jwg@duke.UUCP (07/14/86)
[] The Humanities Computing Project at Duke has just purchased the MS Windows Development System, and I am now vacilating between sheer admiration of the nifty programs included with Windows and sheer panic over the documentation (or lack thereof) regarding technical aspects of Windows and DOS. I would welcome any words of wisdom and warning from other Windows users (via mail please), but am especially plagued with three questions. 1. Extended/expanded memory We purchased a 2MB Rampage memory board to give Windows plenty of RAM. Unfortunately Windows seems to recognize neither extended memory, expanded memory, nor any combination of the two. I have found nothing in the development system documentation that covers the issue of memory > 640K. How do I make Windows look for the extra memory? 2. Documentation I acknowledge that I am presumptious to ask this question, having spent only about a day in the manuals. Nonetheless, my first instinct was to look for technical details on how Windows works with DOS and the hardware (memory, peripherals, etc). I have found no such discussion. Are my questions answered in bits and pieces throughout the manuals? Have I overlooked something? Is there another document that deals with these issues? Am I simply a spoiled hacker asking questions I ought not? I would like to continue about the documentation, but will wait until my opinions reflect more experience. Peace, Jeffrey William Gillette uucp: duke!phs!lisa Duke University bitnet: DYBBUK at TUCCVM -- Jeffrey William Gillette uucp: mcnc!duke!phys!lisa The Divinity School bitnet: DYBBUK @ TUCCVM Duke University
jeffd@ittvax.ATC.ITT.UUCP (Jeff Denenberg) (07/17/86)
> [] > > The Humanities Computing Project at Duke has just purchased the > MS Windows Development System, and I am now vacilating between > sheer admiration of the nifty programs included with Windows and > sheer panic over the documentation (or lack thereof) regarding > technical aspects of Windows and DOS. I would welcome any words > of wisdom and warning from other Windows users (via mail please), > but am especially plagued with three questions. > > 1. Extended/expanded memory > > We purchased a 2MB Rampage memory board to give Windows plenty of > RAM. Unfortunately Windows seems to recognize neither extended > memory, expanded memory, nor any combination of the two. I have > found nothing in the development system documentation that covers > the issue of memory > 640K. How do I make Windows look for the > extra memory? > > 2. Documentation > > I acknowledge that I am presumptious to ask this question, having > spent only about a day in the manuals. Nonetheless, my first > instinct was to look for technical details on how Windows works > with DOS and the hardware (memory, peripherals, etc). I have > found no such discussion. Are my questions answered in bits and > pieces throughout the manuals? Have I overlooked something? Is > there another document that deals with these issues? Am I simply > a spoiled hacker asking questions I ought not? I would like to > continue about the documentation, but will wait until my opinions > reflect more experience. > > Peace, > > Jeffrey William Gillette uucp: duke!phs!lisa > Duke University bitnet: DYBBUK at TUCCVM > > > > -- > Jeffrey William Gillette uucp: mcnc!duke!phys!lisa > The Divinity School bitnet: DYBBUK @ TUCCVM > Duke University I can't help you on the documentation but your problem with Windows and EMS memory is that the extra memory is only indirectly supported in Windows. I use a THESYS FASTCARDIV EMS system ( 2Mbyte) with Windows by supplying a RAMDISK in the EMS space as disk "d:". Windows will use this for its paging space if you modify the win.ini file to direct TEMP to d:. One more point, note that the VDISK program supplied with Windows only supports an INTEL ABOVE Board EMS system. Any other EMS system must be used with its own VDISK package. Good luck. Jeff Denenberg uucp: ..decvax!ittvax!jeffd ITT Advanced Technology Center