wnn@ornl.gov (Wolfgang N. Naegeli) (10/28/90)
In article <alee.657012600@fizzle.stanford.edu> alee@fizzle.stanford.edu (Andrew Lee) writes: > So, I'd like some help on either: > (1) Getting drivers for the Apple card that will work at 25 MHz, > or > (2) Getting drivers for the TOPS cards that will work with HIMEM.SYS > AND > finding a way to solve the problem with the TOPS cards not being able > to find the StarController and Kinetics box. Andrew's story reminded me of my efforts to find a *PRACTICAL* solution for running TOPS Network Bundle for DOS and QuickMail PC on IBM PCs and clones. I have been unsuccessful in these attempts. Sure, with some imaginative tweaking, I have been able on all machines to get QuickMail and printing to a networked LaserWriter to work under DOS. But the real problem is the 640k barrier. Our requirement is that someone can read and send mail while using WordPerfect 5.1 or Freelance, including printing of PostScript output from these programs to networked LaserWriters. I have experimented with Rybs' HiCard 2 Plus, HiChips AMS on 386 machines, and QuarterDecks DesqView on 286 machines, but I haven't found a way of loading enough of TOPS and of the QuickMail TSR's into high, extended, or expanded memory in a way that did not lead to system freeze-ups or crashes. Of course the most challenging thing is to make it possible to push to DOS without quitting from an application and have enough memory to run QuickMail to read incoming messages. Not the least of the problems seems to be that Rybs' AMS (Advanced Memory Spcifications) and TOPS' DOS-16M extended memory manager compete and conflict. Has anyone found a working solution to this problem? Wolfgang N. Naegeli Internet: wnn@ornl.gov Bitnet: wnn@ornlstc Phone: 615-574-6143 Fax: 615-574-6141 QuickMail (QM-QM): Wolfgang Naegeli @ 615-574-4510 Snail: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6206