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Help! MDOS is flakey ..

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From: Paul Joswig
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 1995 00:00
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When I run a DOS session, full screen or windowed, it works ok the
first time, but therafter I get an error when I try to run a session.
I am not even running any programs in the session ... just starting
it.  When I asked for help on the exception, I get a messgae saying it
was from a DosRaiseException.

I have sucessfully run both Qbasic and IBM edit :-), but after
quitting, as always cant start another DOS session :-(.

I am running in VGA mode, on a very under powered, under resourced
machine.  This is all just an experiment really but I do want to get
DOS working properly.  Anyway, the machien is a 386 DX 33, 4Meg RAM
and ... 40 Meg HDD.  Yes, I have OS/2 Warp installed, and it actually
works - meaning I can play around with things, play chess etc :-0.  I
have a few meg spare on the disk, so have only had a couple of "out of
swap space" messages so far.  I have no idea what the video card is
BTW, that is partly why OI am running in VGA.  Also, the HDD is
swapping so much, I think it may die soon :-).

I have installed support for DPMI, XMS, EMS (? - anyway, all three,
maybe I should none of them...).

Any help is appreciated!

Thanks,
Paul
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From: joswig@achilles.cs.adelaide.edu.au (Paul Joswig)
Subject: Help! MDOS is flakey ..
Date: 1995/03/29
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