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- I have successfully run NOS under Microsoft Windows 3.0 I am using
- a 486/33 with an 800x600 screen. Also have tried 1024x768. I am
- running NOS in a window. I can supply the PIF file I am using if
- anyone is interested. I am using the 3c501 driver which is loaded
- by a batch file specified in the PIF. After the driver is loaded
- the batch file runs NOS. Works real neat. I get xfer rates of >34000chr/sec
- while running other applications. The key is that the driver must be
- loaded in the virtual DOS enviroment created for NOS. I have not tested
- this with COM ports/radios but see no reason why it should not work.
- I am not using the winpkt.com driver, just 3c501 with the -w option.
-
-
- Specific info -
-
- I use QEMM 6.0 / DOS 5.0. The system is a 486/33 with 4 megs RAM.
- Soon to be 16. ESDI 200 meg hard drive.
-
- All NOS/BM files are under the directory c:\tcpip which is substituted
- to drive E: BEFORE windows is started.
-
- subst e: c:\tcpip
-
- The E: can be any legal (unused) DOS drive up to value set by lastdrive.
-
- The Windows PIF calls NET.BAT in the e:\ directory (really c:\tcpip).
- NET.BAT loads the packet driver and starts NOS.
-
- 3c501 -w 0x7c 5 0x300 # are my settings
- nos /autoexec.net # I use autoexec.net vs. .nos
-
-
- At this point in runs and I might say it runs well. I set up a 1 second
- 1000 byte ping (not real taxing) minimized NOS and went about my business
- with Windows. Running Ventura publisher, Orcad in DOS Shell etc. 100%
- pings after hours of use. FTP Xfer rates approaching 40000 chars/sec.
- and that is with 3c501's at both ends.
-
- You have the choice of running NOS in a window or full screen. The
- window seems to work fine and allows you to do other things on the
- screen. Also the Copy and paste functions work well. Taking text
- to/from NOS to other applications.
-
- The Shell out to BM (Mail) from NOS works Good. Essentially you have
- inherited a virtual DOS enviroment here and that is the way it seems
- to work. In my system I start out with 618K in each DOS window. NOS
- of course would be minus the packet driver requirements. I have not seen
- a UAE in anything I have done.
-
- Maybe the key here is a fast system or maybe I accidentally did
- something right!! In any event I am very happy with it.
-
- A few additional notes on my windows installation -
-
- My system has 256K of CPU cache and I am using a Diamond Speedstar VGA.
- Screen writes are much faster than a normal VGA but a board that would do
- the windows in hardware, like the Farenheit 1280 by Orchid would be much
- faster.
-
- If anyone uses the AfterDark screen saver routines, like the flying toasters,
- on this system they fly by so fast that it is hard to see them. Also the fish
- and seaweed seem unreal due to there fast speed. Does anyone know how to slow
- this down? I have NOS running in the background doing Xfer's with no difference.
-
- By the way NOS is doing pings to my other machine right now. I will go over and
- copy a section of the ping from that window.
-
- 288 288 100 25 13 25
- 289 289 100 35 16 24
- 290 290 100 27 17 21
- 291 291 100 38 20 21
- 292 292 100 49 24 23
- 293 293 100 12 23 20
-
- Well I did not get a header but it shows 293 out of 293 for 100% with a
- <30 ms avg RTT.
-
- Now I will open a DOS window and get some info pasted into this document
-
- NOS is running in another DOS window.
