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- Memory Management and Multitasking Beyond 64OK
- by LENNY BAILES and JOHN MUELLER
-
- A user's guide to extended and expanded memory options for IBM PC, 286,
- 386, and 486 compatible computers Memory management with Windows,
- DESQview, DOS 5, and DR DOS 6
-
- At first, the problem of "RAM cram," or insufficient PC memory, applied
- only to files and spreadsheets that were too large to work with using
- standard 640K systems. Various stop-gap measures were introduced to help
- users overcome this dilemma. Soon after, however, control programs such as
- Windows and DESQview allowed for multitasking and encouraged the
- development of larger programs, which seemed to put much of the newest
- software technology out of reach of 640K users. But how much of it is
- really "out of reach?"
-
- In this welcome guide, Lenny Bailes and John Mueller show how the 640K
- barrier can be broken, even by those users who can't afford expensive
- memory expansions. Memory Management and Multitasking Beyond 640K answers
- many important questions being asked by PC users today, describing how to
- maximize conventional RAM using DOS extenders, TSR programs, and various
- network and device drivers that increase standard memory capabilities.
-
- Bailes and Mueller help readers sort through the labyrinth of memory
- enhancement options:
-
- ** Memory boards and chips
- ** EEMS
- ** LIM hardware and software
- ** QEMM
- ** Microsoft XMS
- ** EMM386
- ** SmartDrive
- ** HIMEM.SYS
-
- . . . and many more. Owners of older PCs will discover several techniques
- that allow them to multitask, access larger files, and run more powerful
- applications. Finally, the book shows readers how to get their money's
- worth out of Windows and DESQview, with many practical tips on how to
- improve the performance of popular applications in networked and
- multitasking environments.
-
- Lenny Bailes is a writer and columnist for MicroTimes, PC Magazine, and
- Windows Shopper, and a networked consultant for Consumer Reports Travel
- Letter. John Mueller is a professional systems programmer, technical
- editor for Data Based Advisor, and the coauthor of The Ultimate DOS
- Programmer's Manual.
-
- Memory Management and Multitasking Beyond 64OK Order No. 4069 - APRIL -
- WINDCREST - 304 pp..100 illus., 7 x 10 - PAPER $29.95 (FPT) ISBN
- 0-8306-3456-8 HARD $39.95 ISBN 0-8306 3476-2 ($39.95 Paper. $52.95
- Hard--CANADIAN)
-
- TAB Books, Blue Ridge Summit, PA 17294-0850
- 1-800-233-1128 -- Fax 717-794-2103
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