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.TOPIC:
Interfacing VBBS with Digiboards
VBBS 6.12 Documentation --11-E-1
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║ CHAPTER 11 ANNEX E INTERFACING VBBS WITH DIGIBOARDS ║
╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
Below is a sample DOS setup of a Digiboard running under
DesqView.
Equipment Used:
1. DigiBoard Intelligent PC/XE Asynchronous Communication Board
2. DigiBoard DOS Driver (Digiware DOS, AIO, OS2, Windows Async
Driver)
3. Running under DOS 6, Desqview, and QEMM 386 v7.01
4. 4 External Infotel 9600 v42 bis (set at 19200 baud in vbbs
only)
5. Vbbs 6.10
Steps To Install:
1. Install the DigiBoard drivers to the hard drive
(I use C:\DIGI), by copying the DOS Driver diskette.
2. Run XIDOSCFG, to configure the DigiBoard ports.
You should see a menu that looks something like this:
Board Type Window Memory I/O IRQ # Brd Start Driver
# Size Window Port # Chnls Chnl# Support
1 PC/Xe 64k D0000h 0320 10 4 1 DOS/EBIOS
Configuration Selections: Use Arrow Keys < >
Q)uit C)hannel Parameters O)ptions A)dd Board R)emove Board
2A. Use the arrow keys to set up the I/O Port, IRQ, and the like
to match the settings on your board. The settings above show an
example.
IMPORTANT NOTE: You *MUST* start at Channel 1. If you do not,
you will not see all of the ports!
2B. Choose (C)hannel Parameters to set the proper speed of the ports,
You should see a menu that looks like something like this:
BOARD 1 PARAMETERS
CHANL BAUD MODE RX FLOW TX FLOW NAME
1 9600 8,N,1 NONE DSR/CTS COM5
2 9600 8,N,1 NONE DSR/CTS COM6
3 9600 8,N,1 NONE DSR/CTS COM7
4 9600 8,N,1 NONE DSR/CTS COM8
Q)uit S)et All Use Arrow Keys < >
VBBS 6.12 Documentation --11-E-2
You can use the arrow keys to move to each column that needs
to be adjusted, such as the Baud Rate. Once you set the first
one, you can choose S)et All to adjust the rest of the channels
to match.
3. Add the following line to your CONFIG.SYS:
DEVICE=C:\DIGI\XIDOS5.SYS
4. You must exclude the RAM Address you choose in the XIDOSCFG
(called Memory Window) in your memory manager. In QEMM, add:
X=D000-DFFF to the command line; which excludes D000-DFFF from
use.
5. Run VCONFIG and configure the new channels. Instead of choosing
a COMx port, choose the Digiboard Port x, where x is the number
of the port.
NOTE: Please erase (zero out - put all zeros in the field) the
Address and IRQ fields.
6. TEST, TEST, TEST!
At this point, everything should be configured properly. Included
are a CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT for reference, with comments after
each file, referencing the line by number.
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CONFIG.SYS
DEVICE=C:\QEMM\DOSDATA.SYS
DEVICE=C:\QEMM\QEMM386.SYS X=D000-DFFF R:1 RAM st:m
DEVICE=C:\QEMM\DOS-UP.SYS @C:\QEMM\DOS-UP.DAT
DEVICE=C:\QEMM\LOADHI.SYS /R:2 C:\DIGI\XIDOS5.SYS
DEVICE=C:\QEMM\LOADHI.SYS /R:2 C:\QEMM\QDPMI.SYS SWAPFILE=DPMI.SWP
SWAPSIZE=1024
DEVICE=C:\QEMM\LOADHI.SYS /R:1 C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE
DEVICE=C:\QEMM\LOADHI.SYS /R:2 C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS
FILES=30
BUFFERS = 30
STACKS=9,256
SHELL=c:\qemm\loadhi.com /r:2 C:\command.com C:\ /P
VBBS 6.12 Documentation --11-E-3
Comments:
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1. This prepares the system for loading parts of DOS into upper
memory.
2. Load the memory manager, excluding the Memory Window from
XIDOSCFG
3. Continued from line 1
4. Load the DigiBoard driver
5. Continued from line 1
6. Load DOS' SETVER for any old programs
7. Load DOS' ANSI driver
8. Set FILES
9. Set BUFFERS
10.Set STACKS (Usually used with Windows)
11.Set the SHELL statement.
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AUTOEXEC.BAT
C:\QEMM\LOADHI /R:2 C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE
@ECHO OFF
PROMPT TIME IS: $t$_DATE IS:$d $p$g
SET TEMP=C:\TEMP
SET PATH=C:\QEMM;C:\DOS;C:\UTILITY;C:\VBBS;C:\XTGOLD
CD\DOS
c:\qemm\loadhi /r:2 doskey
C:\QEMM\LOADHI /R:2 SHARE
cd\
cls
dv
Comments:
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1. Load SMARTDRV cache
2. Turn off the local Echo
3. Set the DOS PROMPT
4. Set the TEMP directory
5. Set the PATH
6. Change to the DOS directory for next few commands
7. Load DOSKEY high
8. Load SHARE high
9. Change to the root
10.Clear the screen
11.Start Desqview (Auto-Start VBBS)