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On Wed 19-May-1993  2:02a, pmwg1641 wrote:
p> I am somewhat, but not very, computer competent and I am trying to install
p> Populous II on a university machine.  The problem is that I get a
p> "Cannot find Expanded Memory" error.  I know these here machines
p> have something like 3 1/2 meg of memory, I can see it count it off
p> when it is turned on, which is more than twice what is nominally
p> required to run the program; so it strikes me as highly peculiar
p> to have this problem.

The computer you are trying to install the game onto, obviously has no memory 
manager. A mempry manager (such as EMM386 or QEMM) change the memory options 
automatically to Expanded or Extended Memory. The computer is probably 
configured for EXTENDED Memory, which is most common for business and number crunching. Installing one 
of the aforementioned memory managers will solve the problem for you.

p> There is a cryptic message in the docs: "If you do not have memory
p> manager software on your system you will not be able to use EMS."
p> Does the system make a strong distinction between main memory and
p> expanded memory that I am failing to understand?

There is a difference between Expanded and Extended memory, which is too 
lengthly to go into in great detail here. So, essentially, the docs inform 
you that you need a memory manager.

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