Charles Angelich wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

RJT>> I remember seeking out one particular version of Binkleyterm that 
RJT>> was compiled under Zortech because it made for a smaller 
RJT>> executable file than any of the other compilations of that 
RJT>> version at that time. For some reason this was very important to 
RJT>> me back then. :-)

CA>> DOS, "640k is enough for anybody", any of this ring a bell? ;-) 

RJT> Microsoft(R) MS-DOS(R) Version 6.20 (C)Copyright Microsoft
RJT> Corp 1981-1993. 

RJT> >  

CA> Might this have been your concern for smaller/faster binaries?

Eh?

RJT> That's what I'm running here. Though not with only 640K, that's 
RJT> for sure. The bbs is up, and if any message processing needs to 
RJT> happen that'll also be a separate process as well. There are a few 
RJT> limitations though, that I'm a little tired of dealing with... 

CA> Most used Desqview to multitask. Seems it worked for just about all
CA> who tried it (way-back machine here). 

As do I,  have been for years now...

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