[comp.windows.ms] QEMM 5.11 and Standard Mode

splin@nima.berkeley.edu (Steven Lin) (04/02/91)

Can anybody help me on this one?  Windows 3.00a refuses to start up in standard
mode with qemm installed; the opening screen comes up but immediately
exits to DOS.  It will start up in real and enhanced modes. 
I used the following config.sys and autoexec.bat files:

device=c:\qemm\qemm386.sys ram rom
files=30
buffers=20

\dos\share
path c:\windows;c:\dos;c:\
set TEMP=c:\windows\temp

I tried adding x=b000-b7ff, but it didn't help.  If I remove qemm and
replace it with himem.sys, then all three modes work.

My system configuration is:

	Micronics 386-16 with 6Mb
	Orchid Prodesigner w/512k (not the Prodesigner II)
	Sony 1304 Multi-Scan VGA Monitor
	80Mb Conner IDE Hard Drive
	MicroSoft Serial Mouse (com1)
	Modem (com2)
	Sound Blaster sound card
	MS-DOS 4.01

Now for a different problem.  Sometimes Windows 3.0 refuses to start up
in real mode under Desqview 2.31.  It says something like, "Incorrect Dos 
version.  Dos 3.1 or greater required."  I'm running MS-DOS 4.01, so the error 
message doesn't make sense.  This problem seems to only occur when two or three 
Desqview windows are already open.  It always starts whenever I open it first, 
before anything else.

marcelo@deadzone.uucp (Marcelo Gallardo) (04/03/91)

In article <12370@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> splin@nima.berkeley.edu (Steven Lin) writes:
>Can anybody help me on this one?  Windows 3.00a refuses to start up in standard
>mode with qemm installed; the opening screen comes up but immediately
>exits to DOS.  It will start up in real and enhanced modes. 
>

	Don't know why the error message comes up, but version 5.12
	fixes the problem. Call and get the free upgrade - it'll save
	you sveral hours of head banging.

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banner@rupert ( infotech) (04/08/91)

from article 9938 <12370@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
>Can anybody help me on this one?  Windows 3.00a refuses to start up in standard
>mode with qemm installed; the opening screen comes up but immediately
>exits to DOS.  It will start up in real and enhanced modes. 
>I used the following config.sys and autoexec.bat files:

You need a later version of QEMM (5.12 I think) or you will have to patch
5.10 or 5.11 to work with it... Win 3.00a has a different DOSX.EXE that
QEMM can't handle... QEMM <= 5.11 notices this and then dumps you back to DOS.
You will notice that the monitor will stay in graphics mode after you get
dumped out.

I have a debug patch (I got it from Corp. Software) that makes QEMM 5.10
or 5.11 compatible with Win 3.00a. Mail me if you want me to send it. Enough
requests and I'll post it.

Funny thing that Microsoft or Quarterdeck have not publicized this more...
The best idea would be to call Q-deck and ask for the latest QEMM (5.12 or
greater).



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alex@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us (Alex Pournelle) (04/09/91)

splin@nima.berkeley.edu (Steven Lin) writes:

>Can anybody help me on this one?  Windows 3.00a refuses to start up in standard
>mode with qemm installed; the opening screen comes up but immediately
>exits to DOS.

And it exits in graphics mode.  This is a known bug--blame
Microsoft--Quarterdeck does.  Get 5.12, or apply the patch to 5.11,
which is available in a Quarterdeck White Paper.  I'd suggest 5.12; it's
safer and more comprehensive.

	Alex
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mlord@bwdls58.bnr.ca (Mark Lord) (04/12/91)

In article <7322@rupert> banner@rupert ( infotech) writes:
<from article 9938 <12370@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
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<I have a debug patch (I got it from Corp. Software) that makes QEMM 5.10
<or 5.11 compatible with Win 3.00a. Mail me if you want me to send it. Enough
<requests and I'll post it.

Is this the same as the patch for "XMS resizing" that is on Simtel20?
(patches a single byte of QEMM 5.10/5.11/5.12)?

If not, then maybe we can swap patches  :)
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