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LOGITECH MOUSE COM & AB PS/286

  Versions of MOUSE.COM earlier than 3.2 are incompatible with the Above
  Board PS/286, Plus I/O, and Plus 8 I/O serial port.  If you have a version
  of MOUSE.COM earlier than 3.2 and you want to use the Above Board's serial
  port, use the MOUSE.SYS driver.

LOTUS 123
LOTUS 123 VER 3.0

       (This information comes from Lotus 1-2-3 Release 3.0
       documentation, Appendix, Memory Management.  Information on
       structuring files for minimum memory use and regaining lost memory
       is also contained in this section of Lotus' documentation.)

  MEMORY REQUIREMENTS:
  MINIMUM:      640Kb conventional, 384Kb extended.
  RECOMMENDED:  640Kb conventional, 1Mb extended, and any additional as
  expanded.  Be sure that the extended memory has not been allocated to
  other applications such as disk caches. Check CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT
  if unsure.

  Since most DOS applications cannot use extended memory but can make use of
  expanded, configure as much expanded memory as needed for other
  applications that use it.

  When configured for both kinds of memory, the 1-2-3 program is stored in
  extended and data in expanded.  When expanded is full, 1-2-3 places any
  additional data in extended.

  For i386CPU-based systems with drivers that emulate expanded memory: "If
  this memory is not already being used, 1-2-3 will automatically use this
  memory as extended memory.  However, 1-2-3 will use only the amount of
  memory that the drivers control.  This amount is usually set by a
  statement in your CONFIG.SYS file."  Check your documentation for your
  driver to change it.

  "NOTE:  1-2-3 works with these drivers only if they support the Virtual
          Control Program Interface, (VCPI).  Among those that support
          VCPI are Qualitas' 386MAX (TM) version 4.03 or later, QEMM -
          Quarterdeck Expanded Memory Manager (TM) version 4.2 or
          later, and CEMM - Compaq Expanded Memory Manager (TM)."

LOTUS 1-2-3 RELEASE 3.0 AND OS/2

  Intel tested this program under OS/2 and it is compatible with Above Board
  Plus, Plus 8,  286, AT, and the Matched Memory Classic.  However, trap
  errors can occur under OS/2 version 1.2 or later when you switch to
  another task, then back to 1-2-3.  If this happens, call Lotus to get the
  latest video drivers.

LOTUS 1-2-3 RELEASE 3.0 ONLY SEES 15 MEG OF MEMORY

  Some programs can only see 15Megabytes of memory no matter how much is
  installed.  1-2-3 3.0 is one of those programs.

HOW 1-2-3 AND SYMPHONY USE EXPANDED MEMORY

  Lotus 1-2-3 versions earlier than 3.0 and Symphony use four bytes of
  conventional memory as a pointer to every cell that is stored in expanded
  memory.  Once conventional memory is full, there is no room to store
  pointers, so no more expanded memory can be used.

  1-2-3 and Symphony always store integers, range names, and string
  constants in conventional memory.  They store real numbers, labels, and
  formulas in expanded memory.

  You can't save conventional memory by changing data types.  It's possible
  to have a large, full spreadsheet that uses no expanded memory.  It's also
  possible to have many complex formulas or long labels that fill expanded
  memory while conventional memory is still available.

  To get more conventional memory, you must remove any memory resident
  programs you've loaded.

  You can check expanded memory amounts as follows:

       1-2-3 command:      /Worksheet Status
       Symphony command:   F9 Settings

SLOW FILE RETRIEVAL IN 1-2-3

  Slow file retrieval is a 1-2-3 Release 2 'bug fix' unrelated to Above
  Boards. Before retrieving a file do a dummy file combine as follows:
  /FCCE{dummyfile}{esc} /FR{realfile}

  This fix will speed file retrieval tenfold.

LOTUS PHONE NUMBERS

  Lotus Customer support ph:    [phone]
  Lotus Product information ph: [phone]
  Lotus General information ph: [phone] x1000

LOTUS 1-2-3 GRAPHS AND QUIKBUF

  If spreadsheets are buffering properly but graphs are not, there is
  nothing wrong with QUIKBUF.  Graphs created in Lotus 1-2-3 cannot be
  buffered properly because of the way the PrintGraph routine works.

  Here's why:

  PrintGraph does not create an entire page and send it to the printer.
  Instead, it creates a portion of the graph, sends it to the printer,
  creates the next portion, sends it, and so on.  Because of this, print
  buffers in general are ineffective when printing 1-2-3 graphs.

MICRO GENIE

  This is a DNA research program that uses all available conventional memory
  in a 640K-byte computer.  It won't work with EMM installed because EMM
  uses about 10K bytes of conventional memory.  Beckman Labs' Technical
  Support number is [phone]

MICROSOFT

  Due to the amount of information on these products, the Microsoft
  information has been split into a separate FaxBACK document.  See document
  1154 for detailed information.

MOVE'EM (BY QUALITAS)

  Intel has tested Move'Em with the Above Board ISA and found it to be
  compatible. Customers have reported Move'Em to be compatible with the
  Above Board Plus, Plus I/O, Plus 8, Plus 8 I/O, and ISA.

  Move'em is a memory manager for PC's, XT's, and 286-based computers.
  Move'em requires an Expanded Memory Manager to map 16K pages in
  upper-memory (between 640K and 1Mb) before it can load anything high.

  If you want some Expanded Memory and you want to use Move'em, you will
  need at least 80K of AVAILABLE upper-memory blocks, (64K for the Expanded
  Memory Page Frame, and AT LEAST 16K MORE for Move'em to use).

  If you do not have any extra mappable 16K pages beyond the 64K Expanded
  Memory Page Frame, the Move'em installation will give you an error saying
  that you do not have the hardware required to use Move'em.

  IMPORTANT ABOVE BOARD ISA NOTE:  Move'em is compressed on the 386MAX
  diskette.  Run INSTALL from the 386MAX diskette and Move'em
  will be installed on your PC, XT, or 286-based computer.  No
  Move'em files can be seen using the DOS DIR command on the
  386MAX diskette because they are compressed with other files.

MULTI-LINK

  This software can't use Lotus-Intel-Microsoft expanded memory, but you can
  use an Above Board to furnish extended memory if a Software Link GIZMO
  card is installed.  Multi-Link works with early JRAM expanded memory.

MULTIMATE AND QUIKBUF

  Multimate has its own print buffer that can't be disabled.  When printing,
  MultiMate writes documents into a disk file called WPQUE and sends them to
  the printer from the disk.  Erasing the WPQUE.SYS file from the MultiMate
  diskette clears the MultiMate print queue, but the WPQUE file will be
  recreated the next time a document is sent to the printer.

  You shouldn't use Intel's QUIKBUF when running MultiMate; errors can occur
  (especially when multiple copies are sent to print) and QUIKBUF will have
  no noticeable buffering effect.

  When troubleshooting MultiMate problems, make sure the Print Document menu
  in MultiMate is set up correctly.  Check the printer driver type, spool in
  background/foreground, number of copies, etc.  Also, try erasing WPQUE to
  clear the buffer, and then start again.


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