Dear Marta and DSSAT users:

I've watched the same problem with other users.  Until we get DSSAT truely
into WINDOWS (not just an icon), the best way may be to find PCs that are
still 100% DOS (no WINDOWS 95 or 98), where you have control to make unique
autoexec.bat and config.sys files that minimize all other operations, to
bring up the memory to this critical value.

Ken Boote

At 09:41 AM 4/3/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Marta and other DSSAT users:
>
>The problem you are experiencing is related to memory.  Most of the DSSAT
>programs still run in DOS mode.  Especially the application programs,
>including the seasonal analysis program, require a large amount of DOS
>memory within the 640 KByte DOS window.  To check the amount of memory you
>have available when running Windows95, 98, or WindowsNT, open a DOS
>window.   Type MEM and it will show several lines of information.  The top
>three lines are critical, especially the third one :"largest executable
>program size"  This should be at least 580 or 590 KByte.  If it is less,
>try to unload some of the device drivers.  For most of your devices they
>should be handled directly by the Windows operating system.  See also the
>DSSAT Install and Readme instructions distributed with your DSSAT system.
>
>We are currently in the process of migrating DSSAT to Windows.  Some
>programs will be replaced with new ones, while the models will be compiled
>with the Compaq Visual Fortran compiler.  This should solve all memory
>problems.
>
>Regards,
>
>Gerrit
>
>At 09:09 PM 4/1/2000 -0300, you wrote:
>>Dear list subscribers:
>>l
>>I am trying to run DSSAT3.5 Seasonal experiments with 99 years of weather
>>and I am receiving an error message: run time error F6700:open(wbal.out)
>>-heap space limite exceeded.
>>I was working before with the same program and different .SNX files that I
>>generate for other locations and it worked right. If I run it now with the
>>.SNX files provided with the program, I can do it without any problem.
>>Will you give some hint to solve the program?
>>
>>Sincerely
>>
>>Marta Vinocur
>>Ing. Agr. M.Sc. Marta G. Vinocur
>>Facultad de Agronomía y Veterinaria
>>Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto
>>Ruta Nac. 36 Km 601
>>X5804 BYA Río Cuarto, Córdoba
>>Argentina
>>Phone: 54 358 4676191
>>Fax:   54 358 4680280