#memory tweaking
11-Mar-94 00:09:41
Sb: #memory tweaking
Fm: Gayle Lee Fairless 71571,321
To: Steven D. Kapplin 70055,1021
Steven and Ron,
I got HIDOS.SYS to work with Janus EMM.SYS. It got some memory. It
seems that attempting to relocate DOS to upper memory with /B=FFFF block
my system from reading drives.
EMM386.SYS will definitely block the bridgeboard with /B=FFFF and make
reboot of the entire system necessary to get back control.
/BDOS=NONE must also be used with HIDOS.SYS.
This memory tweaking has got to be an art and lots of luck on IBM
clones!
Sincerely,
(Mr.) Gayle Lee Fairless
'Perfessor Fearless' from the Rocket City!
DEVICE=C:\SYSTEM\EMM.SYS EXCLUDE=D000-DFFF FULLDISPLAY SHOWOPTIONS
REM DEVICE=C:\DRDOS\EMM386.SYS /F=NONE /K=0 /B=NONE /V /E=D000-DFFF
/R=AUTO DEVICE=C:\DRDOS\HIDOS.SYS /CHIPSET=NONE /BDOS=NONE
HIDOS=ON
DEVICE=\SSTORDRV.SYS
DEVICE=\DEVSWAP.COM
SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM C:\ /P /E:512
BREAK=ON
HIBUFFERS=20
FILES=30
FCBS=4,4
FASTOPEN=256
LASTDRIVE=L
HISTORY=ON, 256, ON , OFF, OFF
COUNTRY=001,,C:\DRDOS\COUNTRY.SYS
HIDEVICE=C:\DRDOS\ANSI.SYS
Memory Type Total Bytes ( Kbytes ) Available
Conventional 655,360 ( 640K ) 467,824 ( 456K )
High 65,520 ( 64K ) 49,744 ( 48K )
Extended 4,194,304 ( 4,096K ) 0 ( 0K )
Extended via XMS N/A 3,065,856 ( 2,994K )
EMS 671,744 ( 656K ) 212,992 ( 208K )
via AutoPilot 1.03a