Re: 386SX,HIMEM.SYS,SMARTDRV.SYS

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From: Joris Linssen
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 1990 15:19

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chapin@hfsi.UUCP (Susan Chapin) writes:

>YES!  I also have a Gateway 2000 (386/20, 4meg), and with my brand new
>Video 7 1024i (512k) and brand new Windows 3, if I include himem.sys and
>smartdrv.sys into config.sys the system hangs without booting.

I recognize part of this problem. I have once tried using the same combination
of himem and smartdrv. My system didn't hang directly, but some applications
did...Although I'm not sure, I suspect that smartdrv is not (entirely) 
compatible with the XMS specifications used for example by himem. 
My solution to this problem was using a different cache: pc-cache version 6.0
No problems since then,

								hope this helps,
									  Joris.

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Subject: Re: 386SX,HIMEM.SYS,SMARTDRV.SYS
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