>>Hi ALL;
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>>This is my first posting, so I hope I'm doing this right.
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>>Going back to the last century: I'm trying to run a FP Dos 2.5 application on a windows98SE network. The 'server' is also a win98.
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>>I have some problems with freezups although generally there are no problems.
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>>I wonder if anyone has an idea regarding how to setup FP dos so it runs reliably on a Win98 network. Things like maybe using different memory settings and DPMI settings for the icon once it's on the desktop...
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>>Upgrading to VFP is not an option now because there is too much code and it will be very expensive for the customer...
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>Limit the PIF file to deliver only EMS memory, not to exceed 15360KB, with no DPMI and no XMS. FPDOS 2.5 does not support DPMI or XMS memory.
According to the docs FPD 2.5 does support DPMI memory managers, so it might be a better choice than the (often problematic) EMS memory. I agree that limiting it to 16MB or less is probably a smart move.
Regards. Al
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