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1991-06-16
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16 June 1991, Dave Reynolds, Boston, 73477,3320
No matter what I do I cannot get MS-DOS to load High...
I installed DOS 5.0 on a 3.5 floppy to try it out first. (In
addition, the slower floppy installation allows me to see what's
going on during the BOOT process). With any luck there is
something simple and obvious I'm overlooking...
System: 386/33, C&T Chipset, AMI BIOS, 32K Cache
Paradise SVGA W/1Mb On Board
WD1007 ESDI HD/2FDD Cntrlr & 145 Mb Hard Drive as C:
4Mb 80ns RAM in 1Mb SIMMs
1-Parallel, 2-Serial, 1-Game
1-1.2 5.25 FD as B:, 1-1.44 3.5 FD as A:
Qualifiers:
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* Having my Shadow RAM enabled or disabled makes no
difference.
* I have no other (QEMM, 386MAX) Memory Manager Installed.
* Removing LAN board and SoundBlaster card makes no
difference.
* This system has been in use with MS-DOS 4.01 and QEMM386 for
quite some time; with no problems.
* The system is a high quality clone that I integrated myself.
(I took pains to ensure that reports from an installed user
base had trouble-free usage of my motherboard).
* I tried using EMS instead of NOEMS options with DOS STILL
40K in conventional memory.
CONFIG.SYS: (with my added comment(s)):
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DEVICE=A:\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=A:\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICEHIGH=A:\ANSI.SYS <= Tried eliminating... no difference.
DEVICEHIGH=A:\SETVER.EXE <= Tried eliminating... no difference.
DEVICEHIGH=RAMDRIVE.SYS 1000 /E <= Tried red/elim... no diff.
BREAK=ON
FILES=30 <= Tried reducing/eliminating... no difference.
BUFFERS=50 <= Tried reducing/eliminating... no difference.
AUTOEXEC.BAT (with my added comment(s)):
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@ECHO OFF
PROMPT $P$Q$G
LOADHIGH A:\GRAPHICS.COM
A:\FLMK.COM <= A TSR flusher, No difference with or w'out.
A:\FLMK.COM <= " " " "
@ECHO ON
MEM /C Report (with my added comment(s)):
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Conventional Memory :
Name Size in Decimal Size in Hex
------------- --------------------- -------------
MSDOS 40256 ( 39.3K) 9D40 <= TOO BIG!?
HIMEM 1184 ( 1.2K) 4A0
EMM386 8400 ( 8.2K) 20D0
COMMAND 2624 ( 2.6K) A40
FLMK 688 ( 0.7K) 2B0
FLMK 688 ( 0.7K) 2B0
FREE 64 ( 0.1K) 40
FREE 601184 (587.1K) 92C60
Total FREE : 601248 (587.2K)
Upper Memory :
Name Size in Decimal Size in Hex
------------- --------------------- -------------
SYSTEM 180224 (176.0K) 2C000
ANSI 4192 ( 4.1K) 1060
SETVER 400 ( 0.4K) 190
RAMDRIVE 1184 ( 1.2K) 4A0
GRAPHICS 5920 ( 5.8K) 1720
FREE 64 ( 0.1K) 40
FREE 70032 ( 68.4K) 11190
Total FREE : 70096 ( 68.5K)
Total bytes available to programs (Conventional+Upper) :
671344 (655.6K)
Largest executable program size :
601184 (587.1K)
Largest available upper memory block :
70032 ( 68.4K)
3145728 bytes total contiguous extended memory
0 bytes available contiguous extended memory
1887232 bytes available XMS memory
MS-DOS resident in High Memory Area (Oh Yeah! HA!)
QEMM Manifest (Version 1.01) Report (with my added comment(s)):
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First Meg / Overview
Memory Area Size Description
0000 - 003F 1K Interrupt Area
0040 - 004F 0.3K BIOS Data Area
0050 - 006F 0.5K System Data
0070 - 0C32 47K DOS
0C33 - 0D37 4.1K Program Area
0D38 - 9FFE 587K [Available]
9FFF - 9FFF 0K Unused
===Conventional memory ends at 640K====
A000 - AFFF 64K VGA Graphics
B000 - B7FF 32K Unused
B800 - BFFF 32K VGA Text
C000 - C7FF 32K Video ROM
C800 - CBFF 16K Disk ROM
CC00 - EFFF 144K Unused <= Why NOT!
F000 - FFFF 64K System ROM <= Problem??
HMA 64K First 64K Extended
I am getting anxious that there is something about my system that
will not allow MS-DOS to load high. I can really use the
additional conventional memory (who can't). I have given up on
MicroSoft support, (I wish I could give up on MicroSoft products;
but THEY'VE GOT US).
Soapbox:
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OK... DOS 5.0 is available at what I consider a reasonable price
(unlike the $140.00 asked for PC-DOS 4.00 by the GOUGERS at IBM).
Even at this price; considering the installed base (multi-
millions of $ being made by MicroSoft on 5.0 upgrades), MS should
provide some Customer support. AT LEAST, they could answer
questions (like what can be done about the MOUSE driver debacle
for DOSSHELL) on the CompuServe MSDOS 5.0 forum! Rest assured...
I am taking a hard look at alternatives like DRDOS. Even as I
write that last sentence I wonder If I am helping to provoke
MicroSoft LAWSUIT against Digital Research. If MS spent money on
Customer support like they do on lawyers and marketing airheads,
there would be no problem. When you start feeling the way I do
about a software vendor you must live with, something is
seriously wrong!
ANY suggestions or comments are most welcome.
Dave Reynolds (DaveCom, CIS 73477,3320)