smsmith@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Stephen M. Smith) (03/23/91)
I've spent way too much time trying to configure my new
386 to work with QEMM and Desqview! Could some kind soul
who has a Micronics ASIC 386 motherboard answer the
following questions?
--Is the area between E000 and FFFF really used by the hardware
for BIOS shadowing? That's 128k!!!
--How do I get QEMM to recognize the hardware-shadowed BIOS
correctly? I tried "NOHS" (the "no holes" parameter) in
my QEMM386.SYS line, and it still only sees 64k (the area
in F000-FFFF).
--If I let QEMM have the area in E000-EFFF, the hardware either
screams "NO PAGE FRAMES IN E000 ADDRESS!" or I eventually lose
my shadowed BIOS if I put the frames elsewhere. If I "EXCLUDE"
the area in E000-EFFF from QEMM's use, I can't do a CTRL-ALT-DEL
because the system hangs. That's not that serious, but it could
be just the tip of an iceberg of incompatibility. What's the
best thing to do here?
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In article <1991Mar23.043251.19560@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, smsmith@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Stephen M. Smith) wrote: }I've spent way too much time trying to configure my new }386 to work with QEMM and Desqview! Could some kind soul }who has a Micronics ASIC 386 motherboard answer the }following questions? } }--Is the area between E000 and FFFF really used by the hardware } for BIOS shadowing? That's 128k!!! If your motherboard has the same DIP switches my Micronics 386/33 has, one of them should be labelled "relocate EGA/BIOS" or some such (SW1 #4 on mine). Turn it OFF, and you'll get back the E000 segment. The "relocate" is not true shadowing--what my MB does is map in RAM at E000 and then copy C000-C7FF to E000 and F800-FFFF to E800. }--How do I get QEMM to recognize the hardware-shadowed BIOS } correctly? I tried "NOHS" (the "no holes" parameter) in } my QEMM386.SYS line, and it still only sees 64k (the area } in F000-FFFF). As above, turn off "relocate", and then tell QEMM to shadow ROMs itself. -- {backbone}!cs.cmu.edu!ralf ARPA: RALF@CS.CMU.EDU FIDO: Ralf Brown 1:129/3.1 BITnet: RALF%CS.CMU.EDU@CMUCCVMA AT&Tnet: (412)268-3053 (school) FAX: ask DISCLAIMER? Did | It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's I claim something?| what we know that ain't so. --Will Rogers