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old dos games in win 98

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i am trying to run an old dos game with win 98, when i do it says i must have at least 490k of free base memory, how do i remedy this

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You should erase win98 and install win3.11

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edit your msdos.sys so it doesn't load compression drivers. more here Conventional memory TheGorx Windows Help

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Name: chappie
Date: February 20, 2001 at 06:02:49 Pacific

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if you enter these 3 line in the c:\config.sys file copy the lins, open config.sys with notepad and paste them in and save the file and reboot. DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.exe RAM DOS=HIGH,UMB Using these lines as written above I run 622,240 free conventional memory with win98 se, 6 IE windows open, Outlook Express and Explorer. Gives you heaps of room for 'old' games and I also think windows runs better using it all of the time. I very rarely freeze/crash.

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