[comp.os.msdos.desqview] Interesting problems with DesqView/AllCharge Card

jonathan@procase.uucp (Jonathan Ganz) (05/09/91)

I'm having an interesting and frustrating problem with the 
following combination of hardware and software:

16Mhz/286 
AllCharge Card
Desqview
Dos 3.3
4 meg on motherboard

As far as I've been able to determine, I'm using the latest versions
of everything except qext.sys.  I'm using an old version of this 
(circa 1988) because all newer versions cause a system hang upon
exiting Desqview. 

In no particular order, I get the following amount of available 
High Ram, which naturally directly affects available memory.  Other
numbers do come up from time to time, but these are the most 
frequent.  It doesn't seem to matter if I <Ctrl><Alt><Del> or turn
off the power.  At first I suspected it had something to do with
truncating the memory test (pressing <esc> during the initial test), 
but it was hokum.

(FYI - The bootsys command mentioned below gives me a choice about
the particular kind of system I'm left with after the boot, and has
never given me any grief. Also, I renamed some of the device drivers
to keep things organized.)

Any and all help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  Please 
email me directly as indicated in my sig, and I'll post the results.
(This is a rather long message, and I don't want to clog things up
more than necessary!)

Typical sequence of boot cycles:

boot system
High Ram Created: 128K (B000-B3FF, C800-CBFF, D000-E7FF)

boot system
High Ram Created: 160K (B000-B7FF, C800-CBFF) <- I usually live with
						 either this or the
						 following one, otherwise
						 I keep rebooting until	I
						 get this, the next, or the
						 last in this list.

boot system
High Ram Created: 160K (B000-B7FF, C400-CBFF, D000-E7FF)

boot system
High Ram Created: 144K (B000-B7FF, C400-CBFF, D000-E7FF)

boot system
High Ram Created: 176K (B000-B7FF, C400-E7FF) <- This is the
						 best I ever get,
						 which IMHO is pretty
						 good!


--------cut here for autoexec.bat file -----------
echo off
	bootsys >NUL:

		if errorlevel 8 goto simple_system
		if errorlevel 7 goto tape_backup
		if errorlevel 6 goto quick_fax
		if errorlevel 5 goto printer_only
		if errorlevel 4 goto fax_scanner
		if errorlevel 3 goto fax_scanner_printer
		if errorlevel 2 goto non_graphics_dv
		if errorlevel 1 goto graphics_dv
		echo boot.sys is not loaded!
		goto done

:graphics_dv
	loadhi qbuffers=30
	loadhi qfiles +20
	loadhi qldrive=h
	loadhi d:\dos\dvansi
	loadhi d:\dos\msmouse /1
	break=on
	path=c:\;d:\dos;d:\dv;d:\ws;d:\qram;c:\xtpro;c:\batch;d:\nu;d:\mouse
	prompt $d$_$p$g $
	fastopen c: d: 
	loadhi dosedit
	subst f: d:\wp51\files
	subst g: d:\hold\cis
	subst h: d:\sc5
	ls300a/i308
	loadhi timepark 5
	loadhi vidram on
	d
goto done
:non_graphics_dv
	loadhi qbuffers=30
	loadhi qfiles +20
	loadhi qldrive=h
	loadhi d:\dos\dvansi
	loadhi d:\dos\msmouse /1
	break=on
	path=c:\;d:\dos;d:\dv;d:\ws;d:\qram;c:\xtpro;c:\batch;d:\nu;d:\mouse
	prompt $d$_$p$g $
	fastopen c: d:
	loadhi dosedit
	subst e: d:\wp51\files
	subst f: d:\hold\cis
	subst g: d:\sc5
	loadhi timepark 5
	loadhi vidram on
	vidram on ov
	d
goto done
:fax_scanner_printer
	loadhi qbuffers=30
	loadhi qfiles +20
	loadhi qldrive=h
	loadhi d:\dos\dvansi
	break=on
	path=c:\;d:\dos;d:\dv;d:\ws;d:\qram;c:\xtpro;c:\batch;d:\nu;e:\mouse
	prompt $d$_$p$g $
	fastopen c: d:
	loadhi dosedit
	ls300a/i308
	loadhi oldmode LPT1:,,P
	pause
	d:\dos\dsu.exe c:\fontset1.set
	pause
	loadhi timepark 5
	loadhi vidram on
	fax
	d
goto done
:fax_scanner
	loadhi qbuffers=30
	loadhi qfiles +20
	loadhi qldrive=h
	loadhi d:\dos\dvansi
	loadhi d:\dos\msmouse /1
	break=on
	path=c:\;d:\dos;d:\dv;d:\ws;d:\qram;c:\xtpro;c:\batch;e:\nu;d:\mouse
	prompt $d$_$p$g $
	fastopen c: d:
	loadhi dosedit
	subst e: d:\wp51\files
	subst f: d:\hold\cis
	subst g: d:\sc5
	ls300a/i308
	loadhi timepark 5
	loadhi vidram on
	fax
	d
goto done
:printer_only
	loadhi qbuffers=30
	loadhi qfiles +20
	loadhi qldrive=h
	loadhi d:\dos\dvansi
	loadhi d:\dos\msmouse /1
	break=on
	path=c:\;d:\dos;d:\dv;d:\ws;d:\qram;c:\xtpro;c:\batch;d:\nu;d:\mouse
	prompt $d$_$p$g $
	fastopen c: d:
	loadhi dosedit
	subst e: d:\wp51\files
	subst f: d:\hold\cis
	subst g: d:\sc5
	ls300a/i308
	loadhi oldmode LPT1:,,P
	pause
	d:\dos\dsu.exe c:\fontset1.set
	pause
	loadhi timepark 5
	loadhi vidram on
	d
goto done
:quick_fax
	loadhi qbuffers=30
	loadhi qfiles +20
	loadhi qldrive=h
	loadhi d:\dos\dvansi
	break=on
	path=c:\;d:\dos;d:\dv;d:\ws;d:\qram;c:\xtpro;c:\batch;d:\nu;d:\mouse
	prompt $d$_$p$g $
	fastopen c: d:
	loadhi dosedit
	ls300a/i308
	loadhi timepark 5
	loadhi vidram on
	d:
	cd\fax
	fax
	c:
goto done
:tape_backup
	break=on
	path=c:\;c:\xtpro;d:\nu;c:\batch;d:\dv;d:\ws;d:\dos;d:\qram;d:\mouse
	prompt $d$_$p$g $
	dosedit
	echo Load Tape Cartridge into Drive
	pause
	qs
	echo Please remember to COLD boot this system
goto done
:simple_system
	break=on
	path=c:\;c:\xtpro;d:\nu;c:\batch;d:\dv;d:\ws;d:\dos;d:\qram;d:\mouse
	prompt $d$_$p$g $
	dosedit
:done

