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Help for RAMBoost Setup
(C)IBM Corp. 1993
Copyright 1993 Central Point Software, Inc.
GENERAL HELP
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System Control menu
PZThe System Control menu appears when you
press Alt+SPACE or click the program window
close box. Some programs have an extended
Version...
version of this menu with options for
manipulating application windows.
Close Alt+F4
Choosing Version displays a window containing copyright
information specific to the current program. To return to the
program window, choose OK, click the Version window close box or
press ESC.
Choosing Close displays a dialog box which asks you to confirm
that you want to exit the program. Double-click the program
window close box to bypass the System Control menu and exit the
program.
Choosing Commands
Help Topics
About RAMBoost Setup
Using Help
Loading Programs High
Basic Skills
Setting Up RAMBoost
! Index
Using Command-Line Options
Glossary
Index
A - F
About RAMBoost Setup
Basic Skills
DMA Buffer option
Enable EMS option
G - Q
Glossary
Help Topics
Loading Programs High
Options dialog box
R - Z
Reboot dialog box
Setting Up RAMBoost
Topics
Upper Memory Usage Editor
Use Current Configuration
Using Command-Line Options
Using Help
Using High Memory
Weitek option
XMS Handles option
Help Topics
About RAMBoost Setup
PZUse RAMBoost Setup to do the following:
Configure the DOS upper memory manager, EMM386.
See a map of upper memory usage on your system.
Install the RAMBoost device driver.
RAMBoost creates a profile of your memory usage and
automatically rearranges the programs in your upper memory
blocks to give you the maximum amount of free conventional
memory.
Help Topics
Loading Programs High
Loading Programs High
PZOn a PC running DOS, applications (a word processor, for example) must
run in what is called conventional memory, the first 640K of memory in
your computer. Because memory-resident programs (like PC-Cache), device
drivers (like a mouse driver), and DOS itself normally use this memory
as well, you may not have enough free for your applications.
However, if you have a memory manager such as EMM386, QEMM, or 386MAX,
you can free up the open areas in your upper memory blocks (memory from
640K to 1024K) and load memory-resident programs and device drivers
there (that is, you can load them high). This frees up conventional
memory for your applications.
Because the free space in upper memory is usually in several pieces of
different sizes, programs may fit in some areas but not in others.
RAMBoost analyzes up to millions of combinations to find the most
efficient ordering of programs in upper memory.
This lets you maximize the amount of free conventional memory.
Help Topics
Setting Up RAMBoost
PZSetting up the RAMBoost program is mostly automatic, after you answer a
few questions in the setup application. RAMBoost Setup does the
following:
Configures the DOS upper memory manager, EMM386, by specifying
which areas of upper memory in use and which are free.
If you are using a different upper memory manager, such as QEMM
or 386MAX, those settings are left unchanged.
Installs the RAMBoost device driver, RAMBOOST.EXE, in your
CONFIG.SYS file.
Restarts your PC to load RAMBoost into memory.
Help Topics
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Glossary
G L O S S A R Y
CONFIG.SYS
A user-created text file that tells DOS how to
configure memory and load device drivers for your
system. This file is read before your AUTOEXEC.BAT
file when you boot (start) your computer.
Conventional
The first 640K of memory. Applications (a database
Memory
or paint program, for example) must run in this
area of memory. Because device drivers and memory-
resident programs can also use this space, there
may not be as much free memory as you need.
RAMBoost helps to solve this problem.
Device Driver
A program that is loaded in your CONFIG.SYS file
and controls a device attached to your system--a
mouse, for example, or expanded memory.
EMM386.EXE
The upper memory manager included with DOS.
RAMBoost Setup uses this program if you do not have
another memory manager installed.
Expanded Memory Specification. This defines how
expanded memory works. When you turn on the Enable
EMS option, RAMBoost Setup configures EMM386 to
provide access to expanded memory.
Memory Manager
A program that controls how your computer uses
extra memory (beyond 640K of conventional memory).
RAMBoost works with EMM386, QEMM, 386MAX, and
similar memory managers.
Memory-Resident Also called a TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident), a
Program
program that stays in memory after it is executed.
