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- Swapping to EMS/Disk
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- Using each of the following features involves running a
- program that is external to Family Scrapbook:
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- Reindex
- DOS Shell
- Notes Editor
- Gedcom I/O
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- When one of these is run, Family Scrapbook stays in memory
- and temporarily drops to DOS to invoke it. Family Scrapbook will
- use about 250K of memory. If the swap function is enabled, it will
- only use about 4K of memory. If the swap function is enabled, it will
- first try to swap Family Scrapbook to EMS. If it is unsuccessful, it
- will swap to disk.
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- EMS stands for Expanded Memory Specification or LIM
- memory (Lotus/Intel/Microsoft). EMS (or LIM) exists in different
- versions. Family Scrapbook has been tested with version 4.0 of EMS
- and was successful. It might work with older versions, but it hasn't
- been tested on it. Note: EMS is not the Extended memory that is
- found on most 80286 (and some higher) microprocessor based
- computers. Family Scrapbook does not use Extended memory.
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- Pros of turning on the swap function:
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- 1. Program gets more memory to operate in.
- 2. Increased memory might mean increased speed.
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- Cons of turning on the swap function:
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- 1. Program loads and returns slower.
- 2. If you don't have EMS, it requires about 250K of disk space
- for use by a temporary file.
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- Useful tips:
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- 1. Don't use swap unless you really need it.
- 2. If you are swapping to disk, try using a ramdisk to speed
- up swapping. You can specify what drive to use in the Program
- Setup screen.
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