#Chaos & Conv. Memory
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I have installed on my 386DX40 (4MB) a number of DOS programs,
including Chaos, DOS 6.0, and WP6.0. After using DOS 6's Memmaker,
my conventional memory goes to 619K free, 109K free of Upper, 0K free
of Adpter RAM/ROM, and 1676K free of Extended (XMS).
Then, say, I go into Chaos. After leaving Chaos, my conventional
memory is reduced to 516K free, with the other elements of memory
remaining the same. WordPerfect recommends 520K of free conventional
memory. Thus, I have to use Memmaker after every use of Chaos.
Is there anything I can do to make it unnecessary for me to use
Memmaker each time I finish with Chaos, i.e., for Chaos to leave my
conventional memory undisturbed at 619K? If so, what?
It sounds to me like Metashel isn't unloading properly. (100K or so is
about the size for that.) Are you getting any warning messages from
the CHAOS batch file?
The system does not appear to be unloading the Metashel as Josh suggests. This
is a failure we have yet to figure out. You can try typing "Metashel /k" upon
exiting Chaos to try releasing the Metashel. This line appears at the end of
the CHAOS.BAT file but sometimes it seems to get ignored.
I hope this helps,
Bob P. – Product Support / Autodesk