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WOW!

QEMM was a life saver for me many years ago.

Trying to free-up base memory for games and utlities was almost a dark art in the days of DOS!

My first PC was a "Compaq Portable Plus" running at 4.77mhz, with 640k memory and a whopping 10mb hardrive.

Then a "Compaq Portable II" with a 286 running at 8mhz, 1mb of memory (with expansion board) and an enormous 20Mb hardrive.
That's when I discovered QEMM & DESQview. A DOS-based computer that could multitask (the IPad & iPhone should take note!).

It would be years before Microsoft could attempt multitasking!

Quarterdeck were years ahead of anyone else at the time.
It's a shame the Microsoft juggernaught rolled you over.

I have fond memories of Quarterdeck
You guys were heroes!
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