From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: Trouble executing compiled executable
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 13:50:19 +0200
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On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, Damian Yerrick wrote:

> Programs built with DJGPP only need about 64 KB or so
> of conventional memory (C.O.M.D readers please help me
> on this figure)

The correct figure is in the FAQ (section 15.8): 18KB for running in
the Windows DOS box.

> If you are running a lot of programs at once in Windows 98,
> or your computer have less than 32 MB of physical RAM,
> there may not be enough to fit even the smallest DJGPP
> program into memory.

This might happen, but in no case should this cause the error message
that was posted ("Not enought memory to execute program").  The
message in the case you describe is different ("Load error: no DPMI
memory").