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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQS);faqs.024 Macintosh users: Contact APDA (Apple Programmer's and Developers Association, 800-282-2732, or 408-562-3910), and ask for Kanjitalk. This is a kanji version of the Macintosh System and Finder, about $65. Ninjaterm - a kanji vt100 terminal emulator with Xmodem ASLEdit - an english/kanji text editor available from sumex-aim.stanford.edu [36.44.0.6] in /info-mac/ 1) Kanji Talk 6.0.4 is $70 from APDA. 2) You can't run (American) MacWrite or MacDraw on KanjiTalk. 3) Neither NinjaTerm nor ASLEdit is available from sumex-aim, now. They are deleted. Someone said NinjaTerm is on e.ms.uky.edu [128.163.128.5] /pub/mac/comm, but I haven't check it. And Ninjaterm is on sachiko.acc.stolaf.edu [130.71.192.17] /OpticalDisk/src/local/vax/mac. (I checked) ASLEdit is still on oswego.oswego.edu [129.3.1.1] /pub/mac. The japanese fonts used by Moke (KD) are available from mindseye.berkeley.edu [128.32.232.19] in pub/kanji/kd100.arc Moke 2.0 is a commercial product and is available from J.J. Edwards, KiCompware, 1812 N. Erb St., Appleton, WI 54911, or Mark Edwards, #405 Konya manshon 4-12-6 Gono kami, Hamura-cho, Nishitamagun, Tokyo, Japan 190 hterm, hemacs (kanji for ibm pc) are available from azabu.tkl.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp [130.69.16.7] Unix users: The standard X-windows distribution contains kanji fonts, Look in the contrib area of your copy of X-windows. Kinput, kterm (terminal program) etc. Get Nemacs and Wnn from: clover.ucdavis.edu [128.120.57.1] The following is useful, but I don't have time to do more than copy it [nor read s.c.j. for that matter]. If some one wants to integrate it, do so and mail it back to me. JAPANESE SOFTWARE FOR MSDOS: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- HTERM (A communication program for MS-DOS which will display ASCII, JASCII, JIS1, and JIS2) Download Source: JAPAN utsun.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp [133.11.11.11] location fj/hterm2.6.0.0 version 2.6.0.0 ftp.cs.titech.ac.jp [131.112.16.39] location JAPAN/hterm/hterm2.6.0.0 version 2.6.0.0 azabu.tkl.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp [130.69.16.7] location hterm/hterm2.6.0.0 version 2.6.0.0 [and others] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- KD (Kanji Driver) by Izumi Ohzawa University of California, Berkeley izumi@violet.berkeley.edu or ...!ucbvax!violet!izumi Kanji viewer/ front-end-processor for Kermit. "mindseye.berkeley.edu", [128.32.232.19] in directory /pub/kanji. The archive file is "kd100.arc". Version 1. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MOKE (Mark's Own Kanji Editor -- a simple text editor for kanji, kana, and ascii text. Version 2 is commercial and is available for $49.00 (+$10.00 foreign shipping) from: KiCompWare Attn: J.J. 1812 N. Erb St. Appleton, Wis. 54911 Version 2.0 claims an "improved user interface and faster entry for kanji." A little vague ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- There is also a high-end word processor called EW+ (about like WordPerfect?) for the IBM PC available from: Information Technology Laboratory 415 Madison Ave. 19th Floor New York, NY 10017 Tel: 212-832-5300 (Yuki Maruyama) Fax: 212-832-6677 Price: $850.00 ($499.00 for Universities). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- There is also a lower-end word-processor (I've never seen) called JWP-PC from: Yamazaki Intercom Corp. 42-403 Shimizugaoaka Yatomicho, Mizuho Nagoya, Aichi 467 Price $150.00 ($20.00 for demo disk). Here are some other useful anonymous FTP site for Japanese related software: azabu.tkl.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp [130.69.16.7] Japanese related programs for PCs jp-gate.wide.ad.jp [133.4.1.1] Lots of interesting stuff miki.cs.titech.ac.jp [131.112.16.39] For Macs, PCs, Unix etc. fj.sources utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp [133.11.7.250] jTeX, MOKE, Lots of interesting stuff ftp.cs.titech.ac.jp [131.112.16.39] GNU, comp.sources, fj.sources jp-gate.wide.ad.jp [133.4.1.1] japanese, bind, gated, sendmail ricohgwy.ricoh.co.jp [133.4.5.2] jTeX, X11R4 scslwide.sony.co.jp [133.138.199.1] X11R4 clover.ucdavis.edu [128.120.57.1] Nemacs (nihongo emacs), Wnn ftphost.cac.washington.edu [128.95.112.1] Kanji for NeXT machines, X11 mindseye.berkeley.edu [128.32.232.19] Some stuff for PC's, jstevie, kanjips crl.nmsu.edu [128.123.1.14] Listing of other japan ftp sites, Japanese X11 fonts FAQ: How can I get copies of Japanese research papers? Free japanese tech searches: An American research can request a search by calling the NACSIS (Japan's National Center for Science Information Systems) operator between 1:00 and 4:00 PM EDT at (202) 357-7278 or sending an electronic mail message to nacsis@nsf.gov (internet) or nacsis@NSF (bitnet). Searches can also be requested by writing to NACSIS Operator, National Science Foundation, Room 416A, 1800 G Street N.W., Washington, DC 20550. The databases include information about research projects sponsored by Japan's Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture; papers presented at electronics and chemistry society conferences; doctoral theses; and Japanese- and foreign-language holdings of periodicals and books in the libraries of 1100 Japanese universities. Translation is fairly expensive running at this time (1990) at $50-80 per page of text. Optional references on specialized topics discussed in s.c.j: %A Yoshihiro Matsumoto %T Some Experiences in Promoting Resuable Software Presentation in Higher Abstract Levels %J IEEE Transactions on Software Engineeering %V SE-10 %N 5 %D September 1984 %P 502-513 %X Dated. %A Denji Tajima %A Tomoo Matsubara %T The Computer Software Industry in Japan %J Computer %D May 1981 %P 89-96 %X Dated. %A Yoshiro Matsumoto %A Yutaka Ohno %T Japanese Perspectives in Software Engineering %I Addison-Wesley %D 1989 %O ISBN 0-201-41629-8. %X Theoritical, practical and managerial issues in software engineering from a Japanese perspective. Chapters 7 and 8 deal with testing/quality assurance issues, including some description of testing tools. Reply-To: shimeall@cs.nps.navy.mil (Tim Shimeall) 1) H. Ishida: Current status of the N1 (Japanese Inter-University) network with access to supercomputers, Proc. of Pacific Computer Communications Symposium, pp.571-578 (1985) 2) J. Murai & A. Kato: Researches in netwrok development of JUNET, Proceedings of ACM SIGCOMM'87 Workshop (1987) 3) J. Murai, A. Kato, H. Kusumoto, S. Yamaguchi & T. Sato: Construction of the Widely Integrated Distributed Environment, Proc. of IEEE TENCON'89 (1989) 4) S. Yamaguchi, K. Okayama & H. Miyahara: Design and implementation of an authentification system in WIDE internet environment, Proc. of IEEE TENCON'90, pp.653-657 (1990) 5) K. Murakami & T. Sugawara: ISDN Internet for FIPTH: Fast IP to the Home, Proc. of INET'92 (1992) freq: month, date: 5th =====TAG LINE===== Date: Sat, 7 Mar 92 16:00:25 JST From: newton@koto.seg.kobe-u.ac.jp (Newton Kiyotaka Miura) To: eugene@amelia.nas.nasa.gov Subject: Re: [l/m 1/6/91] Soc.culture.japan references Maybe you already know... When you listed softwares which deal with Japanese you didn't mention the DOS/V(~US$140 here), the Japanese version of MS-DOS for PC ATs. It was released here in Japan in 1991, now it's in version 5.0. There are already many commercial softwares for this OS, including text editors. The V of DOS/V is from VGA (It only works on VGA), and it is fully compatible with MS-DOS for IBM-PCs. Actually it's the MS-DOS with some device drivers for processing fonts and input. It also has commands to switch quickly between Japanese and English. As an example of commercial text editor, there is a DOS/V version of Ichitaro the best-selling editor in Japan. The Dash version which has less functions than the complete one costs about US$200. There are also many Japanese version of English programs for PCs such as Windows 3.0, Lotus 1-2-3, MS-Works, etc. I've got DOS/V and it's pretty good. Newton Kiyotaka Miura newton@kbssp5.seg.kobe-u.ac.jp Article 14925 of soc.culture.japan: From: davidg@aegis.or.jp (Dave McLane) Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan Subject: Re: How to connect with JUNET? rehir@gauss.med.harvard.edu (Hirokatsu Watanabe 432-2275) writes: Can't help you with SUN, but JUNET is undergoing a reorganization right now and you will need to join the JUNET Society. Here is a translation of something from the (voluminous!) documents: When you want to join JUNET Society, you need an introduction by one of JUNET technical committee members who was designated by JUNET Society rule. In this file we call the organization which wants to join newly, new organization and call an applicant of new organization, applicant, and a technical committee member who introduces, introducer. For more information you can email the secretary or