Re: Civilization/DOS problems with Win95

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From: itl... Magnus Itland
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 00:00

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S & K MacMillin <mcmi...@eideti.com> wrote:

>When I upgraded to Win95 from DOS6.2/Win3.1, Civilization would no
>longer play properly.  My machine is a AMD 486-133 with 16 mB of RAM.  

>I now get a message:

>MEM AVAIL =  6535
>MEM NEEDED = 8000

>I get this same message regardless of whether I run it in a DOS window
>or as a reboot to DOS.  Also, changes in the memory settings in the .PIF
>file have no effect.

>Has anyone gotten CIV to run with Win95?

Lots and lots of it.

Copy config.sys and autoexec.bat to a floppy or another directory.
Open DOS window, run C:\windows\memmaker and answer the questions
to the best of your knowledge.  This delicious little piece of
free software with your win95 system will clear memory space for
DOS programs, if used correctly.  I did so long ago and has had 
no memory trouble ever since.

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Date: 1997/07/13
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