Author: Gary Foerster
Date: 16:57:45 02/13/99
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I decided to try Mark's patched version of Hiarcs 7 for the Dell problem and it appears to have worked for my Myoda OEM computer. I can now access 64MB hash tables! On February 13, 1999 at 12:25:33, Gary Foerster wrote: > >I have recently purchased Hiarcs 7 upgrade version and successfully installed >(from DOS as instructions require) and have been able to run Hiarcs 7 >from Windows 98 with 128kb hash table. However, when I try to run in >DOS "safe mode command prompt only" to get 64 MB hash table it locks up my >computer and I have to do a hard reset from the tower reset button. >It gets as far as bringing up the chess board screen but then freezes up. >This is both when I load a mouse driver or without a mouse driver. >I also have Hiarcs 6 and the "-x switch" with 64 MB hash table works just fine. >I have read about the Dell "-x switch" problem, but my system is not a Dell. >It is an OEM computer called Myoda. It has an Intel PII 300 MHZ CPU, 128 MB >SDRAM, running Intel BIOS version 12 and Windows 98 operating system. >I would be more suspicious of the hardware except for the fact that >Hiarcs 6 runs just fine using 64MB hash tables. Can anyone offer any help >with this matter. > >Gary Foerster
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