send them hardcopy (don't know the tel): JUNET Society secretary. Tokyo University Computer Center 2-11-16 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113 <secretariat@junet.ad.jp> > A scientist will make a new institute in Japan. He wish Sun >station to connect with JUNET. Please ask him to contact the JUNET Society. I don't know if they speak/understand English but all the documents, etc. are in Japaese (naturally). > If you know abot it, please send me E-mail. > I will appreciate any information. Sorry, it costs me extra to send mail and I thought maybe somebody else might be interested so I have posted my reply here. Article 7558 of sci.lang.japan: Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan From: hash@CTRL.SAITAMA-U.AC.JP (Toshihiko Hashimoto) Subject: Re: LaTeX and TeX in Japanese I use NTT-JLaTex(Japanese LaTex by NTT) which is free on PC. Please note that you need at least 5M harddisk remainder for Japanese 118-dpi-PK fonts to preview the texts, and another about 30M HD remainder for 300-dpi-PK fonts to print out the texts. Article 7563 of sci.lang.japan: From: turabe@GRAD1.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Toshiyuki Urabe) Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan Subject: Re: LaTeX and TeX in Japanese A1. You can get it from anonymouse ftp on U of Tokyo or Tokyo I.T. ftp site. site : utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp file : fj/nemacs3.3/nemacs-3.3.2.tar.Z site : miki.cs.titech.ac.jp file : JAPAN/nemacs/nemacs-3.3.2.tar.Z A2. kterm will help you. kterm is also available on u-tokyo and titech. A3. Sorry. I've no idea. Anyway, I've never compiles yet. If you success to install them, I'd like to know how to install. From: jalbert@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Francois Jalbert) Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan Subject: Re: LaTeX and TeX in Japanese Toshi he, emTeX is from Eberhard Mattes, I believe a PhD student in Stuttgart, Doitsu. I was there last month, I should have visited him to thank him personally for his splendid work! Maybe next time I'm there... emTeX is available from several sources. My FTP site list mentions: > emTeX ymir.claremont.edu tex/ibm_pc/tex/emtex/disk[1-6] > 134.173.4.23 > > emTeX terminator.cc.umich.edu msdos/text-mgmt/TeX/emtex/disk[1-6] > 141.211.164.8 > > emTeX msdos.archive.umich.edu version 13.08.90 > 35.1.33.8 get emtex.README before beginning. > > emTeX ponder.csci.unt.edu /pub/TeX > > emTEX ftp.cs.ruu.nl TEX/emtex/INDEX > 131.211.80.17 > > emTeX is a full TeX implementation, with previewer, LaTeX, METAFONT, > lots of printer drivers, etc. For MS-DOS and OS/2. > By Eberhard Mattes (mattes@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de) and none of these are in Japan. But I am almost certain that utsun in Tokyo (see below) has this somewhere. Check there first! You can obtain JemTeX version 2 (14 April 1991) from: SIMTEL (tenex) (192.88.110.20) file tex/jemtex2.zip wuarchive (binary) (128.252.135.4) file mirrors/msdos/tex/jemtex2.zip utsun (binary) (133.11.11.11) file TeX/jemtex2.zip ymir (?) (134.173.4.23) file tex/babel/japanese/jemtex2.zip Xref: bloom-picayune.mit.edu comp.os.msdos.desqview:4494 news.answers:4446 Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview,news.answers Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!enterpoop.mit.edu!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!doug.cae.wisc.edu!bodoh From: bodoh@xraylith.wisc.edu (Daniel J. Bodoh) Subject: DESQview/QEMM Frequently Asked Questions: READ BEFORE POSTING Expires: 1 Jan 1993 23:59:00 GMT Reply-To: bodoh@xraylith.wisc.edu Date: 6 Dec 92 10:36:30 CST Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.edu Message-ID: <1992Dec6.103630.1264@doug.cae.wisc.edu> Followup-To: comp.os.msdos.desqview Summary: FAQ list for the MS-DOS multitasker DESQview and memory manager QEMM Originator: bodoh@sun-4.cae.wisc.edu Keywords: faq Q&A Supersedes: <1992May31.144029.17734@xraylith.wisc.edu> Lines: 1862 Archive-name: desqview-faq Last-modified: 1992/12/02 Version: 10 DESQview/QEMM Frequently Asked Questions Release 10 Last update: December 2, 1992 Edited by Daniel J. Bodoh Posted on the first of every month --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT IS THIS ARTICLE? This article is a regularly posted compendium of topics that have been discussed in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.msdos.desqview since its birth. Although many of the questions are truly ``Frequently Asked'', others are questions that experienced DESQview users recognize as questions a beginner might ask. If you are new to DESQview or this group, please read this FAQ before posting your question. Even if your question isn't answered here, you'll probably learn something new about DESQview. Although I edit this FAQ, a majority of the information contained in it was contributed by other comp.os.msdos.desqview readers. The many contributors are listed at the end of the document. