Author: Marc van Hal
Date: 13:33:31 04/24/03
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On April 23, 2003 at 18:35:48, David Dory wrote: >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,a >Dave otherwise you should look under msconfig==> advanced you can include exclude EMM A000-fff from there Well I tell you how I find msconfig i simply search on name and take the one with the ikon of a desktop. Left double click it Might not be the usual way but it is the way i find it Then left click advanced . There are some more tricks under msconfig for optimizing your system . Marc
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