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ALL Computers Inc. / Digital Equipment Corp. PCSA Ver 3.0
Examples DETAILED INSTALLATION EXAMPLE (MAXIMUM MEMORY MADE
AVAILABLE)

WARNING!!!!! The following Example will not allow the network to
be removed from memory by means of Stopnet.  This is due to PCSA
components being loaded into the HIGH MEMORY area where MEMMAN
cannot reach them.  This Configuration also may not be supported
by Digital Equipment Corp. Use of these examples are at the
users own risk. ALL Computers accepts no responsibility for the
use or misuse of this example.

CONFIG.SYS
    DEVICE=HIMEM.SYS (Remove if using ALL CHARGE 386)
    DEVICE=\ALL\ALLEMM4.SYS RAM
    BUFFERS=1 <Reduces DOS default of 8 buffers>
    SHELL=\COMMAND.COM /P /E:526

AUTOEXEC.BAT
    ECHO OFF
    BREAK ON
    PATH=C:\;C:\DOS;C:\ALL;C:\DECNET
    FILES /AF =20
    BUFFERS /AF =19
    LASTDRIV /AF =Z:
    DEVICE /AF =LADDRV.SYS /D:4
    DEVICE /AF =DECMOUSE.SYS (If Required)
    PROMPT $P$G
    REM <KEYBOARD INITIALIZATION FILES GO HERE ie: LK250 RELATED)
    REM <TEMPORARILY COMMENT OUT CALL TO STARTNET.BAT>
    REM <BALANCE OF AUTOEXEC REMAINS UNCHANGED>

STARTNET.BAT
NOTE: See Generic Configuration Notes contained in ALLMENU. This
creates the proper Startnet.bat from which to start this
process.

Initial Installation; Upon first installing an ALL Memory
Management unit with PCSA ver 3.x it is recommended that the
user manually step through the loading of the network. This is
done to determine available memory addresses after each module
has been loaded. It really is quite painless but...
WARNING.....If you do not understand this process or the
workings of PCSA, this process is best left to your System
Administrator or PCSA Technical advisor.

THIS PROCEDURE ASSUMES THAT YOU ARE USING A REV E OR REV H DEPCA
BOARD IN LARGE MODE CONFIGURED TO RESIDE AT D000h. REFER TO
DEPCA MANUAL FOR JUMPER SETTINGS. SHOULD YOU HAVE THE NEW DE100
OR DE200 PATHWORKS CONTROLLER (New DEPCA, Low Cost & Hi Speed
respectively) SEE NOTES BELOW CONCERNING LOADING OF DLL.

Please Note: The ALL CHARGECARD does not support the new DEMCA
(Microchannel) ethernet board from Digital Equipment Corp at
this time.

Reboot System To CLEAR any portions of the network that may be
loaded and to confirm above Config.sys & Autoexec.bat load
without error.

Step 1 > Execute ALLOAD with no parameters. Identify the next
available memory address displayed as "FREE". Example if ALLOAD
reports; Segment 0xB3DC  16384 Bytes  * free * , jot down B3DC
for later use.  Ignore * HOLE * entries. Normally you will see
this at 0xB800, this is your text based video address 32K in
size. The DEPCA board will also create a "Black Hole" starting
at 0xD000. The key word here is OPTION ROMS.

Step 2 > Set _path=%path%

Step 3 > Execute nosemi.exe

Step 4 > Set path=\decnet

Step 5 > Execute; ALLOAD /SG:xxxx Stub
(where "xxxx" is the address found by Alload to be the next
available free segment.)

Step 6 > If successful, mark down address used for "/SG:xxxx"
option and save this note.

Step 7 > If above fails, retry step 4 with a /SG:xxxx address
with a larger * free * value. If all else fails attempt to
ALLOAD it without the "/SG:xxxx" option.

Step 8 > Execute; REDIR /HIMEM:YES

Step 9 > Repeat step 1

Step 10 > Execute; ALLOAD /SG:xxxx SCH /A
(In most cases, SCH will fit on the "B" page. It requires 12K to
load. If you loaded the DECMOUSE with "/AF" option, SCH may NOT
FIT on "B" page.)

Step 11 > Repeat step 6 & 7

Step 12 > Repeat step 1

Step 13 > Execute; ALLOAD /SG:xxxx DLL /FAST
(The DLL /FAST command requires approximately 20K free space to
load but only uses 16K once loaded.) (WARNING!!! IF USING THE
DE100 OR DE200 DEPCA BOARD YOU CANNOT ALLOAD DLL INTO HIGH RAM.
IT MUST REMAIN IN CONVENTIONAL MEMORY, NETWORK LOAD FAILURE WILL
RESULT OTHERWISE!)

Step 14 > Repeat steps 6 & 7

Step 15 > Execute; ALLOAD EMSLOAD \DECNET\LAST /N:YOURNODE

Step 16 > Execute; EMSLOAD \DECNET\LAD (Do NOT use alload for
this one.  Failure will result.)

Step 17 > Execute; USE/FIXUP/NOLOG

Step 18 > Set _SYSD=?:

Step 19 > Execute; USE ?:PCSA$DOS_SYSTEM_V30 /V /ENV=_SYSD

Step 20 > Set path \DECNET;%_SYSD%\DECNET

Step 21 > Repeat step 1

Step 22 > Execute; ALLOAD /SG:xxxx DNNETHLD %_SYSD%\DECNET\DNNETHAT.EXE

Step 23 > Repeat 6 & 7

Your Done!!!!! Execute your LOGIN and walk around and make sure
everything is ok. Please note that proper PATHS have not been
setup for general use.  You may experience difficulty starting
applications. This will be corrected once everything has been
committed to Startnet.bat. Now assuming that everything is
functioning ok, and you still have that piece of paper with the
memory addresses on it, your last step is to commit it to the
Startnet.bat file and make it automatically load this way when
the machine boots. If all went well, you should have 570K +
available conventional memory.  NOTE: The SAVE command
referenced in Startnet right after the :already_run label can be
deleted. As mentioned previously, you will not be able to unload
the network after configuring the network in this fashion, so
SAVE is not required. This will "Save" you an additional 2K or
so.  Make sure that the temporary comment placed in front of
CALL STARTNET command in the Autoexec.bat file has been removed
and reboot to confirm all is well.  Happy Computing!