView 386
Date: 21 Nov 1992 17:19:27 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego
NNTP-Posting-Host: weber.ucsd.edu

Hi, 
  I use demacs (1.2.0) in DESQView 386 everyday and am very happy with
this environment. But I have a problem. If I use C-P (Ctrl+P)
repeatedly or keep C-P pressed for a while in demacs in DV, my printer
begins to work and print everything which appears on the screen of my
PC. I am using go32 1.09 instead of demacspc.exe which was in the
demacs package.

  Does anybody have this problem? Don't you have a solution to it?

  Thank you.

  Shinichi

=============================================================================
          SHINICHI SAKATA at UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
                          ssakata@ucsd.edu
=============================================================================



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=============================================================================
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                          ssakata@ucsd.edu
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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
From: bodoh@cae.wisc.edu (Daniel Bohoh)
Subject: Re: faq
Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering
Date: 16 Nov 92 17:50:43 CST

In article <corey.0fj1@amiganet.chi.il.us> corey@amiganet.chi.il.us (Corey Sweeney) writes:
>someone please send me a copy of the FAQ for this group.

The DESQview/QEMM Frequently Asked Questions list can be obtained
from a variety of places.  First, it is posted montly to 
comp.os.msdos.desqview and news.answers with the subject line
"DESQview/QEMM Frequently Asked Questions: READ BEFORE POSTING".
Use your newsreader to search backwards for an article with this subject
line.

Second, it is available via anonymous FTP from SIMTEL20 and mirrors
in the DESQVIEW directory.  On WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL get
PD1:<MSDOS.DESQVIEW>DVFAQ8.ZIP.  On OAK.OAKLAND.EDU get 
/pub/msdos/desqview/dvfaq8.zip.
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
From: bodoh@cae.wisc.edu (Daniel Bohoh)
Subject: Re: Quarterdesk Operating System
Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering
Date: 19 Nov 92 15:47:01 CST

In article <1992Nov18.141435.2209@umr.edu> mcastle@cs.umr.edu (Michael R Castle) writes:
>Well, with MSDOS having certain reentrancy problems (such as the system
>coming to a crawl when using floppies), when is QOS going to write QOS??

Someone want a good project for DV?   DOS provides a function which
allows you to swap out the static data areas under certain cases,
so it can be more  re-entrant than it currently is.   It would be
theoritically possible to swap the Dos Swappable Areas (DSA's) and force
DV to do a task switch when it otherwise wouldn't.

Quarterdeck has not taken advantage of this because certain TSRs which
capture INT21 maintain their own static state (read: Novell), and
doing this would break those TSRs.  HOwever, one could write it 
as shareware and it could be a Good Thing.

I've thought about this, and maybe I'll think about implementing it
someday...
---------------------------------------------------------
Daniel J. Bodoh                  bodoh@cae.wisc.edu
ECE Department                   bodoh@xraylith.wisc.edu
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI 53706
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
From: feng@latech.edu (Ina T. W. Feng)
Subject: Desqview /X and virtual Memory.
Organization: Louisiana Tech University
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 20:45:32 GMT

 Hi, I have been trying to setup Desqview /X on my 486 PC. I read in the
installation manual that Desqview /X supports virtual memory.

The manual describes in the setup program, there is a tune performance 
option which switches virtual memory on or off. When I run the setup
program, no such option is present in the menu.

I wonder if there is something wrong with my installation of Desqview /X?

You suggestions is appreciated.

Thanks.
From: an685@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Chris Nalley)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
Subject: Re: loading disk caches high
Date: 18 Nov 1992 02:04:41 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: an685@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Chris Nalley)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, garyrich@qdeck.com (Gary Rich) says:

>In article <1dc862INNbev@charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu> michael@ecst.csuchico.edu (Michael Perelman) writes:
>>Is there a disk cache program that qemm can safely load in high memory?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Michael Perelman
>>michael@ecst.csuchico.edu
>
>
>???
>	There isn't one we can't load high that Ive ever seen.  The only
>exception would be if you have a bus-mastering hard disk controller and 
>are loading
>smartdrv.exe in the config.sys in order to provide double buffering.  But in
>that case, smartdrv is not even functioning as a disk cache.
>
>Gary Rich <support@qdeck.com>
>

I use Norton Cache that came wiith Norton Desktop 4 Dos and QEMM.  Loads
the whole driver into high memory.  I have 615k free ram on a 386/25mhz
with 4 mg ram and SuperStor running with Norton Cache.

Chris Nalley.e

Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
From: abooth@ERA.COM (Alan Booth)
Subject: DV/X DESQview API toolkit.
Organization: Engineering Research Associates, Vienna, VA
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 19:38:08 GMT

Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
From: garyrich@qdeck.com (Gary Rich)
Subject: Re: DVX & TSENG 4000 Card (I Want 1024x768x16c)
Organization: Quarterdeck Office Systems, Santa Monica CA
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 21:41:40 GMT

In article <1ejqvhINNs28@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> an685@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Chris Nalley) writes:
>
>
>Can someone give me some settings for the setings file that I
>can use to get 1024x768x16colors on my TSENG 4000 based card?
>
>I would really love to use DVX at this rate.  256 colors is just 
>too slow in keeping up with my digitizer tablet.
>

There currently is no 1024x768 16 color mode that is supported on 
any card.  800x600 is as high as it goes in 4-bit mode.

To answer the inevitble follow up questions:

Yes.  We do know that people who have a card that supports this mode
might want to use it.

