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Memory - Using The /W Startup Option |
The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS
Problem
Solutions: The value specified for conventional memory with the /W startup option is not the actual total amount of conventional memory WordPerfect uses. The /W startup option only tells WP how much conventional memory to use as work space in addition to the amount required for the WP.EXE (which is approximately 320K in size when loaded). The minimum amount of conventional memory to run WP is 384K. The customer should use the /WS startup option to determine how much memory work space WP is using. You cannot determine accurately how much memory WP is using by using the Go to DOS option and running a memory utility. When WP shells out, it tries to free up all the memory it can so DOS will have enough memory to work with. However, the exact amount varies depending on what operations it is performing at the time the user makes the request (see Memo ID WP51_3152L). Furthermore, WP cannot free up all the memory it is using because it must reserve some memory to reload the program after the user types "Exit" to return to WP. Otherwise, there wouldn't be a code in memory to correctly reload WP. |
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