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- From: hafting@Lise.Unit.NO (Helge Hafting)
- Subject: Re: Win-os2 full screen -- does it share resources???
- Message-ID: <1992Sep5.144206.18143@ugle.unit.no>
- Sender: news@ugle.unit.no (NetNews Administrator)
- Organization: Norwegian Institute of Technology
- References: <lavalite.715449333@well.sf.ca.us> <1992Sep2.170717.17941@nmt.edu>
- Date: Sat, 5 Sep 92 14:42:06 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep2.170717.17941@nmt.edu>, jreynold@nmt.edu (John Reynolds) writes:
- > I've got a question about win-os2 full screen. On my computer at work, I've
- > just got a VGA card, so I can run windoze apps through seemless windows.
- > It appeared to me that once OS/2 loaded it's seemless session of win-os2,
- > that when other windoze apps were started seemlessly, the win-os2 code was
- > used again (2 seconds to load an additional app vs. loading dos and win-os2
- > again, then loading the app).
- >
- > On my computer at home, I've got an ATI ultra and I configured win-os2 to
- > a higher res, forcing me to run all windoze apps in full screen mode. My
- > question is this: Is there any way to make OS/2 re-use its win-os2/fullscreen
- > resources as described above in the seemless case? Every windoze app that I
- > open runs dos, then win-os2/fullscreen, then the app. That seems like a waste
- > of memory, disk thrashing and time.
- >
- >
- > -John
- > --
- > Windows...It's like a stale cookie.
- > OS/2..."It's like butter" (SNL quote)
-
- For each windows program, there is a setting specifying wether it will
- run in a separate windows session or not.
-
- If changing this setting don't help, then try to start your additional
- windows apps from the win-os/2 desktop, don't start them from PM.
-
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