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Re: Windows 3.1 PIF for Executor/DOs
>I've been trying to figure out the following problem for days now:
>
> How do I set up a PIF file to enable Executor to run twice at once? (The
>only way to do Executor Multitasking at this point.) I've tried allocating
>a limit of XMS as small as 512 and as large as -1 (as much as wanted by the
>application) and conventional as small as 210 and as large as -1, and setting
>the second PIF to -1 on all... the first always runs just fine... the second
>always says "Not enough DPMI memory." (By the way, the numbers above are
>in Kilobytes.)
> Anyway, I have approx. 4 Meg of true physical RAM which should be
>available at Executor run time to run it... shouldn't that be enough to
>run it twice? (Barely...) I mean, that leaves about .5 Meg to run the
applzone
>on, which will work (I've tried it...)
>
> Does anyone know how to set the PIFs? Or how to ensure that Windows leave
Have you been able to hot-key away from Executor? When I hot-key back, the
screen is garbled. According to the FAQ, this is a problem that can't be
fixed under Win3.11. Did you have this problem, and if so, how did you
solve it?
Josh
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