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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!