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- DOCUMENTATION FOR SEAMWIN v3.00
- --------------------------------
- By Dr. A. Olowofoyeku (Nov. 1993)
-
-
- UPDATE NOTICE
- -------------
- This is an updated version of SEAMWIN v2.00. Some people have
- reported errors with certain types of video card. I hope that
- this version can cure some of those problems. It is still
- basically the same program as seamwin2.exe, but there are minor
- changes which are designed hopefully to solve some of the problems
- some people are having.
-
- INTRODUCTION
- ------------
- OS/2 users who run seamless Windows program will have noticed that
- when one seamless program is already running, others which are run
- in the same VDM (this is the default for seamless Windows) load
- extremely quickly. What some users have done is to keep one of their
- favourite Windows programs loaded all the time. This is fine, but
- with OS/2, memory should always be conserved. Enter SEAMWIN, a full
- Windows program that does absolutely nothing. It is simply a shell
- to be used to speed up seamless Windows, by leaving it running all
- the time. It uses very little memory, and does not poll the keyboard.
-
- An early version of this program was sent in July to a number of
- people, but was not uploaded. That version did poll the keyboard,
- and so was a bit detrimental to multi-tasking. This version is a
- great improvement over the early version, and those who have the
- early one (about 3 people) should upgrade to this version.
-
- USE
- ---
- To use SEAMWIN, copy the file SEAMWIN.EXE into a directory on your
- hard disk, then create a WPS object for it, and then place this
- object in your STARTUP folder. This means that it will be loaded when
- OS/2 is booted. This adds a few seconds to your bootup process, but
- then you can just forget it. Try loading seamless Windows programs,
- and see how fast they load. That's all, folks.
-
- Note that when seamless Windows programs are run in the same VDM, the
- settings for the first one to be loaded seem to apply to all the rest as
- well. So, whatever settings you want to have for the Windows programs
- in the VDM created by loading SEAMWIN at startup should be in the
- notebook settings in the WPS object created for SEAMWIN.EXE.
-
-
- LICENSE
- -------
- SEAMWIN is released into the public domain. Do with it as you
- please. If you feel like paying something, please send some
- money to Save the Children.
-
- Please email any bug reports or comments to:
-
- laa12@seq1.keele.ac.uk
-
-
- **************
- * DISCLAIMER *
- **************
- THE PROGRAM SEAMWIN IS SUPPLIED "AS IS", AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES
- WHATSOEVER. YOU USE THIS PROGRAM ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. I WILL NOT
- ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE, WHETHER PHYSICAL,
- FINANCIAL, EMOTIONAL, SOCIAL, MENTAL, MARITAL, OR OTHERWISE, THAT MAY
- RESULT FROM THE USE, OR THE PURPORTED USE, OF SEAMWIN, FOR ANY PURPOSE
- WHATSOEVER.
-
- IF THESE TERMS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE TO YOU, THEN YOU HAVE NO LICENSE TO USE
- SEAMWIN, AND YOU SHOULD DELETE IT FROM YOUR DISKS IMMEDIATELY.