Re: tame dos

["M.W. Poirier" poirmw@xxxxxxxx]

 Andy:

 I have found the the easiest version to work with is Version 5.1
 Prerelease 7. It seems to be the most responsive to the sorts
 of problems you are having. However, I second Harry's suggestions.
 It may take a bit of experimentation, but it's worth it in the
 end.

 M. W. Poirier

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On Wed, 28 Oct 2009, Andy Turnbull wrote:
> I put Tame dos into my toshiba a few days ago, and I'm not sure whether I am
> happy or not. It works, and seems to reduce memory usage, but I wonder
> whether it's worth the cost.
> It didn't have a setup file, even though the instructions imply that there
> should be one. I don't seem to have any control over the size of the window
> -- I can shrink it side to side with the cursor, but up and down it does what
> it wants. When I open xy, it always uses a very wide box.
> I don't like the type, and I don't see any way to change it. When I try to
> change the size of the window, it changes the type size with it.
>
> The tame "support" doesn't answer my questions.
> I think I got the V version of Tame -- not the latest. Does anyone know if
> the later versions are better? I chose the earlier one because someone
> suggested it, and because my experience is that the later versions of
> programs are not often better than the early ones.
> I know some people in this group think tame is worth using -- but are there
> other points of view? Would a setup file help, if I could find one -- and
> does anyone have one?
>
> andy turnbull