MEMORY ------ Some OTS DOS programs require a minimum low and expanded memory configuration. Many computers today are not configured for DOS programs that have high memory requirements. If you get an out of memory message when loading or running an OTS program or you cannot enter a file from a menu or from a previous file, or run a program (lack of memory may cause these failures) you may find the information here to be helpful. Tips: a. To find out what memory you have, just type MEM at the DOS prompt. b. To increase available DOS low memory, a memory optimizer program, such as MEMMAKER (supplied with DOS) is usually the tool used. To have EMS memory, you must have installed the memory manager such as EMM386. EMM386 comes with DOS and Windows. c. When running program under Windows95, set DOS Prompt Properties to Auto on all memory options. To view these properties, show Tools (click on top window line) and click on the big A. Below is a sample CONFIG.SYS AND AUTOEXEC.BAT FILE combo that will give you: Free Expanded (EMS) 2,048K (2,097,152 bytes) Largest executable program size 600K (614,752 bytes) Notes: 1. Some lines start with *. The * is not part of the line. It just indicates there is a note below last line. 2. With these files, you will not load drivers that may be required to run devices such as a cd-rom but you will be able to load OTS programs that need 590k of low memory and 2 meg of EMS memory. 3. To use these files, you machine must have at least 4meg of RAM (memory). ------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONFIG.SYS ---------- DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE 4096 RAM I=B000-B7FF WIN=B500-B7FF FILES=60 DOS=UMB DOS=HIGH *DEVICEHIGH /L:2,44400 =C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\DRVSPACE.SYS /MOVE Notes * This may not apply to your system. It is for disk compression program. Do not include if you are not using DRIVESPACE disk compression. If WIN95 is not in use: DEVICEHIGH /L:2,44400 =C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\DRVSPACE.SYS /MOVE may need to be changed To DEVICEHIGH /L:2,44400 =C:\DOS\DBLSPACE.SYS /MOVE AUTOEXEC.BAT ------------ *PATH C:\DOS;c:\windows;C:\; MODE LPT1:,,P *SET TEMP=L:\TEMP *LH /L:1,9472 c:\mouse\mouse *win * These lines must be edited according to needs or may be deleted.