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From: jjs@sei.cmu.edu (Jeffrey Stewart)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: DOS in a window problems
Keywords: DOS Window
Message-ID: <8966@fy.sei.cmu.edu>
Date: 10 Oct 90 15:27:39 GMT
Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University (Software Engineering Institute), Pgh, PA
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Folks,

     I've been trying to put DOS in a window on my 386 system, but haven't
been having any luck.  The pif file is identical to one that worked on
another system.

     When I run the pif file, I get an error message that says, in effect,
"There is insufficient memory to run another high-resolution application.
Close the current high-resolution application (I assume this means Windows)
first."  I then get a DOS window that is 1 line high.  

     Running command.com, and then hitting Alt-Enter, gives the same result.

     I have 4 meg in the system, and at the time of the error, there was
3.2meg free, so when the "insufficient memory" error comes up, I get the
feeling that it's talking about video memory.  My display card is the old
ATI VIP VGA.  

     Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,

Jeff

jjs@sei.cmu.edu