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHERE CAN I GET THE FAQ LIST? This FAQ list is published in a number of places. In file archives, it is named DVFAQx.ZIP, where ``x'' is the release number. The DVFAQx.ZIP file also contains a DESQview/X help file (hypertext) version of the FAQ list. The FAQ list is available from (1) its birthplace, the Usenet newsgroup COMP.OS.MSDOS.DESQVIEW as NEWS.ANSWERS with the subject line ``DESQview/QEMM Frequently Asked Questions: READ BEFORE POSTING''; (2) all NEWS.ANSWERS archives, as ``desqview-faq'' (the only exception to the naming rule); (3) SIMTEL20 and mirrors (see Q7) in the DESQVIEW directory; and (4) DVNet (see Q7). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUGGESTIONS, ERRORS, CRITICISMS... Please, send me any comments on this FAQ list. Since this FAQ is being distributed beyond Usenet, here's how to reach me from other networks. From the Internet or Usenet: write to ``bodoh@xraylith.wisc.edu''. From Fidonet: write to ``Daniel Bodoh 1:121/99.0'' From Compuserve: write to ``>INTERNET:bodoh@xraylith.wisc.edu''. From DECnet: write to ``cxrl::bodoh'' From Bitnet: write to ``bodoh@xraylith'' --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FORMAT OF FAQ (Important!) Questions are listed in the ``QUESTIONS'' section, and are labelled Q1 through Q33. Answers, labelled A1 through A31 are given with the labelled question in the following section. Finally, the contributors are credited. Cross references are made, for example, with ``(see Q2)''. Because Quarterdeck sells a variety of DESQview products, the term "DESQview" can be vague. In this FAQ list, "DESQview" refers to any of the DESQview packages that Quarterdeck sells. References to specific packages will be made with either the package name or with a shorthand notation: DVC refers to the original DESQview package, now informally called ``DESQview Classic''. DV386 refers to DESQview/386 or the DESQview Classic and QEMM-386 combination (see Q2). DVX386 refers to DESQview/X-386. DVX286 refers to DESQview/X-286. DVX refers to both DESQview/X-286 and DESQview/X-386. At the end of some of the questions, there may be a note of the form ``QW:216:QRAM.TEC''. This is a cross reference to the Quarterdeck White Papers, which are published by Quarterdeck. QW:216:QRAM.TEC refers to Quarterdeck White Paper #216, file name QRAM.TEC. The White Pages are available on Quarterdecks BBS and on SIMTEL20 (see Q7). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUESTIONS Q1: What is DESQview? Q2: Besides DESQview, what other products does Quarterdeck sell, and what are the current versions? Q3: What types of programs can DESQview run? Q4: What type of computer is required for DESQview? Q5: How can I upgrade my 80286 for best DESQview performance? Q6: Does DESQview and DESQview/X support Super VGA or video coprocessors? Q7: Where can I get freeware and shareware DESQview programs? Q8: I want to write software for DESQview and DVX. Where can I get the API? Q9: I've heard that DESQview does preemptive multitasking. What does that mean? Q10: Why do the other windows slow to a virtual halt when one window accesses the floppy disk? Q11: Can Windows run under DESQview? Q12: Can I make something like AUTOEXEC.BAT for DESQview, so that certain windows open every time I run DESQview? Q13: Can text and graphics be displayed at the same time with Hercules? Q14: How do I use two monitors under DESQview? Q15: What are Exceptions 12 and 13? Q16: What determines the amount of conventional memory that DESQview claims for itself and takes away from programs? Q17: What are some programs that are incompatible with DESQview? Q18: I'm having a problem {configuring DESQview, running a program, etc.