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- 386MAX\BLUEMAX VERSION 7 PRESS RELEASE
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- * Qualitas Announces 386MAX 7 *
- * Along with advanced new DOS 6 support, 386MAX becomes the *
- * only DOS memory manager with broad Windows benefits. *
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- BETHESDA, Maryland -- April 5, 1993 -- Qualitas announced today version
- 7 of 386MAX, their best selling memory manager. The new version
- provides additional benefits to DOS and Windows users and includes
- special support for MS-DOS 6.
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- In response to the market evolution towards Microsoft Windows, the
- company has enhanced 386MAX to provide unique, new Windows oriented
- benefits. DOSMAX (TM) for Windows and WinSmart (TM) technology provide
- 386max users with up to 100K more DOS conventional memory under Windows
- than is available in a native DOS environment.
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- DOSMAX addresses the popularity of using DOS character-based
- applications in Windows DOS sessions. 386MAX provides DOS text
- applications with up to 736K DOS conventional memory in a DOS window by
- using memory that would otherwise be reserved for graphics
- applications. WinSmart intelligently allocates high DOS regions to
- Windows when Windows starts. Unlike DOS 6, which allocates 24K of high
- DOS address space for Windows overhead (reducing the available memory
- for resident software), 386MAX allocates the space at Windows start-up,
- after resident software loads high.
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- 386MAX further facilitates optimization of DOS under Windows. New to
- version 7 is an innovative program information file (PIF) editor for
- Windows. The Qualitas PIF Editor is more intuitive than its DOS
- counterpart, providing a clearer layout and perpetual context-sensitive
- help. "Most users don't know when to change settings for 'time slicing'
- or 'locking memory.' The result is that most people run DOS in Windows
- inefficiently," explains Paul Tarlow, 386MAX Product Manager. "The
- Qualitas PIF editor leads the user from field to field, explaining each
- one. This is the best way to get the best DOS."
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- "There is no doubt of a market transition from DOS to Windows," says
- Mary Stanley, Qualitas CEO. "The key fact is that most of the market
- has a foot in each world. There are more people running DOS and Windows
- applications side-by-side than there are users living exclusively in one
- environment. That is why DOS under Windows is so important and why
- Qualitas believes that providing the ultimate DOS platform from within
- Windows is the best solution."
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- As with previous versions, 386MAX 7 includes new features and
- enhancements for the DOS user. Unlike DOS 6's MemMaker, 386MAX 7 fully
- supports DOS 6 MultiConfig start-up files. "DOS 6 provides MemMaker to
- help users optimize their systems and MultiConfig to provide quick
- access to multiple, and presumably optimal, configurations" says Tarlow.
- "Users are going to be frustrated to learn that the two features simply
- don't work together."
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- New ExtraDOS (TM) loads additional DOS overhead, including FILES,
- BUFFERS and COMMAND.COM, into high DOS memory for as much as a 20K or
- more low DOS memory gain. As with all recovered DOS conventional
- memory, the additional space is also available to DOS sessions under
- Windows. Stack Overflow Protection (SOP) protects users from poorly
- behaved resident software that would otherwise cause system instability
- or failure. 386MAX now also provides enhanced support for drive
- swapping that occurs in system that use Stacker and SuperStor drive
- compression programs.
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- The new Qualitas Memory Tester (QMT) provides advanced RAM analysis and
- testing. Defective and unstable RAM is one of the most common causes of
- system instability. QMT performs six different advanced tests aimed at
- identifying the specific ways in which RAM can fail and can operate
- without a memory manager active in the system. QMT can run from
- AUTOEXEC.BAT or from any batch file for automated testing and system
- burn-in.
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- With version 7, 386MAX becomes the first DPMI 1.0 host. DPMI support is
- also improved to provide virtual memory to any DPMI-compliant
- application. 386MAX was the first memory manager to provide DPMI 0.9
- support and remains the only memory manager with integrated DPMI.
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- 386MAX 7 is scheduled to ship in June, 1993. BlueMAX 7, an upgrade to
- Qualitas's PS/2 specific memory manager, will be released at the same
- time and with the same enhancements as 386MAX.
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- The suggested retail prices for 386MAX 7 and BlueMAX 7 remain $99.95 and
- $124.95 respectively. Users may upgrade to either product for $29.95.
- Customers who purchase 386MAX or BlueMAX after March 22, 1993 and who
- register their software may receive a free upgrade ($6.95 shipping and
- handling.)
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- Founded in 1983, Qualitas, Inc. is a leading developer of
- high-performance memory management software. With a commitment to
- cutting-edge technical development, Qualitas has built a reputation for
- quality, performance and value. For additional information or to place
- and order, contact: Qualitas, Inc., 7101 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1386,
- Bethesda, Maryland 20814, (301) 907-6700.
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- Qualitas, Inc. Main : (301) 907-6700
- 7101 Wisconsin Avenue Sales : (800) 733-1377
- Suite 1386 FAX : (301) 907-0905
- Bethesda, MD 20814-4805 BBS : (301) 907-8030
- CompuServe : 75300,1107
- MCI : 336-2907
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