SB> I was wondering what the smallest amount of memory anyone has run De
SB> successfully. I have 16megs in my system and have not trouble, I kno
SB> that is only running with 8megs of RAM and said it ran at one time, 
SB> now. Delphi 1.0 says it needs 6 megs, Windows runs marginally in 4 m
SB> told him to get more memory. I haven't tinkered with it on a system 
SB> memory. Any tips, tricks or feedback? 
BD> If you're talking Delphi 1.0, I used to run it under Windows for 
BD> Workgroups with 8 megs RAM, and it worked reasonably well.  That was 
BD> including a 2 meg VCACHE disk cache.  Virtual memory might work if 
BD> he'sgot a lot of hard drive.  I had 40 megs in a permanent swap file 
BD> at thetime...
He had a reasonably sized virtual disk. It seemed that he started having 
trouble after loading netscape. I am guessing that after having some drivers 
loaded to Windows for things like winsock, etc. that he just didn't have 
enough real memory left to load Delphi. Virtual disks are fine for swapping, 
but you do have have enough real RAM left to run your programs. I doubt 
Winsock is swappable because it is communication related. Just some wild 
guesses on my part at this point, but seems to make sense. I didn't see his 
system before and after, so I have no confirmation on what actually changed 
or not, just what he tells me. He also has an old 386 motherboard and my 
personal experience with Windows and low RAM is that some systems might work 
with a minimal configuration and some might not.  
Thanks for the feedback. BTW, did you use netscape or any web browser with 
Winsock loaded on that 8 meg setup? 
Steve
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