-------cut here for config.sys file-------------
STACKS=0,0
BUFFERS=1
FILES=20
Device=HARDRIVE.SYS

Device=boot.sys /CX0A /D6 /T10 /L20 /U^ /S2
Device=TOP 		     ^Select the ^System ^Configuration

Device=boot.1 ^Desqview (^Graphics)
	Device=QEXT.SYS /VD=2.0
		Device=rem QuarterDeck's DesqView
	Device=c:\vdisk.sys 512 /E
	Device=ALLEMM4.SYS
		Device=rem AllCharge Card Memory Manager
	Device=QRAM.SYS 
		Device=rem QuarterDeck's High Memory Manager
	Device=c:\loadhi.sys c:\ls300.sys
		Device=rem QRAM's High Memory driver
		Device=rem Princeton Scanner driver

Device=boot.2 ^Desqview (non-^Graphics)
	Device=QEXT.SYS /VD=2.0
		Device=rem QuarterDeck's DesqView
	Device=c:\vdisk.sys 512 /E
	Device=ALLEMM4.SYS
		Device=rem AllCharge Card Memory Manager
	Device=QRAM.SYS 
		Device=rem QuarterDeck's High Memory Manager

Device=boot.3 ^Fax ^Scanner ^Printer
	Device=QEXT.SYS /VD=2.0
		Device=rem QuarterDeck's DesqView
	Device=c:\vdisk.sys 512 /E
	Device=ALLEMM4.SYS
		Device=rem AllCharge Card Memory Manager
	Device=QRAM.SYS 
		Device=rem QuarterDeck's High Memory Manager
	Device=c:\loadhi.sys c:\ls300.sys
		Device=rem QRAM's High Memory driver
		Device=rem Princeton Scanner driver

Device=boot.4 ^Fax ^Scanner
	Device=QEXT.SYS /VD=2.0
		Device=rem QuarterDeck's DesqView
	Device=c:\vdisk.sys 512 /E
	Device=ALLEMM4.SYS
		Device=rem AllCharge Card Memory Manager
	Device=QRAM.SYS 
		Device=rem QuarterDeck's High Memory Manager
	Device=c:\loadhi.sys c:\ls300.sys
		Device=rem QRAM's High Memory driver
		Device=rem Princeton Scanner driver

Device=boot.5 ^Printer
	Device=QEXT.SYS /VD=2.0
		Device=rem QuarterDeck's DesqView
	Device=c:\vdisk.sys 512 /E
	Device=ALLEMM4.SYS
		Device=rem AllCharge Card Memory Manager
	Device=QRAM.SYS 
		Device=rem QuarterDeck's High Memory Manager
		Device=rem QRAM's High Memory 

Device=boot.6 ^Quick ^Start ^Fax (default from ^Power ^Loss)
	Device=QEXT.SYS
		Device=rem QuarterDeck's DesqView
	Device=ALLEMM4.SYS
		Device=rem AllCharge Card Memory Manager
	Device=QRAM.SYS 
		Device=rem QuarterDeck's High Memory Manager
	Device=c:\loadhi.sys c:\ls300.sys
		Device=rem QRAM's High Memory 

Device=boot.7 ^Tape ^Backup ^System

	buffers=040
	files=030

Device=boot.8 ^Simple ^System

	buffers=040
	files=030

Device=boot.end

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NAME:	Jonathan E. Ganz
	Technical Documentation Manager
MAIL:	PROCASE Corporation 
	3130 De La Cruz Blvd., Suite 100
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