At 10:39 AM 3/27/99 , Bob Decker wrote:

>Question!---I'm using Win95B (OSR2).  Have 128 mb memory.  BIOS reports full
>complement, but when I looked at Windows System Properties, it reported only
>64 mb.  After much inquery and assistance, I found I was loading an old DOS
>6.2 HIMEM.SYS in my config file.  Located the Win 95 version, and replaced
>the DOS version. Now WinSysPro dialog shows full 128mb and my Corel PhPnt8
>and other graphics programs are performing much more smartly.  My PPro 200
>has integrated L2 cache of 512K and understand it can comfortably cache upto
>4 gigs of memory.
>  Am I still not getting full use of 128mbs unless I go to Win98??

Yes...   that or WinNT.   A rather simple answer, but to the point.   Also
remember that Win98 uses more memory resources for the myriad of
additional processes and code loaded in the operating system.   My
experience with Win98 is that it is slower than Win95...   the minimum
of ram for Win95 is 8mgs and Win98 is 16mgs, (I recommend twice these
levels for minimums, but they will work).   You will hear about the person
with a 486SX-33 /4mg ram using Win98, but I have better things to do with
my entire day than to watch Windows98 load...  *grin*    The operating
system should match your system hardware.

                Bob Wright
      The NOSPIN Group, Inc.
http://nospin.com - http://nospin.org

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