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In article <45i922$ju0@solar.sky.net>,
Jason Neufeld <neudy@solar.sky.net> wrote:
>Could someone please help me configure Dos!
>I'm running a P-75 under Win'95, I want to run a demo that requires
>580 of conventional memory plus some expanded memory (1024?), I can't
>seem to get it to run at all under Win'95, and am not sure it would anyway,
>what I would like to do is to get it to run under dos.  I have a icon
>reconfigured to boot with a config.sys and autoexec.bat.  The current
>configuration gives me about 565 of ram and no expanded, when I change 
>the 
>emm386 from noems to ram for the expanded, it eats a chunk of my 
>conventional memory (down to 520 or something).  I'm not sure if all of 
>(send comments to neudy@sky.net)
>
>Heres my config.sys
>DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
>DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
Try DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE AUTO RAM FRAME=NONE
See if that expanded memory works with you app.

>BUFFERS=22,0
>FILES=30
>DOS=UMB
>LASTDRIVE=Z
Unless you have 26 drives, change this to LASTDRIVE=D or whatever it is.

>FCBS=4,0
>DEVICEHIGH /L:1,16976 =C:\WINDOWS\SETVER.EXE
You can remove this line to run a single program as long as it doesn't mind
(most dont).

>DOS=HIGH
>DEVICEHIGH /L:1,11808 =C:\CDROM\TORISAN.SYS /D:TSYCD3 /P:SM
Do you need the CD for this program? If not, remove this.

>DEVICEHIGH /L:1,15840 =C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\DRVSPACE.SYS /MOVE
If you put the program, and everything else which is critical (the OS, etc) on
the uncompressed drive (isn't 95 already there?), maybe you could leave this
out too.

>
>Heres autoexec.bat
>LH /L:1,51248 C:\windows\command\MSCDEX.EXE /D:TSYCD3
Again, do you need the CD?

>@ECHO OFF
>PROMPT $p$g
>SET MSINPUT=C:\MSINPUT
>LH /L:0;1,25056 /S C:\MSINPUT\mouse\MOUSE.exe /Q
Do you need the mouse?

>PATH C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\DOS
>SET TEMP=C:\DOS
>SET BLASTER=A220 Ixx Dx T1
>SET SNDSCAPE=C:\SNDSCAPE
>C:\SNDSCAPE\SSINIT.EXE /I

After making changes, remove the /L:--- from all the LH and DEVICEHIGH lines.
Then try it again.

If it still doesn't run, but shows enough memory, remove the FRAME=NONE. If it
still doesn't have enough memory, and you weren't able to lose the CD or 
DRIVESPACE, consider it. If you can drop one (the CD, for example), this will
give you all the memory you need. Also, check the docs for the CD driver and
MSCDEX: both should have a default value for the buffers which could be 
decreased.

If all else fails, multiboot to true DOS 6.22 and memmaker whatever is left
after you trim, and try avoiding WIN95 alltogether (95 does leave a teeny bit
behind, I think...no guarantees!)

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Donovan Hawkins                            Department of Physics and Astronomy
hawkins@uci.edu                            University of California, Irvine
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