I have 8 Meg of RAM, and am playing DOS Mercs. Why does the game lock up after a few minutes?
Here are a few tips that should help resolve the problem: • Improperly configured memory managers can cause crashes. If you use EMM386 or a similar memory manager, be sure to follow any instructions in your graphics card’s manual about excluding ranges of memory from use by memory managers! Or try disabling your memory manager entirely by editing CONFIG.SYS and inserting the word REM in front of any line containing EMM386.EXE, HIMEM.SYS, or any other memory manager. You may want to make a boot floppy and edit the boot floppy’s CONFIG.SYS rather than editing your hard disk’s CONFIG.SYS. In any case, make a copy of CONFIG.SYS before changing it, so you can get back the original if something goes wrong. • Using the Sidewinder joystick in digital mode with DOS Mercs causes trouble. If you have a Sidewinder, be sure to set the switch on the base of the joystick to the “one dot” position, and set up Mercs for “CH Pro” joystick. (If you don’t, you’ll probably experience “CAUSEWAY Errors” due
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