Hank
December 5th 03, 12:48 PM
Can anyone else help? No answer from Alex to a message I
posted a couple of days ago:
Dear Alex,
I am trying to get Lotus 123 for dos to open large
spreadsheets on a new XP computer. It runs out of
conventional memory.
You were quoted on this newsgroup as follows:
(begin quote) "One that I always suggest for DOS programs
(not in a games context) is an edit to config.nt to
*enable* EMM and hence allow the LH items to work, and for
that matter the pif settings. What seems best is
the line EMM = B=4000 RAM It seems to need the B=4000
explicitly, even though that value is the default, and the
exact spacing round the first =, not the second.
Then you get around 612 K conventional memory on running
the DOS program (eg mem.exe) from a shortcut; and I
suggest also using explicit values (generous ones) in the
PIF for EMM etc." (end quote)
I have inserted the EMM line exactly as suggested, and
that has raised the conventional memory available, but
nowhere near to 612K. In the XP computer as received, 123
opened with 369744 bytes available. After adding the EMM
line to config.nt I had 386486 bytes available. I have
retrieved a few more by changing files=40 to files=20,
which gets me to 387152 bytes (I think that means I can
only open 20 dos files at a time. ???)
I have enabled expanded memory using "properties" of the
program shortcut, but still need more conventional.
In my win 98 computer, I had 409808 bytes available, and
could have used more. I have some pretty big
spreadsheets, and would like to avoid having to split them.
Any suggestions to get me closer to the 612K you were
quoted as expecting?
One other question: That "not in a games context" phrase
makes me wonder whether this change will effect the way XP
runs any other programs?
Thanks already, and thanks in advance,
Hank
..
posted a couple of days ago:
Dear Alex,
I am trying to get Lotus 123 for dos to open large
spreadsheets on a new XP computer. It runs out of
conventional memory.
You were quoted on this newsgroup as follows:
(begin quote) "One that I always suggest for DOS programs
(not in a games context) is an edit to config.nt to
*enable* EMM and hence allow the LH items to work, and for
that matter the pif settings. What seems best is
the line EMM = B=4000 RAM It seems to need the B=4000
explicitly, even though that value is the default, and the
exact spacing round the first =, not the second.
Then you get around 612 K conventional memory on running
the DOS program (eg mem.exe) from a shortcut; and I
suggest also using explicit values (generous ones) in the
PIF for EMM etc." (end quote)
I have inserted the EMM line exactly as suggested, and
that has raised the conventional memory available, but
nowhere near to 612K. In the XP computer as received, 123
opened with 369744 bytes available. After adding the EMM
line to config.nt I had 386486 bytes available. I have
retrieved a few more by changing files=40 to files=20,
which gets me to 387152 bytes (I think that means I can
only open 20 dos files at a time. ???)
I have enabled expanded memory using "properties" of the
program shortcut, but still need more conventional.
In my win 98 computer, I had 409808 bytes available, and
could have used more. I have some pretty big
spreadsheets, and would like to avoid having to split them.
Any suggestions to get me closer to the 612K you were
quoted as expecting?
One other question: That "not in a games context" phrase
makes me wonder whether this change will effect the way XP
runs any other programs?
Thanks already, and thanks in advance,
Hank
..