>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!
>

I REALLY appreciate everyone's help. Yes, my computer has been doing a lot of disk-swapping...probably will need a new HD while I'm at it! Maybe MS should include the following instruction in VFP:

IF !(24 Megs RAM) THEN

MESSAGEBOX ('Memory shortage, Do NOT use!)

ENDIF
QUIT

Have a good evening!

Ryan