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Article #224Re: Problems with dosstart.bat and exiting to DOS for some apps - HELP
From: Marc Van Schandevijl
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 00:00
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 00:00
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someone@somewhere.com wrote: >gmcandrew@aec.env.gov.ab.ca (Gordon McAndrew) wrote: >>Rosemary Culley <rosemary@sndc.demon.co.uk> wrote: >>;>I read that you can run memmaker which will give you even more memory >>;>for dos sessions but five files were needed, two nowhere to be found. >Memmaker sucks. I tried using it under 6.22 when I had it, and it >took some memory away. The best way to maximize memory for your >system, without third-party solutions, is to go through your system >files, line by line, and change them around, rebooting and doing a >memory check to see what is the most effective. Also, do a little >homework. Can you add a devicehigh line here or there. Is there a >switch himem.sys or emm386 that can help you out? A little homework >will give you the greatest amount of memory. I repeat, MEMMAKER >sucks. Delete it and save yourself some space. Always be careful to give advice based on one experience. I am a consultant, installing a lot of computers, and most of the time memmaker does what it is supposed to do. There ARE better tools, but memmaker is free and it works. Of course you can try afterwards changing your config or autoexec, but for most of the people this is much to difficult... Marc Van Schandevijl cluma@innet.be ******************************** C-LUMA Computerconsultancy ********************************
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025cc,31966f3dffe604e0 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025cc,public X-Google-Thread: 10c888,31966f3dffe604e0 X-Google-Attributes: gid10c888,public X-Google-Thread: 10dc12,31966f3dffe604e0 X-Google-Attributes: gid10dc12,public X-Google-Thread: 10d516,31966f3dffe604e0 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d516,public X-Google-Thread: 104cb0,31966f3dffe604e0 X-Google-Attributes: gid104cb0,public X-Google-Thread: f6d47,31966f3dffe604e0 X-Google-Attributes: gidf6d47,public From: cluma@innet.be (Marc Van Schandevijl) Subject: Re: Problems with dosstart.bat and exiting to DOS for some apps - HELP Date: 1996/06/21 Message-ID: <4qdobq$aqb@news.be.innet.net> X-Deja-AN: 161354926 references: <4np1a0$neg@bert.compusmart.ab.ca> <4oa4ma$c5i@news1.infinet.com> <4oaks6$33h@news3.cts.com> <U1uS5FAUfPxxEwkh@sndc.demon.co.uk> <4q59ab$c6a@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> <4q72b3$r6s@sjx-ixn3.ix.netcom.com> organization: INnet NV (post doesn't reflect views of INnet NV) newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup.win95,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.setup,alt.os.windows95.crash.crash.crash,demon.ip.support.win95,uk.comp.os.win95