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- New product announcements (08/21/89) 09/08/89
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- The following is a press release from Quarterdeck Office
- Systems concerning new product releases. Contact numbers at
- Miller Communications are for press. Users and Dealers should
- contact the Quarterdeck Sales Dept. at 213-392-9851.
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- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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- QUARTERDECK ANNOUNCES QRAM, NEW MEMORY MANAGER,
- AND UPGRADES TO TWO PRODUCTS
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- SANTA MONICA, Calif., August 21, 1989 -- Quarterdeck Office
- Systems today announced the introduction of a new product, QRAM,
- and upgrades to two existing products: QEMM-50/60 (Quarterdeck
- Expanded Memory Manager-50/60), version 5.0, and QEMM-386
- (Quarterdeck Expanded Memory Manager-386), version 5.0.
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- All three products being introduced include a new
- interactive menu-driven utility, called Manifest, that provides
- detailed information on how a PC's memory is being used.
- Press Enter - or <Q>uit >
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- QRAM
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- QRAM organizes and allocates memory resources for 8088/86-
- based PCs and AT-style 286 PCs. QRAM gives XT-, and AT-class PCs
- with EMS 4.0 or EEMS memory the capacity to load programs into
- high memory. High memory is memory that is addressed between
- 640K and 1024K, previously unavailable to DOS.
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- By loading local area network drivers, TSRs and mouse
- drivers into high memory, it is possible to maximize the amount
- of DOS conventional memory available to applications. QRAM is
- the only product available that adds load-high capability on top
- of any EMS 4.0 or EEMS drivers.
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- QEMM
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- The ability to "load high" is also a new feature of QEMM-
- 50/60, version 5.0, the only available software product providing
- this capability to PS/2 50/60 machines using standard expanded
- memory boards.
- Additions to QEMM-386, version 5.0, include several new
- features for maximizing the use of high memory, such as the
- ability to free up unused areas of ROM and optimally choose
- regions of memory for loading resident programs. Other new
- features include the ability to detect potential hardware
- conflicts with adaptors on PS/2 machines, and the ability to
- access up to 384K of additional reserved memory on certain
- machines, including Compaq computers.
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- "With the introduction of QRAM and versions 5.0 of QEMM-
- 50/60 and QEMM-386, Quarterdeck now offers users of all types of
- DOS-based PCs powerful tools for optimizing the use of their PC's
- memory, particularly important for multitasking and networking
- environments," said Therese Myers, president and cofounder of
- Quarterdeck.
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- MANIFEST
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- The Manifest utility, a component of all three products, is
- an everyday tool for examining memory and understanding how it is
- used by programs, DOS, devices and other system components. With
- that understanding, a user can optimize system functioning.
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- "Manifest is a memory reporting utility that will be of
- special interest to network managers, customer service reps and
- power users who require detailed information about the
- configuration of their operating environments," continued Myers.
- "It contains sophisticated reporting and analysis tools and gives
- specific suggestions for better utilizing memory. The Manifest
- utility will enable users to become experts in memory
- management."
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- The products will ship in October. QRAM will cost $59.95.
- QEMM-50/60, version 5.0 and QEMM-386, version 5.0 will each cost
- $99.95. Anyone who purchases a QEMM product between August 21
- and the release date for the new version, can purchase an
- upgrade, with proof of purchase, for $20. QEMM-50/60 and QEMM-
- 386 users enrolled in Quarterdeck's Priority Support Program can
- receive a version 5.0 upgrade for $20. Registered QEMM users can
- receive an upgrade for $30.
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- QEMM-386, for 80386-based PCs, 80386-based IBM PS/2s, and
- PCs with 80386 add-in boards, is a high performance, expanded
- memory manager that allows users to convert their PC's extended
- memory into expanded memory, enabling users to break the 640K
- barrier. QEMM-50/60, for 80286-based IBM PS/2 PCs, takes
- advantage of hardware capabilities of the IBM PS/2 80286 Memory
- Expansion Option, Expanded Memory Adaptor/A or compatible memory
- boards to transform extended memory into expanded memory.
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- Therese Myers and Gary Pope founded Quarterdeck Office
- Systems in 1981 to develop and publish software utilities that
- provide users and managers with tools for integrating divergent
- industry software standards. The company develops multitasking,
- windowing and memory management software designed to bring cost
- effective solutions to business and professional PC users. The
- company has shipped over a million copies of its flagship
- product, DESQview.
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- For more information contact: Charles McHenry/Claudia Jaker
- Miller Communications
- (213) 822-4669
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