}. How do I fix it? Q19: How can I contact Quarterdeck? Q20: What books are available on DESQview? Q21: What are the command-line switches for DESQview/QEMM/QRAM? Q22: How can I configure DESQview for maximum window memory? Q23: What is NOFF.SHP {NOFF.SHR}? Q24: How can I increase DESQview's performance? Q25: My {9600 or greater} BPS modem drops characters under DESQview. Is high speed communication possible under DESQview? Q26: Why doesn't ANSI.SYS work in DESQview? Q27: Why does the mouse pointer disappear after running certain programs? Q28: What are those files SWAP*.DV in my DV directory? Can I delete them? Q29: What does ``Optimize Communications'' in DESQview's setup program do? Q30: What do I need if I want to use DESQview/X's networking features? Q31: What do each of the four Protection Levels mean? Q32: How can I load two or more shared programs in a window? Q33: When running Windows under DESQview, I get an ``Incorrect DOS Version'' message. How do I fix this? Q34: How can I make the tilde (~) character work when I open an Xterm window on my unix machine? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Q1: What is DESQview? A1: DESQview is a program written by Quarterdeck Office Systems of Santa Monica, California, USA. It allows true preemptive multitasking (see Q9) on 8088, 8086, 80286, 80386, 80486, V20 and V30 machines running MS-DOS (see Q4). While MS-DOS is still considered the PC's operating system, DESQview provides services similar to more advanced multitasking operating systems. QW:195:286.TEC, QW:266:DV&DVX.TEC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q2: Besides DESQview, what other products does Quarterdeck sell, and what are the current versions? A2: [Versions are the latest known as of the date of the FAQ. If you see a newer version, please let me know.] Quarterdeck has two types of ``upgrades'': major upgrades and compatibility updates. The former involves a changing of the digit before or immediately after the decimal point and represents significant enhancements to the product's performance. The latter reflect minor changes generally of interest to a small number of users. DESQview (DVC) 2.42 (2.52 with DVX386, not available otherwise) An excellent DOS multitasker. If you are wondering why it has such a funny name, here's the official explanation from Quarterdeck: the original product was called DESQ (the Q was from Quarterdeck). When Quarterdeck made it TopView-compatible (see Q23) the "view" was added. QEMM-386 6.02 (6.03 with DVX386, not available otherwise) A memory manager for 80386+ machines. QEMM will convert extended memory to XMS memory (replacing HIMEM.SYS) and LIM EMS 4.0 memory. With the associated utilities, you can load TSRs, device drivers, and DOS data structures into high memory in order to gain conventional memory for large programs. Manifest is provided with QEMM. QEMM is a VCPI server and can also be a DPMI host with the QDPMI product (see below). If you plan to use DESQview on a 386, you should choose QEMM over other memory managers. It is smaller and faster than other memory managers, can give you more upper memory, and certain functions in DESQview will only work if QEMM is the memory manager. It is also the only memory manager that allows you to run Windows in Standard mode inside or outside of DESQview. QDPMI 1.0 In conjunction with QEMM, QDPMI acts as a DPMI host for programs that require DPMI. QDMPI is available to registered QEMM users free of charge from the Quarterdeck BBS (see Q7) or for a nominal price with documentation from Quarterdeck. QEMM-50/60 6.0 (not sure about minor version number) Similar to QEMM-386, but specifically for PS/2 models 50 and 60 which are 80286-based machines. It will only work with certain memory expansion boards and requires disabling of motherboard memory. For more details, get the QOS tech note QEMM5060.TEC, available from SIMTEL20 and other sites (see Q7). DESQview/386 (DV386) 2.42 Actually DESQview/386 is a copy of DESQview and QEMM in the same package. If you already have DESQview, purchasing QEMM will give you DV386. QRAM 2.0 A memory manager for 8088 through 80286 machines. QRAM will provide UMBs (Upper Memory Blocks, memory greater than 640K but less than 1024K). To do this requires either LIM EMS 4.0, EEMS, a memory management chip or a 286 motherboard with C&T's NEAT, LEAP or SCAT chip set. The UMBs can be used to load TSRs, device drivers, and DOS data structures into high memory in order to gain conventional memory for large programs. Manifest is provided with QRAM. BTW, QRAM is pronounced like ``cram'' (I always called it ``kee-u-ram''). MANIFEST 1.12 (1.14 with DV/X, not available otherwise) Manifest is a ``system