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In message Fri, 11 Nov 1994 13:51:42 -0600 (CST), rol@uhc.com (Roleigh Martin) writes: > The IBM Thinkpad 755C System.Ini entry, device=tpaudvxd.386, is > a super memory hog. I have a 20mb ram 755C, and with QEMM 7.5, > I have 613kb base memory free when I go into Windows. I can only > have file manager, Word Perfect for Windows 6.0a, Procomm Plus 2.0 > and I can't load either Lotus 1-2-3 rel 5 nor latest Lotus Free- > lance, yet if I comment out tpaudvxd.386, I can load as many big > hog programs as I want. As this 755c is my boss's boss (who wants > me to load more than 2 hog programs at a time on his 20mb ram > computer like he was able to on his Toshiba 4600C), I need to know > what my options are. With a 20MB machine, you could install OS/2 and forget about all your memory problems. I've got it installed with PCMCIA, audio, ethernet LAN, and TCP/IP drivers and my DOS boxes still have the base 593k - (I've never had problems with needing more so I haven't bothered tweaking). If IBM has fixed a bug with not being able to load DOS high, you should be able to get ~620k in your DOS boxes easy. OS/2 handles all the drivers so they never infringe on the lower 640k. Barring that, you can inspect where in memory all your drivers are going, and play around with the order they're installed in. I found out that the TP audio drivers (probably not the same version as yours) would exactly fit in high memory if I bumped DOSKEY into conventional memory. I wish *I* had a 20MB machine. What with all the multitasking I do, I could really use it. :-) _______________________________________________________________________ |\_______________________________________________________________________\ | | | | | John H. Kim "None of what you are seeing is actually happening." | | | jokim@mit.edu | | | jokim@uni.uiuc.edu - disclaimer for TV movie 'Without Warning' | \|_______________________________________________________________________|