Hank
December 5th 03, 12:25 PM
I have just purchased a new computer with WinXP. For some
very good reasons, which I'll go into if it's really
important to someone, I want to continue to run Lotus 123
for dos on the new computer. (Yes, I have Lotus 123 for
Windows.) The dos program runs fine on the XP computer,
but all but the very smallest of my 646 spreadsheets
say "Error - memory full" when I try to open them. I have
adjusted the command prompt shortcut to provide "Expanded
Memory", with no improvement. Investigation reveals that
XP uses much more of "conventional memory" (the original
640k memory that was all anyone was ever going to need
when the IBM PC system was invented) than Win 98 uses.
Lotus 123 for dos uses conventional memory for the bulk
of each spreadsheet loaded, and there just isn't enough.
In 95 and 98 there were programs you could run
like "himem" and "memmaker" which, IIRC, enhanced
conventional memory.
My question: Does anyone know whether there is a way to
run himem or memmaker in an XP compupter, or a way to
fool XP into using less conventional memory?
Yes, I know I could set up the new computer to dual boot
to XP and 98, or network both computers, but I'd much
rather find a way to run the dos program more
successfully under XP, if there is any way to do so. Yes,
I know I could split up my spreadsheets to make them much
smaller - I have done so for one spreadheet, but I fear
it would make so many spreadsheets to manage that I would
meet myself going to bed when I got up each morning.
Any help would be very much appreciated.
very good reasons, which I'll go into if it's really
important to someone, I want to continue to run Lotus 123
for dos on the new computer. (Yes, I have Lotus 123 for
Windows.) The dos program runs fine on the XP computer,
but all but the very smallest of my 646 spreadsheets
say "Error - memory full" when I try to open them. I have
adjusted the command prompt shortcut to provide "Expanded
Memory", with no improvement. Investigation reveals that
XP uses much more of "conventional memory" (the original
640k memory that was all anyone was ever going to need
when the IBM PC system was invented) than Win 98 uses.
Lotus 123 for dos uses conventional memory for the bulk
of each spreadsheet loaded, and there just isn't enough.
In 95 and 98 there were programs you could run
like "himem" and "memmaker" which, IIRC, enhanced
conventional memory.
My question: Does anyone know whether there is a way to
run himem or memmaker in an XP compupter, or a way to
fool XP into using less conventional memory?
Yes, I know I could set up the new computer to dual boot
to XP and 98, or network both computers, but I'd much
rather find a way to run the dos program more
successfully under XP, if there is any way to do so. Yes,
I know I could split up my spreadsheets to make them much
smaller - I have done so for one spreadheet, but I fear
it would make so many spreadsheets to manage that I would
meet myself going to bed when I got up each morning.
Any help would be very much appreciated.