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- INDEX TO FILES IN THIS DIRECTORY
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- INDEX.TXT
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- You're readin' it buddy! For every tech note you enter, put a note here
- with a full description of the file and your name. Try to give enough
- info about the note to give an idea of the range of topic that are covered,
- without duplicating the note.
-
- TECHNOTE.HED
-
- The format file I would like everyone to start with. Fill in the blanks.
-
- LIST.COM
-
- LIST.COM is a shareware program which may be used to list the
- contents of text files. It is useful for divulging the .TEC
- files without editing them or erasing .BAK's later. Type a "?"
- at the Command> prompt for help screen.
- Anonymous
-
- Note from Stan: Many thanks to Anonymous who has given so much in the past.
- LIST is no longer in this directory. I moved it to PUBLIC because I want this
- directory "clean". However, you can still type LIST {technote} to see what's
- in the technote.
- ---------------------------------------------------------------
- *** THE TECHNOTES ***
-
- EXPAND.TEC
-
- This file is for the "Which exPANDed memory card should I buy?"
-
- EXTEND.TEC
-
- This file is for the "Will DESQview use my exTENDed memory?"
-
- MEMSTAT.TEC
-
- This is for "What do the numbers in Memory Status mean?" Perry
-
- MEMSIZE.TEC
-
- This file contains a further discussion of Memory Size Fields.
-
- EMS40.TEC
-
- This is for "Why doesn't my EMS40 driver allow me to multi-task?"
-
- LOADHI.TEC
-
- This file contains tips about the Loadhi programs.
-
- XDV.TEC
-
- XDV.TEC explains what XDV does versus DV. It explains why (and
- what to do if) XDV hangs the system and DV is alright. Perry
-
- XDV2.TEC
-
- A short-as-possible description of what to do if DV.EXE works and
- XDV.COM doesn't, listing all possible exclusions and omitting any
- discussion of the /L parameter to XDV. Use it if you have proved
- the existence of an XDV conflict and don't wan't to stay on the
- phone. (Sallitt)
-
- TOKEN.TEC
-
- This file discusses Token Ring Network Cards and QEMM. Sweeney
-
- AB_PLUS.TEC
-
- Gives a full description of how to set up the AboveBoard Plus. Explains
- some of the limitations of the board. S. Young
-
- COM3N4.TEC
-
- Tells about how DESQview handles COM3 and COM4. Explains why a single IRQ
- cannot be shared by a COM port. Talks about IRQ's that can be used. Mentions
- the use of FOSSIL drivers as a possible solution of the "COM port barrier".
- S. Young
-
- AMIBIOS.PAT
-
- Patch file for QEMM to fix the problem with AMI 3.0 BIOSes. S. Young
-
- EXCEPT13.TEC
-
- This explains what "Exception 13" error messages mean and
- what the user can do about them. Perry
-
- COMPANIO.TEC
-
- Gives a short synopsis of each of the DESQview Companions: Link,
- Datebook, Calculator, and Datebook. When will Stanton get more
- brochures for the Companions, anyway? Perry
-
- QRAMNOTH.TEC
-
- QRAM's "nothing useful to do" message. Perry
-
-
- BIX.TEC
-
- Quarterdeck Tech Support on BIX (Byte Information eXchange) is
- fully explained. How to subscribe, join the DESQview conference,
- search the database, communicate with moderator QOS.REP2, etc.
- -Perry
-
- PROTECT.TEC
-
- Explains what "Protection level" on Change a Program means, what it does
- and what it doesn't do. S. Young
-
- APISTART.TEC
-
- Describes the starting of an API program from the command line with:
- DV {program information filename}. Tells about the default status of
- DESQview in this mode and basic information about enabling DESQview
- functions (by default, they are disabled). S. Young
-
- TOSH5100.TEC
-
- Notes on running QEMM-386 and DESQview 386 on the Toshiba 386 machines.
- Describes how to disable the built in expanded memory on the Toshiba
- so that QEMM-386 can map the extended memory. S. Young
-
- DVANSI.TEC
-
- Describes how to run ANSI.SYS programs in DESQview using DVANSI.COM or
- DEVICE.COM (if you have DV 2.2 or above). S. Young
-
- AUTOSCRI.TEC
-
- Info on the DESQveiw autostart script and autostart script for a window.
- B. Perry
-
- LOTUS3.TEC
-
- Extensive information on running Lotus's 1-2-3 Release 3 in DESQview on
- 286 and 386 machines, with and without expanded memory. S. Young
-
- NOFF.DOC
-
- Documentation for the NOFF.SHR program. S. Young
-
- FORMFEED.PAT
-
- Patch file to remove form feed from printer contention driver. Note:
- for most users, the easiest thing is to turn Printer Contention off.
- S. Young
-
- BANYAN.TEC
-
- Info on running Banyan network with DV and QEMM. D.Sweeney
-
- NINSTALL.TEC
-
- Installing and running DESQview 2.2 files from a Novell server. Some
- info on Mapping drives. D. Sweeney.
