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From: jazzbeau@netcom.com (Steve Barnette)
Subject: Re: Digitalk VST3.0.1Win32 -- WARNING!
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Dick,

Sounds like your blaming Smalltalk for your lack of Windows knowledge. 
Grab a  book on Windows internals and discover how much DOS memory Windows 
uses. Then start playing with your configuration. All your problems you 
created for yourself.

Works for me.

Bob Byrd


Richard L. Peskin (peskin@caip.rutgers.edu) wrote:
: In article <3q4lgd$nqt$1@mhafc.production.compuserve.com> Eric Clayberg,
: 72254.2515@CompuServe.COM writes:
: >I think you're being a tad over zealous in your warning. Maybe
: >you should just warn folks to avoid Packard-Bell boxes. I have
: >watched your postings on Digitalk's CIS forum and it appears that
: >no one really knows why your machine is failing in this manner.

: If it were the machine, why would PPS VisualWorks 2.0 work just fine? It
: uses more memory and Win32s. The problem was highly reproducable;
: adjusting the amount of conventional memory down would trigger the
: problem; adjusting it up cleared it. Yes, there were some messages
: bouncing back and forth about this on Digitalk's Compuserve forum, and
: some suggestions (different Win32s) were suggested. The real problem as I
: see it is that Digitalk has not documented the details of just how they
: interact with conventional memory. If there were more information, it
: would be easier to solve these problems. 

: --dick peskin
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FCS Systems Inc.                                             
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