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BobR :
I noted your travails with memory allocation under Windows while
running TradeStation.
The 16bit selector is a "device" used by software programs to allocate
and access the memory on your computer outside the conventional
640K (IMB) i.e. extended memory. A "well behaved" program, written
either for DOS or Windows, should be very careful to properly manage
these selectors. However there are many programs, DOS in particular,
that are very sloppy in this regard -- and the general problem has been
dubbed "memory leakage" !
The bothersome problem for you is that when you close a program the
available selectors don't go back toward the limit for starting to run (7000),
and this indicates that you are running programs that just are NOT handling
memory allocation properly. Also all bets are off as to what other mischief
these same programs can get up to while they are open under Windows !
You will live with this problem as long as you want to run those "bad" boys.
Regards,
KS
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