ttak@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Tim Takahashi) (05/02/91)
I've finally upgraded the memory in my ancient IBM PC w/ INBOARD 386/PC accelerator card to 2mb. However, I seem to have a conflict between HIMEM.SYS and the driver necessary to activate extended memory that comes with the Inboard. Should I call Microsoft or Intel to solve my problems? (PS The manual states that the .SYS driver that activates the INBOARD contains the equivalent of HIMEM.SYS - this only works for Windows 2.x!) thanks in advance tim
gyugyi@earthsea.stanford.edu (Paul Gyugyi) (05/03/91)
In article <13763@ur-cc.UUCP>, ttak@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Tim Takahashi) writes: |> I've finally upgraded the memory in my ancient IBM PC w/ INBOARD 386/PC |> accelerator card to 2mb. However, I seem to have a conflict between |> HIMEM.SYS and the driver necessary to activate extended memory that |> comes with the Inboard. Should I call Microsoft or Intel to solve |> my problems? |> |> (PS The manual states that the .SYS driver that activates the INBOARD |> contains the equivalent of HIMEM.SYS - this only works for Windows |> 2.x!) |> |> thanks in advance |> |> tim For now, just use HIMEM.SYS, and load it after the inbrdpc.sys entry in your config.sys file. Don't use the Intel-supplied emm driver you got with the Inboard. What you want to do is call Intel and get _FREE_ the Inboard/PC specific version of Windows 3.0. This will let you run in 386 mode, (which you can't do with the normal version) and in standard mode (which you _might_ be able to do now). Email me if you have problems. I've got an Inboard/PC with the 2 meg expansion board. If you don't have the 2meg daughter board full up, you'll have this strange desire to by more memory just seconds after running windows. -- Paul Gyugyi gyugyi@earthsea.stanford.edu
ttak@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Tim Takahashi) (05/03/91)
In article <1991May2.105531@earthsea.stanford.edu> gyugyi@earthsea.stanford.edu (Paul Gyugyi) writes: >For now, just use HIMEM.SYS, and load it after the inbrdpc.sys >entry in your config.sys file. Don't use the Intel-supplied >emm driver you got with the Inboard. >What you want to do is call Intel and get _FREE_ the Inboard/PC >specific version of Windows 3.0. This will let you run in 386 >mode, (which you can't do with the normal version) and in standard >mode (which you _might_ be able to do now). Well.... INBRDPC.SYS and HIMEM.SYS definitely do *NOT* get along in standard mode on my PC. I'm used to running Win 3.0 on a 16mhz 386sx w/ 3mb / 800x600 at home. I'm trying to get the beater machine at school to run.... So far, I've sucessfully run Windows 3.0 in Real Mode w/ the ILIM386.SYS ems emulator. No luck with standard mode w/o ILIM386 and with HIMEM.SYS. tim