Who remembers… QEMM386
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- I was talking to a fellow retro enthusiast who runs (I believe) the Calgary Retro Tech group about a video regarding memory management from @TimberwolfK. Great video btw, go watch it (link below). Also, on a side note, the Calgary Retro Tech acronym is CRT... how cool is that?
Okay enough sidebars, let me get to the point of this video. Joe mentioned config.sys menus were great for memory management boot types. I gave an example of a boot menu including QEMM as an option. Joe noted, "Whoa, I haven't seen that name in a while." So I said, hold your butts because I have something wild to show you.
Here's the blast from the past - I'm wondering how many of you have seen it, and I should do a longer video someday to explore the setup more. But, QEMM386 was a memory manager made by Quarterdeck software. Quarterdeck then created Desqview, a text dos-based multitasking environment. Then, because companies were still hanging onto old Unix mainframes, they created Desqview/X. The great thing about DesqView/X is that it was an X/Windows server on DOS. In fact, xeyes and other Un*x programs were built for it!
DesqView: en.wikipedia.o...
Timberwolf's video: • What were XMS, EMS and...