🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sun, 30 Jun 1996 23:40:39 GMT, chris@christos.demon.co.uk (Chris
Gould) wrote:

>I have had lots of problems getting enough base memory to run dos
>programms since installing Win95. By hand, the best I can get is 562
>free. What is more, when I try to use memmaker, it locks out after
>resetting my machine. Anyone out there know of some good general
>advice, FAC etc. on configuring files to optimize base memory, or any
>kind soul willing to look at my setup and advise? Iwould love to get
>Master of Magic to run!

Best advice?  Let Windows manage the memory for you.

Right click on Start and click on Open.  Double click on Programs.
Locate the file folder for the game you have trouble with.  (If it's
in your program group.  If not, put it there so you can select it from
the desktop.)

(I have two folders; one labeled DOS Applications and one labeled DOS
Games.  ALL my DOS stuff is in those two folders.  I don't run any DOS
programs from MS DOS MODE, unless they are set up that way <on the
desktop>.)

Open the game folder, locate the exe file that starts the program and
right click on it.  Select Properties/Program/Advanced and you can
custom write an autoexec.bat and config.sys file for that game.  (IF
you need to run it in MS DOS MODE.)

You will always get more memory this way than you will be using the
DOS setup itself.  Usually 30 - 40K more than you can by fiddling with
DOS.  Especially if the game will play in a DOS window as opposed to
MS DOS MODE.

If you have any questions about how to set it up, post here or email
me.




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