On Mon, 25 Jun 2001 22:41:28 -0700, Gregory J. Feig wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, "Sergio Vainroj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Subject: Re: I CAN'T USE ARACHNE
>> Hello Richard, excuse me. I have read your last message but I didn't pay
>> attention to it properly. I understand It. I can do all this changes. But,
>> because I'm not too advanced user, I'm a little afraid to do a mistake. What
>> I can do previously is to save a copy of the originals autoexec.bat and
>> config.sys archive as to replace later if changes let me other problems to
>> my PC. What you think about?
>> Thanks!
> Sergio,
> Richard told you the steps to take to free up memory...
> Now, how to find out how much memory you have available when Arachne
> is running...??...before you try to dial and go online....???
> 1. Start/Run Arachne so that you arrive at the "Dialup" screen.
> 2. Press ALT-key plus M-key at the same time. A little box will pop
> up in the bottom right corner of your screen.
> 3. Read "DOS Memory (KB)" at the top of this little pop-up screen.
> 4. You need to get about 140 free BEFORE you try to dialup with
> Arachne.
I am learning every day... did not know this.
By the way: I have 62 KB free and Arachne is running OK.
> Mostly, to get more free memory, you need to stop loading all those
> DEVICE drivers (CDROM, etc) while you are running Arachne. Richard
> told you how to do that, and we can help you more.
I had to stop loading all things not necessary.
One of those things was "Norton commander" and the CDROM-driver.
Finaly I found a smaller mouse driver (some one on the list told me
where to find it). = Cutemouse = ctmouse = 9KB small
CU Bastiaan
> Yes..you need to save your original AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS
> as AUTOEXEC.ORG (or .BAK) and CONFIG.ORG (or .BAK) before you go in
> and edit them.
> .......gregy
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