No.  It is not a trivial thing that will be addressed in a minor update
RSN.  It is a difficult thing to modify in the server.  It would be take 
a major upgrade with all attendant hoopla.

Yes.  We realize that you still want it and don't give a @#%@ if it's easy
hard, or impossible.  You want it, you want it NOW and some of you are already
holding your breath 'til you turn blue.  [see, we DO listen].

"Quarterdeck does not discuss unreleased products" is really about all I
can say about what avenues we are exploring to remove this limitation.

Gary Rich		<support@qdeck.com>

Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
From: garyrich@qdeck.com (Gary Rich)
Subject: Re: Qemm(ems)&dv.
Organization: Quarterdeck Office Systems, Santa Monica CA
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 21:33:23 GMT

In article <61.2B03050C@btnbbs.UUCP> Sammy@btnbbs.UUCP (Sammy) writes:
>Mabye it's me doing something wrong, but..
>
>Both my bios and dos5's mem.exe report 1280k of "contiguous" extended memory, but when I load QEMM, that number drops to about 800k. I loaded EMS40.SYS from Pc magazine, and managed to get the entire 1280k of EMS. But, desqview wouldn't run.  Do I need a new version of DV?  I have dv 2.32 and qemm 5.12.
>
>--  

This is perfectly normal.  In your example you are missing 480k.  You are 
also creating high RAM to the tune of ~384k.  QEMM also has some overhead of
its own that comes out of extended memory.  If you want a precise breakdown
of what memory is going where, check out MFT's QEMM/Memory section.

Gary Rich		<support@qdeck.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
Subject: 8514 video
From: DIXONW@arizvm1.ccit.arizona.edu (Bill Dixon)
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 92 11:37:34 MST
Distribution: comp.os.msdos.desqview,local
Organization: University of Arizona

    Does an 8514/A compatible video card (e.g. the frequently mentioned
ATI Ultra and its variants) also require an 8514 compatible monitor?
If not, are there advantages with an 8514 monitor?
- - - -
   William J. Dixon
   Dept. of Political Science          Phone: (602) 621-7600
   University of Arizona              Bitnet: DIXONW AT ARIZVM1
   Tucson, Arizona 85721            Internet: dixonw@arizvm1.ccit.arizona.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
From: garyrich@qdeck.com (Gary Rich)
Subject: Re: QEMM, Toshiba 4400 battery popup and Stealth problem
Organization: Quarterdeck Office Systems, Santa Monica CA
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 20:44:54 GMT

In article <1992Nov18.152653.709@mcshub.dcss.mcmaster.ca> garland@dcss.mcmaster.ca (W.J.Garland) writes:
>I have used t386.exe and qemm successfully on a Toshiba 4400 but only
>with stealth mode turned off.  The system hangs when sealth is used.  In
>addition, stealth and the setup program (test3) are not compatible.
>Does anyone know which areas of upper memory are being affected?


     On the Toshiba 4400SXC, the BIOS moves its stack pointer to E800:0823.
QEMM-386 detects E800-EFFF as adapter RAM, and if you include it the battery
pop-up will not work.  You must leave E800-E8FF untouched for the battery
pop-up to work on this machine.      We have found that either an eXclude (or
eXcludes) in the F segment is necessary for the battery pop-up to work with
Stealth on some Toshiba laptops.

     I had to exclude C000-C2FF for ST:M to work on the Toshiba 4400 at all,
and add eXcludes for F400-F5FF, F700-F7FF, and FC00-FCFF for the battery
pop-up to work.  ST:F works without any eXcludes, but I had to point the page
frame at EC00 for to go there.  You can Include E900-EFFF on this machine, and
with ST:M you can Include C600-C6FF.


Gary Rich		<support@qdeck.com>
From: nickw@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Nick Watkins)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
Subject: Re: MATLAB demo problems in DVX
Date: 18 Nov 92 12:50:04 GMT
Organization: University of Sussex

From article <1992Nov16.230019.2586@qdeck.com>, by garyrich@qdeck.com (Gary Rich):
>>
>>I have a question concering running the new and fantastic MATLAB 4.0
>>on the dvx server.  The demos seem to bring dvx down to a halt and I 
>>never could get one of the "moive" demos to run completely on DVx.
>>Matlab says in the text printout that it will send 2Meg worth of 
>>data to the server so be patient.  On a crippled old sun3 with 8 meg 
>>is takes about 30 seconds.  On my 33Mha 386/387 with 8 Meg it took
>>greater that 1 hour and I gave up.  My hard disk was active just
>>about the whole time.

> Wecome to "virtual memory Hell" as we fondly call it.  The server has run 
> out of the 1 meg of physical memory that is allocated to it by default and
> is swapping to disk.  Disk access is much slower than RAM chips are.  Much
> much slower.  Assuming that you have more than 4 megs total memory (you 
> say you have 8) you can edit the \DVX\SERVER\XC16.VMC file and increase
> the MAXMEM= value to some larger value.  2048 would be as big as I would
> go on an 8 meg system.
Alas, Matlab seems to be causing more than just VM problems. I had same
problem as poster with 4 Mb already set as maxmem, I have tried taking
it up to 8Mb on a 16Mb PC and it is *still* very slow to plot 
e.g several minutes to plot a 32 x 900 element pseudocolour plot from
RAM.

None of our NCDs have more than 4Mb RAM and they cope fine, as of course do
the HP 9000/720 host machines. 

PC was in 640x400x256 colour mode. HP/Paradise VGA card. 20HHz 386dx.

Nick

> Gary Rich		<support@qdeck.com>
> 
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