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First post, by Guest

Posted on 2004-10-08, 15:44

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I am trying to use VDMSOUND to run a dos program I have to use for work occasionally but I run out of dos memory when it prints. It looks as though VDMSound could possibly fix this problem, and my first question is if that is a correct evaluation?

I have read the README and alot of the setup information from this board, but do not understand how to handle some of the quirks in how to set it up for this particular application. So, this is how I set it up and run it currently.

1) edit CONFIG.NT file and change FILES=150

2) add environment variables:
SYSTEM = slap
MENUID = slap
USERID= slap
CLATMP = C:\VIRTUAL
CLAVM0 = C:\VIRTUAL, 256

3) setup a shortcut on the desktop with the working folder being I:\pai
set the cmd line for the shortcut to:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\command.com /e:2048 /c go166.bat

then the program works, with the exception of running out of dos memory. I appreciate any help.

Scott

Reply 1 of 3, by MiniMax

Posted on 2004-10-09, 10:13

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@guest - VDMSound (just) adds better sound emulation to the default DOS compatibility that Windows NT-derived operating systems (NT, 2000, XP) provides out of the box. So unless your application needs good sound support, VDMSound does not provide any benifit for you.

Any changes you make to CONFIG.NT and to the shortcut, are picked up by Windows - not VDMSoun.

Finally - what version of VDMSound did you install? And on what OS?

Reply 2 of 3, by scotth84095

Posted on 2004-10-10, 00:40

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I installed versoin 2.1.0 on windows xp. I am using a sony laptop PCG-V505DX. Sorry, my understanding for some reason was that VDMSound also helped with dos memory issues. Anyone have any ideas? I have already tried alot of things...

--Scott

Reply 3 of 3, by MiniMax

Posted on 2004-10-10, 16:17

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scotth84095 wrote:
I installed versoin 2.1.0 on windows xp.

2.1.0 is good. This means that you automatically gets the Launcher program.

scotth84095 wrote:

I am using a sony laptop PCG-V505DX. Sorry, my understanding for some reason was that VDMSound also helped with dos memory issues. Anyone have any ideas? I have already tried alot of things...

Ah 🙁 a laptop, one with a 1000 on-board devices (network, wireless, infrared, sound, USB, etc), devices that sometimes prevent XP from allocating EMS memory for DOS sessions.

Scott, I suggest you start a new thread here, with the name of the program, the exact error message you get from the program, and the output of the command "MEM" before and after you run the program.

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