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Article #7443Re: How to start in 386 enhanced mode ?
From: Charles Evans
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 01:07
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 01:07
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In article <BvBGGL.4o4@NCoast.ORG> brown@NCoast.ORG (Stan Brown) writes: >In article <1992Sep28.084311.18791@a.cs.okstate.edu> saeed@a.cs.okstate.edu (SAEED FAISEL) writes: >>I have a 386/40 compatible & win 3.1. >> >>1. How can I want always start windows in 386 enhanced mode ? >> >>2. How can I make windows to make most use of the 4 MB ram ? >> I am currently using the following config.sys >> >> DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS >> DOS=HIGH,UMB >> DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.SYS 1024 RAM >> . . . >> >Your two questions have the same answer. Change RAM to NOEMS. > >Note to everybody: It's really worth spending some time with the >chapters in the DOS 5 and Win 3.1 user's guides on configuring and >optimizing the system. > but the thing is, Borland C++ 3.1 will not load in DOS (at least on my 386/40) with QEMM386 with the NOEMS switch my usuall setyup is device=qemm.sys ram noems .. is there someting wrong with using both switches, well hen i took NOEMS off, BC++ (DOS) workds fine.. and that was also in the little install booklet in the BC++ pacakgae... ? any ideas? >-- >Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems brown@Ncoast.ORG >Cleveland, Ohio, USA -- +--------------------+-----------------------+------------------------+ | Charles E. Evans | cee1@ra.msstate.edu | Fear God | | iDLE CHATTEr | cee1@MSSTATE.BITNET | Love the brotherhood | | Idle chatteR |cevans@abe.msstate.edu | Pray without ceasing |
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!dtix!darwin.sura.net!pirates!emory!nntp.msstate.edu!cee1 From: cee1@ra.msstate.edu (Charles Evans) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,comp.os.ms-windows.setup,comp.os.ms-windows.misc Subject: Re: How to start in 386 enhanced mode ? Message-ID: <1992Oct7.010738.4066@ra.msstate.edu> Date: 7 Oct 92 01:07:38 GMT References: <1992Sep28.084311.18791@a.cs.okstate.edu> <BvBGGL.4o4@NCoast.ORG> Organization: Mississippi State University Lines: 39