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VFP 5.0
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Other
Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00019681
Message ID:
00019770
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>> Thanks for the information. I'll try reinstalling VFP and see if that
>> helps. I'd rather stick to VFP if the problem is not usual since my
>> application is 1/2 way completed.
>>
>> I'm also about to add more RAM (to 24M) from 8M on a 133Mhz computer.
>> Although the VFP box says 8M mininum, I've heard others say 10M is the
>> minimum. Maybe this is the problem source?
>>
>I know they give that minimum number. 8Mb RAM, huh. Sheesh!!!!
>I don't put anything less than 16Mb in a machine now, but I prefer to have
>32Mb RAM on up.
>
>This Cyrix586-120 I'm typing this on right now has 32Mb RAM and it
>just works great. Another Pentium I use has 48Mb RAM. It kicks booty.
>
>I know W95 will barely run in 8Mb, let alone have a VFP layer running
>on top of it. Lots of disk swapping going on.
>
>Yes, you jump to 24Mb of RAM (like the P5-90 Pentium I use at work)
>and you will notice a major difference. Probably all of your VFP symptoms
>will then go away as long as the rest of your app software runs OK.
>
>Good luck and Happy FoxProing!

Carl

I would not run a VFP app on a 95 PC with anthing less then 16 Megs of RAM. Ram is still cheap (and so am I) so now is a good time to upgrade.

On NT PCs I would say at least 32 Megs (maybe 24). NT has overhead.

On my NT Server 4 it takes at least 32 Megs just to load the system.

Tom
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