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- Help for RAMBoost Setup
- (C)IBM Corp. 1993
- Copyright 1993 Central Point Software, Inc.
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- close box. Some programs have an extended
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- 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
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- 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
- PSPT
- 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.
- Extended 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.
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