-
- 651264 bytes total conventional memory
- 651264 bytes available to MS-DOS
- 613552 largest executable program size
-
- 1671168 bytes total EMS memory
- 442368 bytes free EMS memory
-
- 3145728 bytes total contiguous extended memory
- 0 bytes available contiguous extended memory
- 1048576 bytes available XMS memory
- MS-DOS resident in High Memory Area
-
- Now here is a list of the E: drive which was 'subst' for the
- c:\tcpip directory
-
- Volume in drive E is DOS
- Volume Serial Number is 16DB-B261
- Directory of E:\
-
- . <DIR> 12-28-91 10:38p
- .. <DIR> 12-28-91 10:38p
- SPOOL <DIR> 12-28-91 11:19p
- TMP <DIR> 12-29-91 1:42a
- 3C501 COM 4451 02-11-91 1:41p
- AUTOEXEC NET 1560 12-29-91 1:59a
- BM EXE 37666 07-29-89 10:30p
- BM RC 1215 12-29-91 1:28a
- DOMAIN TXT 16370 12-28-91 11:59a
- FTPUSERS 53 12-28-91 12:40p
- NOS EXE 170516 11-01-91 12:17a
- UNIXNET CPI 422073 12-31-91 11:38p
- WINPKT COM 3660 12-08-91 1:03a
- NET BAT 88 12-31-91 11:25p
- 16 file(s) 658798 bytes
- 29700096 bytes free
-
- E:\>type net.bat
- @ECHO OFF
- 3c501 -w 0x7c 5 0x300
- nos \autoexec.net
-
- C:\WINDOWS>type \config.sys
- device=c:\qemm6\qemm386.sys ram rom
- DOS=HIGH,umb
- stacks=0,0
- buffers=3
- FILES=30
- DEVICE=c:\qemm6\loadhi.sys /r:1 c:\star\util\eansi.sys
- shell=c:\nu\ndos.com c:\nu /u /p
-
-
- C:\WINDOWS>type c:\autoexec.bat
- @ECHO OFF
- C:\WINDOWS\AD-DOS.COM
- SET COMSPEC=c:\nu\ndos.com
- c:\nu\ncache /install /exp=1024,256 /usehigh=on /report=on
- PROMPT $p$g
- PATH C:\DOS;C:\NU;C:\BAT;C:\QEMM6;C:\UTIL;C:\ORCADEXE;
- SET NU=C:\NU
- SET TEMP=C:\tmp
- SET TMP=c:\tcpip\tmp
- loadhi \star\util\vmode monitor
- loadhi \mouse\mouse
- image /noback
-
- Well now that I have done all of that pasting moving back
- and forth between a DOS window and Editor lets see what
- the NOS ping is up to...
-
- Pinging 44.80.8.75 (44.80.8.75); data 1000 interval 1000 ms:
- sent rcvd % rtt avg rtt mdev
- 860 860 100 7 0 15
- 861 861 100 24 3 17
- 862 862 10042949672664294967295 21
- 863 863 100 6 0 18
- 864 864 10042949672724294967293 20
- 865 865 100 54294967294 17
- 866 866 10042949672874294967293 15
- 867 867 100 94294967295 14
- 868 868 100 15 1 15
-
- This shows a problem that sometimes happens but does not make
- anything not work. The RTT's in the 20-30ms range are what I
- would expect but notice the occasional false big value.
-
-
- Keep in mind that this system could really be optimized much more.
- Specifically more RAM. I do not even have a RAM disk set up. Additional
- RAM would also allow better disk Caching.
-
- Here is an example of FTP Xfer. The first xfer was in the foreground. The
- second was in the Background. Not sure why the background was faster but
- may be due to loading on the other system, which is rather busy at the moment.
-
- 230 Logged in as anonymous, restrictions apply
- ftp> cd tcpip/unix
- 257 "/pub/tcpip/unix" is current directory
- ftp> dir unix*.*
- 200 Port command okay
- 150 Opening data connection for LIST /pub/tcpip/unix/unix*.*
- unixbm.cpi 33,032 10:47 11/06/91 unixnet.cpi 422,073 2:48 11/06/91
- 2 files. 19,597,312 bytes free. Disk size 42,661,888 bytes.
- LIST unix*.*: 140 bytes in 0 sec (2089/sec)
- 226 File sent OK
- ftp> type i
- ftp> get unixnet.cpi
- 200 Type i OK
- 200 Port command okay
- 150 Opening data connection for RETR /pub/tcpip/unix/unixnet.cpi
- RETR unixnet.cpi: 422073 bytes in 13 sec (31782/sec)
- 226 File sent OK
- ftp> get unixnet.cpi
- 200 Port command okay
- 150 Opening data connection for RETR /pub/tcpip/unix/unixnet.cpi
- RETR unixnet.cpi: 422073 bytes in 12 sec (33455/sec)
- 226 File sent OK
- ftp>
-
- I am really starting to like this system. Now if we really make NOS a windows
- application?? But it really works nice the way it is.
-
-
- Doug
-
-