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jsalcido@nmsu.edu (Jason Salcido) writes:



>I have 2 questions I hope someone can answer for me:

>(1) I am trying to run mathematica 386 on my machine.  When I run it, the  
>opening message prints on the screen at about 1 char/4 sec!  I can't even get  
>to the prompt because it takes too long.  I've run the same program on a  
>similarly configured 486 (same memory - 4 meg) without any problems.  What am I  
>doing wrong?  The executable is huge! ~4meg.  Also, when I run install it says  
>I have no extended memory but i really do.

>(2) When I try to run matlab from windows it (matlab) beeps and says there is  
>not enough memory.  I have 4 meg and when I check mem status it says ~3 meg is  
>available.  How do I get it to run in windows with enough memory?


>my config.sys:
>SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM /E:512 /P
>DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
>DOS=HIGH,UMB
>STACKS=0,0
>FCBS=20,0
>FILES=50
>BUFFERS=20
>DEVICEHIGH=C:\MOUSE.SYS /Y
>DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.SYS 1024 512
>DEVICEHIGH=C:\STACKER\STACKER.COM C:\STACVOL.000
>          

delete DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS in your config.sys file. Because Mathematica has
his own extended memory manager. So you have to delete HIMEM.SYS to release
the "bare" extended memory for it.

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