-
-
- RAMDRIVE.TEC
-
- Outlines the problem of running QEXT.SYS with some versions of
- Microsoft's RAMDRIVE.SYS, which also shows up as VDISK.SYS in
- some OEM versions of DOS. - S. Young
-
- NEC_SX.TEC
-
- Basically, just tells the user to use the NOSH parameter. - S. Young
-
- BOOKS.TEC
-
- A list of 3rd party books on Quarterdeck products, or in some
- cases, on issues of great importance to our users - such as
- memory. - S. Young
-
- DIRECTLY.TEC
-
- "How can I tell if my program writes directly to the screen?" It
- also discusses how much memory to give an application, but
- there's not much to say on that subject. (Sallitt)
-
- MOUSE.TEC
-
- A general treatise on DV and the mouse. (Sallitt)
-
- WINSIZE.TEC
-
- Everything I knew as of August 1989 about how to increase your
- window size inside DV. A useful FAX to avoid time-burning
- situations. (Sallitt)
-
- LIM4-2.TEC
-
- A list of all the factors that must be in place before DV can
- multitask in expanded memory. A good FAX when someone has to go
- shopping for an expanded memory board for DV and you can't
- recommend anything. (Sallitt)
-
- ALL-HELP.TEC
-
- Captured "Help" screens from QEMM 5.00, QRAM 1.00, MFT 1.00 and
- associated utilities. (Young)
-
- VGA.TEC
-
- Several things about changing video modes and fonts in Desqview.
-
- AST286.TEC
-
- Info on setting up an AST Premium 286 for use with DESQview. S. Young
-
- 512AT.TEC
-
- Discusses the problem on AT-Clones which cannot be disabled below 512K
- with respect to multi-tasking support. Talks about the Charge Card and
- 386 options. S. Young
-
- EXCEL21.TEC
-
- How to run Microsoft Excel 2.1 with DESQview and QEMM. Probably super-
- ceded by WINDOWS.TEC, but might be the solution for a user who is
- specifically concentrated on Excel. S. Young
-
- WINDOWS.TEC
-
- How to run WINDOWS, WINDOWS Runtime, Windows applications and
- Windows 386 (WIN86) with DESQview, and QEMM. As of 6/5/90, does not
- cover Windows 3.0. S. Young
-
- SK-PLUS.TEC
-
- How to run Side Kick Plus with DESQview. S. Young
-
- QRAMC&T.TEC
-
- How to get QRAM to use the C&T shadow ram while also using and EMS driver.
- D.TRAVISON
-
- PCTOOLS.TEC
-
- Change A program information for PCTOOLS 5.5 Deluxe. D.TRAVISON
-
- DESQMEM.TEC
-
- How much memory does DESQview take up? The note also briefly
- references where DV can put itself and how much overhead a window
- takes. (Sallitt)
-
- IDE.TEC
-
- A download from Ontrack Computer Systems describing IDE (Conner) drives
- S. Lahti
-
- DVPALET.DOC
-
- Full documentation on the DVPALET program. S. Young
-
- LANTASTI.TEC
-
- Tips on running our products in the Lantastic network enviroment.
- Myke Keefe
-
- MULTI-T.TEC
-
- General notes on the requirements of multi-tasking. Pretty much covers the
- question: "Why isn't my program multi-tasking" or "What do I need to do to
- make it multi-task"? S. Young
-
- SER_PRN.TEC
-
- Notes on using a serial printer with DESQview. Suggests redirecting the an LPT
- port before entering DESQview, which is the recommended solution (though not the
- only one in recent versions of DESQview). S. Young
-
- QEXT.TEC
-
- Documentation for the QEXT.SYS driver. S. Young
-
- OUTMEM.TEC
-
- Talks about the various "Out of Memory" messages you might receive while
- running DESQview and possible origins and solutions. S. Young
-
- DOS4.TEC
-
- Discusses the DOS 4.0 "bug" problem with the "/X" parameter. S. Young
-
-
- HRAMFONT.TEC
-
- Gives you an explaination (the bad news) of why we do not, AND CANNOT support
- the Hercules RAMfont card very well. S. Young
-
- LOTUS2.TEC
-
- Info on running Lotus version 2 in DESQview. S. Young
-
- DBASE3P.TEC
-
- Info on running DBASE III Plus in DESQview. Describes a "colors" problem
- which arises as a result of a dBASE bug in their DESQview support and gives
- some suggestions for getting around this. S. Young
-
- ASTUTIL.TEC
-
- How to run AST's SuperSpool, Fastdisk and SuperDrive. These require a
- special setup when running with QEXT due to their tendency to overwrite
- QEXT. S. Young
-
- SERNUM.TEC
-
- Explicitly describes where the serial number can be found on the new
- products. If they can't find it using this, they can't read or it really
- isn't there. S. Young.
-
- TERMXDI.PAT
-
- Describes how to create a .COM program using debug to fix the problem of
- DESQview 2.26 running with DOS 2.X. INT 2Fh is not handled by DOS 2.x
- and DESQview 2.26 did not check to see if there is a handler before
- making the call. D. Travison