Author: David Dory
Date: 15:35:48 04/23/03
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On April 22, 2003 at 21:18:44, Alex wrote: >YO any one know an easy way (other than booting my computer in to dos that >requires me to load my mouse and cd rom drivers) to get 600 k of conventional >memory (the clik on properties and going to the Memory and trying to configure >from the memory tab does not work on my computer -- all I get is like 560 k or >perhaps 580 k of conventional memory) so I can run my dos Battle chess 4000 on >my win 98 (I would like to run it on my win ME computer as well but THAT would >be a headache!!) from the windows dos prompt?? How does one work the Load hi >command from the dos prompt? What would the exact command look like? Thanks >Alex You'll have better luck running DOS programs in ME than in Win98. WinME is smarter, should always have more resources available than 98, after a clean boot up. Only a clean boot up will guarantee you the best chances of having maximum memory resources available. Naturally, you can't just click on some high number for conventional memory, even though it's in the Properties==>Memory==>Conventional Memory, dialog box, and get that amount. Leave it at 512K, for initial environment, (surprisingly), and a total environment of 600K. Under the MSDOS protected mode memory (DPMI), set it for "Auto". Naturally, check your programs that are starting up automatically with each boot-up, and remove everything that is not critical. Getting rid of things like screen savers, "power saving settings", etc., is helpful. I've run Battle Chess (version unknown, and I don't have Battle Chess currently), using these ideas. Good luck, Dave
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