shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake) (08/07/90)
Currently running Windows 3.0 on a NEC 386/20 with 1 MB extended memory. I'd like to run my Intel Above Board as *expanded* memory while still running 386 Enhanced mode, but so far no luck. CONFIG.SYS includes: device=c:\himem.sys device=c:\emm.sys at c800 208 exp=2048 The manual (page 542) states "Windows will not run in standard or 386 enhanced mode in conjunction with current versions of other expanded memory emulators... If you use one of these utilities instead of EMM386, Windows will run only in real mode." Well, this is NOT the case with my setup, since my setup works just fine in standard mode. (Of course, I'm not really "emulating" expanded memory, but running it as it was designed to be run.) If I'm reading the manual correctly EMM386 requires that my board be running as extended memory, which is not what I'm after. According to Quarterdeck's Manifest, I still have a 96k chunk of contiguous high memory available for (whatever) after loading Intel's driver. So... anyone got any hints of what's still possible?
oppenhei@umd5.umd.edu (Richard Oppenheimer) (08/11/90)
Windows 3.0 really wants to see extended memory if at all possible. Extended memory is really just conventional memory on 286 and 386 machines. The only distinction is that when the machine is run in real mode its address space is cut down to 1M. Windows 3.0 standard and 386 enhanced modes are protected mode applications so they look at all the memory in the machine. Expanded memory was a trick that was devised for DOS and PCs. You should convert all your memory to extended if possible. Also use the drivers that windows installs instead of the ones that come with your Above Board. They will be atomatically installed during setup. If you have DOS apps that want to use either extended or expanded memory and you are running in 386 mode, Windows will provide it for them automatically. I run all my DOS software from Windows an no longer have to worry about various EMM emulators. The only occasional inconvience is that I have to run high res. graphics programs full screen, but all text and cga based stuff runs in a resizable window. And they get all the memory they need. -- -- Computer Science Center Richard Oppenheimer University of Maryland oppenhei@umd5.umd.edu (office) College Park, Maryland ,USA richard@wam.umd.edu (home) ****** My employer cares not what I think and knows not what I say. ********
heiser@sud509.ed.ray.com (Bill Heiser - Unix Sys Admin) (08/13/90)
In article <7087@umd5.umd.edu> oppenhei@umd5.umd.edu (Richard Oppenheimer) writes: > >I run all my DOS software from Windows an no longer have to worry about >various EMM emulators. The only occasional inconvience is that I have to run >high res. graphics programs full screen, but all text and cga based stuff runs >in a resizable window. And they get all the memory they need. I'm probably doing something wrong, but maybe not... I find that I can't re-size command.com windows. I'm using the 800*600 driver for the ATI VGA Wonder. Is this a bug or a feature? :-) -- Bill Heiser Work: heiser@tdw201.ed.ray.com {decuac,necntc,uunet}!rayssd!tdw201!heiser Home: Bill.Heiser@f240.n322.z1.fidonet.org (Fidonet 1:322/240) The Think_Tank BBS (508)655-3848 1200/2400/9600-HST Other: 75106.2332@compuserve.com Other: heiser@world.std.com (Public Access Unix)