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_______
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| ____|__ | Association of
tm | | |_| Shareware
VMiX 386 Version 2.64 |__| o | Professionals
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|___|___| MEMBER
Copyright (c) 1985-1991
Commercial Software Associates
Post Office Box 36 BBS (714) 720-1139 (24 Hrs.)
Corona del Mar, California 92625 VOICE (714) 720-1214 (8-6pm PDT)
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| WHAT IS VMiX? |
| ------------- |
| |
| VMiX is a multitasking and multiuser environment for |
| IBM PC's and PS/2's (PC, XT, AT, PS/2) compatibles. |
| |
| Version 2.64 configures itself to your processor. If you |
| have an 8088 or 8086, then your applications must share |
| the up to 576 Kbytes available after VMiX loads in low |
| memory. |
| |
| If you have an 80286, then VMiX can multitask in low |
| conventional memory or it can task switch applications |
| to extended memory. VMiX can not execute tasks in 286 |
| extended memory. Swapped tasks can be swapped back |
| automatically for a timeslice of the processing or they |
| can remain suspended until reactivated by the user. |
| |
| If you have an 80386/486, VMiX will multitask in extend- |
| ed memory. It will execute each task in virtual 8086 |
| mode, with protected mode pagging, virtualized video and |
| keyboard, mapping a new 640 Kbytes to each new task. |
| With DOS 5.0 relocated to high memory, above the first |
| megabyte, all 640Kb can be used by each application. |
| |
| Multitasking is supported at the console, in windows or |
| full screen(s). All tasks at the console, at remote |
| terminals, or at the console but executing at a remote |
| VMiX host server can be concurrently active. Since the |
| full console video display can be virtualized, several |
| times, you can switch between screens (each with multi- |
| windows). If you do not like windows at your console |
| or flipping active screens, you can choose to use |
| terminals or PC's attached to the COMM ports. |
| |
| The VMiX environment uses the best from DOS and UNIX |
| in its implementation of the user control shell and |
| multitasking. The user has a choice of 2 user interfa- |
| ces: the VMiX shell, which can talk to the DOS shell |
| (you get both sets of commands), or the VMiX pull-down |
| menus interface which is a multi-threaded environment. |
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| Cont'd |
| ------ |
| |
| Applications that do not write directly to the video, |
| will display correctly at a terminal in all VMiX modes. |
| Applications that write directly to the video, can be |
| virtualized at the 386 console or at terminals only when |
| using VMiX in 386 mode with ANSI terminal emulation. |
| A remote console utility can be used in other modes to |
| handle direct video writes. |
| |
| VMiX is compatible with DOS 3.1 through 5.00 |
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| |
| VMiX is not free public domain software. |
| It is copyrighted commercial software distributed as |
| 'TRY BEFORE PURCHASE', shareware software. |
| |
| |
| You may copy VMiX freely for non-commercial distribution, |
| provided you follow the restrictions listed below in the |
| LIMITED SHAREWARE LICENSE: |
| |
| |
| *** COPYRIGHT NOTICE *** |
| |
| Copyright (c) 1985-1991 |
| by: J. Anthony Borras |
| All Rights Reserved |
| |
| |
| LIMITED SHAREWARE LICENSE |
| |
| - VMiX 386 may be copied for others to |
| try, subject to the following copying |
| restrictions specified by this time |
| limited license: |
| |
| All copies distributed to others |
| must include a copy of the Copyright |
| Notice, the Limited Shareware License, |
| Disclaimer of All Warranties and |
| Liabilities, and the Software License |
| Agreement. These documents are ALREADY |
| incorporated into file MANUAL.DOC in |
| the distribution archive VMIX???.EXE. |
| |
| A registration fee of $59 is solicited |
| from personal users (up to 3 CPU's) as |
| a condition of continued use of the |
| program beyond a trial usage period of |
| 30 days. |
| |
| - The party agrees that unauthorized |
| usage under this agreement will cause |
| great damage to the licensor, Commercial |
| Software Associates. |
| |
| |
| Purchase Price/Registration....... $59. |
| |
| SOURCE license ................... CALL |
| |
| SITE license ..................... CALL |
| |
| UPGRADE Version 2.XX ............ $20. |
| |
| California residents add 6.5% sales tax |
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| |
| HOW TO INSTALL VMiX? |
| -------------------- |
| |
| VMiX is easy to install. Simply copy the executable |
| files in the VMiX archive to your directory, include the |
| install directory in your PATH, remove other extended |
| memory managers from your CONFIG.SYS and execute the boot |
| module VM_BOOT.EXE |
| |
| You can customize how VMiX starts-up by including other |
| command arguments in the VM_BOOT command line, from DOS. |
| |
| You can start multitasking right away, by pressing Shift- |
| Enter after a command, instead of just Enter. Use the |
| Shift-Tab hot key to switch between applications. |
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| |
| RECOMMENDED CONFIG.SYS (file contents for DOS 5.0) |
| ---------------------- |
| |
| SHELL = C:\COMMAND.COM /P /E:512 |
| FCBS = 2,0 (Optional) |
| STACKS = 9,192 (Do not set to 0,0) |
| DOS = HIGH (Do not use the UMB option!) |
| BUFFERS = 15 |
| FILES = 20 (More than 20, if apps need it.) |
| LASTDRIVE = H (Optional, set your last drive here) |
| DEVICE = HIMEM.SYS |
| DEVICE = MOUSE.SYS /2 (Your mouse driver, if any.) |
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| |
| THE EASY WAY TO START VMiX (With Pull-down Menus) |
| -------------------------- |
| |
| C:\VMIX> PATH = C:\;C:\VMIX; (all your apps EXE paths here) |
| |
| C:\VMIX> VM_BOOT egacur/set re -x/set vi -s/set sys -c/vw |
| |
| |
| Configuration explanation: |
| |
| Before you start VMiX, set your DOS path for all the antici- |
| pated executables you wish to multitask. |
| |
| 'egacur' Optional, make sure the VMiX cursor displays OK|
| |
| 'set re -x' NO multiusers at your COMM ports, disables |
| remote logins, so as not to interfere with |
| what you already have connected at ports. |
| |
| If you want multiusers, delete this command. |
| |
| 'set vi -s' Display a status line, so you can determine the|
| name of the foreground task (where the kbd is).|
| |
| 'set sys -c' Enable a software cursor, so you can see where |
| you are, even if another tasks disables the |
| hardware cursor. |
| |
| 'vw' Run the Pull-Down Menu shell, from where to |
| start other VMiX DOS shells. With VW, you will|
| usually start a new shell, from where to start |
| your multitasking application (or you can |
| launch your application directly). |
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| HOW TO INSTALL MY APPLICATIONS? |
| ------------------------------- |
| |
| If you can execute your applications from DOS, they |
| are already installed for VMiX. VMiX does not use PIF |
| or other types of application configuration files. |
| |
| Applications that write directly to the screen can |
| coexist with other applications at the console, but they |
| will not display properly at a COMM port terminal when |
| running VMiX in non-386 computers. |
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