First post, by bjwil1991
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Did anyone have an issue when running Windows for Workgroups 3.11 on a computer, such as a 486 with 32MB RAM installed, MS-DOS 6.22 and WFW 3.11 installed that Windows reports in the MS-DOS Prompt when typing in mem would show something like this:
Type of Memory Total = Used + Free
------------------- --------- ----------- ----------
Conventional 640KB 64KB 576KB
Upper 0 0 0
Reserved 0 0 0
Extended (XMS)* 32,768 31,744 1,024
------------------------------------------------------------
Total Memory 33,408 31,840 1,600
For MS-DOS, it shows this:
Type of Memory Total = Used + Free
------------------- --------- ----------- ----------
Conventional 640KB 32KB 608KB
Upper 0 0 0
Reserved 0 0 0
Extended (XMS)* 32,768 1,536 31,232
------------------------------------------------------------
Total Memory 33,408 1,568 31,840
I also found out the hard way that some games, like SimCity 2000 would say the memory is less than what's required (8MB) within Windows. Didn't realize that Windows 3.1/3.11/Workgroups was a memory hog back then. ***NOTE*** The outputs listed above are examples and may not be accurate. Will post again.
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