information'' utility. It displays hardware information, memory usage, internal DOS structures and much more. DESQview Companions 1.1 A set of utility programs, including a calculator, datebook, notepad, and terminal emulator. DESQview/X-386 (DVX386) 1.02 DESQview/X-386 is DV386 with an industry-standard graphical user interface. It contains an X-windows server, which allows you to interact with X-windows programs running on Unix machines, or DOS text and X clients running on other DESQview/X machines (see Q30). Using the fonts provided, you can make use of your SVGA to have many small 80x25 windows open on the screen simultaneously. The DVX386 package contains DESQview/386 2.52, QEMM-386 6.03 and Manifest 1.14. These versions are not available separately. It also contains 4 DESQview/X Companions: an Application Manager (like Window's Program Manager), a File Manager, the Adobe Type Manager and an Icon Editor. DESQview/X-286 (DVX286) (Rumored) This will be DESQview/X for the 286. DVX286 will actually DVX386 packaged with QRAM. Quarterdeck hasn't released because of memory difficulties. OSF/Motif Window Manager 1.0 Replaces the native DESQview/X window manager for a different look and feel. OPEN LOOK Window Manager 1.0 Replaces the native DESQview/X window manager for a different look and feel. DESQview and DESQview/X programming tools See Q8. QW:186:QEMM5060.TEC, QW:216:QRAM.TEC, QW:266:DV&DVX.TEC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q3: What types of programs can DESQview run? A3: There are three types of DESQview programs: DESQview-oblivious programs, DESQview-aware programs, and DESQview-specific programs. According to the DESQview manual, DESQview-oblivious programs are those which are ``written without any consideration for DESQview''. These include standard DOS programs like word processors and spreadsheets. Some standard DOS programs have the ability to detect the presence of DESQview. These programs are considered DESQview-aware. The advantage of DESQview-aware programs is better system performance, because DESQview does not have to make conservative assumptions about the program. A DESQview-aware program gives up the CPU when it doesn't need it, and if it writes directly to the screen it instead writes to a DESQview-provided video buffer so it can run in a small window (see Q23). If you'd like to make your program DESQview-aware, there is code provided in Appendix J of the DESQview manual. DESQview-specific programs can only be run while DESQview is active. These programs use the window management, interprocess communication and other services that are built into DESQview (called the DESQview Applications Program Interface (API)). DESQview will multitask all programs, regardless of type. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q4: What type of computer is required for DESQview? A4: DESQview Classic can multitask programs on an 8088, 8086, 80286, 80386sx, 80386dx, 80486sx, 80486dx, V20 or V30. DVX386 will only run on an 80386sx or better. 8088/8086/80286/V20/V30 DVC will run in one of three ways one these machines. For additional information, get the file DV286.ZIP from SIMTEL20 (see Q7). (1) If you have true hardware compatible LIM EMS 4.0 (or EEMS) memory board and are able to disable some conventional memory, DVC will remap expanded memory to conventional memory addresses to multitask ``well-behaved'' programs in. (2) If you use a plug-in memory management chip such as a All-Charge Card or a SOTA POP card, it will provide the memory mapping needed to allow DVC to multitask programs beyond 640K. (3) If you have neither a LIM EMS 4.0 memory card or a memory management chip, DVC will still multitask as many programs as possible in the available conventional memory (see Q5). Besides the memory problem, on a machine less than an 80386 and without QEMM, DESQview will not be able to run programs in a small window or in the background if the program writes directly to video memory (see Q2). If the program has a switch to allow BIOS screen output, use it, or convince the programmer to make the program DESQview-aware (see Q3). 80386sx/80386dx/80486sx/80486dx DV386 (or the combination of DESQview and QEMM (see Q2)) and DVX386 will multitask programs in all of the available extended memory. Although DVC can multitask on any machine, the minimum suggested configuration is an 80386sx with 2 megabytes of memory and QEMM. For breathing room, at least 4 megabytes of memory is suggested.