                INDEX TO FILES IN THIS DIRECTORY
---------------------------------------------------------------
INDEX.TXT

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
