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===MagnaRAM===
It was a [[virtual memory compression]] utility for [[Windows 3.1]], [[Windows For Workgroups]] and [[Windows 95]]. [[MagnaRAM]] is included with QEMM 97.

MagnaRAM was also released as a separate utility.<ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-17486617.html Article: QUARTERDECK SHIPS MAGNARAM 2: CROSS-PLATFORM MEMORY MULTIPLIER FOR WINDOWS] {{Dead link|date=June 2016}}</ref>

MagnaRAM worked by replacing a portion of Windows' [[virtual memory]] system. MagnaRAM would insert itself in the string of Windows Programs that determined what pieces of RAM will be moved to the hard disk. Instead of writing directly to the hard disk, the information to be written would go to MagnaRAM's own buffer as this was a faster process. During CPU idle, MagnaRAM would compress the information in its own RAM buffer. When the RAM buffer becomes full, it is then swapped to the hard disk taking both less time and less space.<ref>[http://www.ciao.co.uk/Quarterdeck_MagnaRAM_2_0_Complete_package__5531389#productdetail Quarterdeck MagnaRAM 2.0 Complete package]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209093304/http://www.ciao.co.uk/Quarterdeck_MagnaRAM_2_0_Complete_package__5531389 |date=February 9, 2009 }}</ref>