MS-Dos 6.2 MemMaker.exe--Does Windows 95 have a version of that command?
Frederick Penn
My brand new computer came with Windows 95 pre-installed. This new
computer of mine has 16 MB RAM but it cannot run some Dos programs that my
old computer with only 8 MB RAM could. The message I get says that I don't
have enough memory to run these programs. I think I could fix this problem
if only Windows 95 has some version of the MemMaker.exe command. Can
anyone, who has had this same problem, offer me some advice.
I'm also wondering if I could install MS-Dos 6.2 onto my hard-drive and
still keep using my applications in the Windows 95 environment. Is this
possible or would installing MS-Dos 6.2 screw everything up?
Frederick Penn
Mr. Will Edwards
In a word, no. (Sorry) Try editing the .pif files of the dos programs
you wish to run or try re-booting in MS-DOS mode. Either way *should*
work, if they don't check out MS Software Compatibility List for Win95
Good Luck!
J Behara
Frederick Penn wrote:
would installing MS-Dos 6.2 screw everything up?
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> Frederick Penn
I was in the same situation and this is what I did.
I wipe off Win95 and installed Dos 6.22. Then I reinstalled Win95 but I
choose a different dir (win95 or w95 whatever). The next time you
boot-up if you press F4 before 95 starts up you will boot in Dos 6.x.
J
{SS}kaly
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>Frederick Penn
If you have the CD version of Windows 95 then on the CD in the
Directory OTHER subdirectory OLDMSDOS, this directory has most of the
remaining DOS files, just copy these to the windows\command directory
or for memmaker to work best try to run it and move nessisary files to
the windows directory and all will work fine.
Charles Dye
"Frederick Penn" <fp...@mts.net> wrote:
>My brand new computer came with Windows 95 pre-installed. This new
>computer of mine has 16 MB RAM but it cannot run some Dos programs that my
>old computer with only 8 MB RAM could. The message I get says that I don't
>have enough memory to run these programs. I think I could fix this problem
>if only Windows 95 has some version of the MemMaker.exe command. Can
>anyone, who has had this same problem, offer me some advice.
Not just "some version"; like several other MS-DOS commands, the MemMaker
that shipped with Windows 95 is the MS-DOS 6.22 version. No changes whatso-
ever. On the other hand, MemMaker is a fairly lame optimizer; most people
familiar with DOS can do a better job hacking up Config.sys by hand.
If you have the CD version, look in the \OTHER\OLDMSDOS directory on the
CD. If not, you can download this stuff directly from Microsoft. Sorry, I
don't have the exact URL handy.
>I'm also wondering if I could install MS-Dos 6.2 onto my hard-drive and
>still keep using my applications in the Windows 95 environment. Is this
>possible or would installing MS-Dos 6.2 screw everything up?
You can, but there's no point. MS-DOS 7 is not substantially different from
6.22. In a few ways, it's slightly better -- like loading COMMAND.COM and
various DOS data structures into upper memory. Don't waste your time on it.
On the other hand, you _can_ retrofit IBM DOS 7. If you're a real DOS
fanatic, that would be worth the effort ....
Rick Steinwand, D.C.
YES IT DOES! On the CD under other\oldmsdos you will find help, intersvr
and interlnk, and...memmaker. Copy these into your windows\command dir.
Enjoy!
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Rick Steinwand, DC
Columbia Chiropractic Clinic
Grand Forks, ND 58201-4033
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