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| Thread ID: 104641 | 2009-11-03 10:15:00 | How to reduce memory to one program? | mzee (3324) | Press F1 |
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| 826837 | 2009-11-03 10:15:00 | I have a situation with Windows 7 running on two computers. Computer '1' has 512meg RAM, and runs DOS programs well. Computer '2' has 2gig RAM and will not run DOS programs. How can I reduce the available RAM to 512meg or less for an individual program? I can reduce it for the whole computer (used to do this with ME), but not for an individual file. |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 826838 | 2009-11-03 11:07:00 | Is computer 2 64 bit OS? Maybe that's the reason? Have you ever used DosBoX? http://www.dosbox.com/ |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 826839 | 2009-11-03 20:53:00 | Both are 32bit Ultimate installed from the same iso file. The program I useuse is 'Professional File' (Data Base) have used it since 1988! (On 8meg RAM) XP Sp1 used to run it, but after Sp2 I had to use DOS Box. DOS Box works Ok in W7, but the colours are wrong eg:white becomes light brown etc. Runs Ok in a Window at 640x480 but looks messy. I am sure it is a memory problem. I will have a look for a later version of DOS Box. |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 826840 | 2009-11-03 21:14:00 | Go to the properties of the DOS program and change the RAM settings there | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 826841 | 2009-11-03 22:01:00 | Might be a an option to use Windows XP mode and run it in there. | KiwiTT_NZ (233) | ||
| 826842 | 2009-11-04 09:36:00 | Downloaded a later version of Dos Box. Works well. Has adjustment for memory (set at 16) and a swag of video emulators, colours are Ok now. I still think its odd that one computer needs Dos Box and the other does not. The main difference being the size of memory. |
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