To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 03:43:45 -0800
Subject: Re: BASIC & EMS (Virtual Memory)
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From: Robert W Moss <domanspc AT juno DOT com>
Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com

Arkady,

I guess I have come to consider all of the "UNLEASHED" 
books as an extension of the DOS manuals, since most  
of the manuals don't do a very good job of explaining how 
DOS works  with applications or GUI's such as Windows. 
Sometimes I think the guy's who write the manuals never 
even saw a computer before they wote the documentation.  
I need as much help as I can get, so I buy the best good 
books as soon as they are published.  I also haunt the used 
and discount book stores all the time, because you never 
know when you'll walk out with a book and disks for 
DR DOS 5.0 for $4.00, or Novell DOS 7.0 for $7, or Using 
DR DOS 6 for $3.98, which I did within the last six months. 
Flea Markets, Swap Meets, Garage Sales, Yard Sales, and 
Computer Shows are all places where you can find 
'Old  Gold' if you look carefully.

Yes, I got the WIN9X/3.X Swap file name wrong.  After I have 
been up for about 16 hours my mind plays tricks. Sometimes 
I even go back and change a file to the wrong name after 
opening up my directory listing to check the correct name.

Also, note, in  WIN3.X the name of the PERMANENT Swap file is 
SPARTPAR.386 and is a hidden file.  (Wierd name, Just like 
the program.)

BOB 'DOMAN' MOSS "Chocolate IS a vitamin! Really."

On Wed,  6 Dec 2000 23:48:41 +0300 (MSK) "Arkady V.Belousov"
<ark AT belous DOT munic DOT msk DOT su> writes:
> X-Comment-To: Robert W Moss
> 
> Hi!
> 
> 6-δΕΛ-2000 03:32 domanspc AT juno DOT com (Robert W Moss) wrote to 
> opendos AT delorie DOT com:
> 
> RM> Sorry Arkady,
> RM> The only reference I have found in any of my DOS manuals for
> RM> 'VIRTUAL MEMORY' is in reference to M$WINDOWS 3.0-9x.
> 
>      You find "virtual memory" description in the "DOS manuals"?! 
> You joke!
> :) This applied only to _real_ OS. DOS is practially only library of
> function to organize data on disk (although than further from first 
> version
> then more DOS nearer to real OS).
> 
> [...]
> RM> VIRTUAL MEMORY applies to all versions of M$WINDOWS but,
> RM> in particular, I was thinking of M$WIN9X Virtual Memory swap 
> file, SWP386.
> 
>      It called win386.swp, same as for Win3.
> 

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