Some examples: DOS itself, device drivers, mouse
drivers, and caching programs.
Read-Only Memory. Your computer's ROM chip contains
permanent instructions that allow it to load DOS
when you first startup, and to communicate with the
operating system.
Upper Memory
The memory from 640K to 1024K, used for holding
your PC's ROM, video information, and other system
data. There are unused areas remaining, which can
be used to load device drivers and memory-resident
programs.
Weitek
A type of coprocessor chip that requires special
treatment by EMM386. RAMBoost Setup includes an
option for supporting this coprocessor if you use
EMM386 as your memory manager.
Help Topics
Use Current Configuration
PZThis dialog box appears if RAMBoost Setup finds that an upper memory
manager is already installed.
Choose Yes if you want to leave the memory manager as is. Choose No if
you want to automatically configure the DOS program EMM386 (if
available) and use it instead.
Help Topics
RAMBoost dialog box
PZIn this dialog box, choose OK to install RAMBoost. This setup modifies
your CONFIG.SYS file and possibly your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
RAMBoost Setup makes these changes:
Installs the RAMBOOST.EXE program in your CONFIG.SYS file.
Configures the DOS program EMM386 (unless you chose earlier to
use your existing upper memory manager's configuration) in
your CONFIG.SYS file.
Changes any DEVICEHIGH= commands to DEVICE= in your CONFIG.SYS
file. Because RAMBoost automatically uses upper memory, you do
not need to specify this.
Removes any LOADHIGH commands in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Because
RAMBoost automatically uses upper memory, you do not need to
specify programs to load high.
If you chose to let RAMBoost Setup configure EMM386 for you, this
dialog box contains an Advanced button. If you are technically advanced
and know the details of your system's upper memory, choose Advanced to
modify your EMM386 configuration.
Help Topics
Upper Memory Usage Editor
PZThe Upper Memory Usage Editor is an advanced feature for technically
knowledgeable users. This window shows the hexadecimal addresses of
each 4K area of upper memory and how it is used. Press F8 (Dec) to show
the addresses in decimal numbers.
If you know of an upper memory region that is used but appears as
available on this map, or a region that is not used but appears as
used, you can edit this map. For example, your network shell may not be
loaded but you know the memory address of the adapter RAM.
To change an upper memory block's status to "available" or "used":
1. Press TAB until the map is highlighted.
2. Use the arrow keys to select a memory block.
3. Press the appropriate function to mark the way the block is
used: F2 if it is available, F4 if it is used by ROM, F5 if it
used by video RAM, F6 if it used by an expanded memory frame, or
F7 if it is used by an adapter card.
4. Choose OK when you have finished editing. RAMBoost Setup
includes and excludes these memory areas when it configures
EMM386.
You can select other EMM386 command-line options by choosing
Options.
Help Topics
RAMBoost dialog box
Options dialog box
PZIn this dialog box you can select advanced options that correspond to
command-line options for the DOS program EMM386. Enter the options you
want, then choose OK.
XMS Handles
Specifies how many extended memory handles EMM386
can use. This can be from 2 to 255.
DMA Buffer
Specifies how many kilobytes of memory to reserve
for direct memory access (DMA). This should be
the largest DMA transfer that will occur while
EMM386 is active, and can be from 16 to 256.
Enable EMS
This option uses EMM386 to enable access to
expanded memory by designating a memory area for
swap page.
Weitek
Supports the Weitek coprocessor. This option is
normally off.
Help Topics
Upper Memory Usage Editor
Reboot dialog box
PZAfter RAMBoost Setup modifies your computer's configuration, you need
to reboot (restart your PC) for it to take effect. Choose Reboot for
RAMBoost to take effect now, or choose Exit to return to DOS.
If you choose to reboot, RAMBoost restarts your computer twice. The
first time, it loads all of your memory-resident programs as usual and
keeps a record of how much memory they use and where they go.
The second time, RAMBoost actually rearranges the programs to fill your
upper memory as much as possible. You should then find a noticeable
increase in conventional memory available for running applications.
From now on, when you make a change to your AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS
file, RAMBoost automatically reconfigures itself.
Help Topics