Re: [COMP] Insuicient memory for dos application

Achilleas Tsompanos wrote:

> Dear Sirs,
>
> I want to run a dos application, not from windows. When i reboot in dos mode 
> the free memory i get is 556K, which is not enough. I run a normal win95 
> system.
> What can i do to increase free memory in dos mode as much as possible?

Are you running himem.sys?  Make sure that when you boot into dos mode that a 
line comes up saying "himem is testing extended memory..."  If you don't, put a
line "device=c:\windows\himem.sys" in c:\config.dos.

John




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