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#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