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20-03-2006, 06:44 AM | #33 | ||
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But I have 572k, so whats the problem? any ideas? And no I'm not running other programmes that could take up the memory... |
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20-03-2006, 07:40 AM | #34 | ||
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what does it say when you type: mem
it should give you memory and description of various types of it. maybe you need EMM386 to run the game or config. also sometimes part of basic memory can be moved to upper level so you free more of the basic mamory. edit: there are two types of memory in DOS. EMS and XMS. some games require EMS to run, while others use XMS. i dont' know about this game i never tried it. i somehow missed it. :blink: too bad i dont' have time for games lately, otherwise i would give a solution to your problem. still i could give you my settings of autoexec.bat and config.sys which might help you. maybe later in the evening if i remember....
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BUT, and this is a bit odd, when i restart my computer in ms-dos and type mem it says i have 515k. Shouldnt i have MORE memory available when windows is shut down? :eeeeeh: |
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20-03-2006, 11:00 AM | #36 | ||
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if you went in menu Start->shutdown->restart in dos
then your available memmory will be lower, because windows left some parts in it. for example you can then type exit and it will return you to windows. otherwise if you went through the F8 menu then you should get more memmory. btw have you tried with abandonia boot disk avilable on the site? it can clear up a lot of memmory and make the games run. especially if you use the mouse driver (also found on the site). that one takes up only a fraction fo memory. so oyu might even have over 600k free memmory available. well later when i get home i can try and see what happens because i have Win98 too.
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20-03-2006, 12:14 PM | #37 | ||
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Your rnning it from startup?
Make a bootdisk. It's real easy with this thingo: http://www.nu2.nu/bootdisk/modboot/ |
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20-03-2006, 01:54 PM | #38 | ||
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If you follow the directives in this quoted guide at the end of the post, you'll be able to configure your memory for gaming.
Make sure you are talking about conventionnal memory. There is 3 kind of memory in DOS, and the game should tell you which kind it's lacking. There is conventional memory, EMS memory and XMS memory. |
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