gdeniso@hubcap.clemson.edu (gregory w denisowski) (04/01/91)
Prenote: I need the flashy subject to grab your attention....
I have recently purchased a PC-Brand 386 SX 20 with 64K CPU cache.
It is an absolutely wonderful machine! Except for this internal
memory control. The bios or cpu controls extended memory, while it
allows the continuous A0 handler to be shut of, it still causes a
problem, regardless of using HIMEM.SYS or not. The deal
I WANT TO RUN MS-DOS 5.0(I actually have it) OR DR-DOS 5.0(tried it).
Neither will work! DR-DOS displays a message (unlike silent MS-DOS)
that there is a fatal extended memory crash! So then I have to reboot
again with 4.01 and be happy switching back and forth between QEMM and
normal configs... My other friends run their 386 with 610,000+ bytes
convential because MS-DOS 5.0 and DR-DOS 5.0 load themselves and TSRs
high.
please, if you can help, I would greatly appreciate it.
thanks in advance..
gdensio@hubcap.clemson.edu
ps. I am running MRBIOS bios with shadowing capabilites and other
stuff..
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