davis@udel.EDU (Michael Davis) (04/04/89)
This is a reposting of a question I have. I also have had over a dozen requests for the info when I get it, so if anyone knows the answer, don't be shy to post it or reply back. I have a Wang PC (100% compatible) that uses over 180K of device drivers to hook up to a Wang VS system printer and E-mail. The user want to use Ventura Publisher which uses more than 512K and won't start with the drivers installed. QUESTION: Is there a way or a PD prog. that will move the drivers to EMS to allow most of the 640K base to be free? Any help will be great. Mike Davis
mpcook@chinet.chi.il.us (Michael P. Cook) (04/05/89)
< <QUESTION: < < Is there a way or a PD prog. that will move the drivers <to EMS to allow most of the 640K base to be free? < <Any help will be great. < <Mike Davis I just read an article in this week's PC WEEK about a small firm in Santa Ana Calif, Above Software, that is developing a software product to do just that, place device drivers above 640K. You might want to get a hold of the article as several other vendors were mentioned. -- Mike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Cook Oak Park IL USA usenet address: mpcook@chinet.chi.il.us SYSOP of DISCOVERY PLACE BBS - Educational Software, Kids, Parenting 312-383-6335 (No Fee Required) 24 hrs/day 8N1 3/12/2400 baud ----------------------------------------------------------------------
rlb@cs.odu.edu (Robert Lee Bailey) (04/07/89)
In article <12267@louie.udel.EDU> davis@udel.EDU (Michael Davis) writes: >This is a reposting of a question I have. I also have had over >a dozen requests for the info when I get it, so if anyone knows >the answer, don't be shy to post it or reply back. > >I have a Wang PC (100% compatible) that uses over 180K of device >drivers to hook up to a Wang VS system printer and E-mail. The >user want to use Ventura Publisher which uses more than 512K and >won't start with the drivers installed. > >QUESTION: > > Is there a way or a PD prog. that will move the drivers >to EMS to allow most of the 640K base to be free? > >Any help will be great. > >Mike Davis You might want to try BOOTAS.ARC. I got this from a local BBS. It allows me to configure 2, 3, 4,....n different CONFIG.SYS & AUTOEXEC.BAT files. When I want to run a program that requires a special configuration, I just type BOOTAS xxxxxx, where xxxxxx specifies which group of boot files I want to use. This is really just a .BAT file that copies the desired CONFIG.xxx and AUTOEXEC.xxx to CONFIG.SYS & AUTOEXEC.BAT. After the copy is finished, it executes a program called BOOT.COM which then forces a system reboot, loading the new configuration. Hey, like Hunter says, "It works for me!". Bob Bailey