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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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