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From: bdlepla@caen.engin.umich.edu (Bryan Dennis Lepla)
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Subject: Re: Problem with low resources!!!
Summary: RRTFM (Really RTFM!!!!!!!)
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Date: 13 Dec 90 23:17:34 GMT
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In article <28660008@hpopd.HP.COM>, richardh@hpopd.HP.COM (Richard Hancock) writes:
> / hpopd:comp.windows.ms.programmer / cp@joker.mil.ufl.edu (Costas Papas) /  6:36 am  Dec  7, 1990 /
> 
> - A rumor I heard was that I could run Windows 3.0 on my 
> 	HP Vectra QS/20 with just 2M of memory.  Is this the case?
> 	Running "win/e" only brings up the system in Standard mode.
> 	Do I need some particular memory drivers to do this?
> 
> It sounds like you don't have enough memory.
> 
> I re-read TFM, which says "you'll need at least 1024K of extended memory" to
> run in enhanced mode. Are you perhaps converting some of your 1024K extended
> to expanded using EMM386?
> 
> Richard.

OKAY Granted Microsoft could have made this a little clearer.
win /r = real mode
win /s = standard mode
win /e = enhanced mode? WRONG!
/e /l /n are for extended memory.
/3 puts windows in enhanced mode.

Pretty basic stuff, especially when command line arguments is in the index.
Look at pages 428 to 430. Yes really read the F-----G manual!!!!!!

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