<CT> Re: EMM386, CGA, Herc, etc
- From: GLENNRPH@xxxxxxx
- To: calmira_tips@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 20:13:43 EST
Jeff,
Hmm, I was just wondering, what version of DOS are you using? If you are
using
MS DOS 5 or maybe 6.22, you may be able to get EMM386.EXE to load in your
CONFIG.SYS file by adding a few options. Also, after reading you post about
the
different monitors, my original thought was going to be to use the "include"
(i) after
the EMM386 line, but, if you're not using VGA color, you may have problems
with
this. Might be worth a try though. In your CONFIG.SYS file, be sure you have
the line to load HIMEM.SYS first, then the line to load EMM386.EXE, like so:
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE i=B200-B7FF NOEMS
Try that, the next lines would be to have DOS control the upper mem blocks and
be resident there instead of conventional low memory, like this:
DOS=UMB,HMA
Save the file (use any text editor to change it) then reboot to apply the
changes. If
you notice error messages when EMM386 trys to load, step 1 will be to remove
the include statement, so the line would look like:
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
The NOEMS statement tells EMM386 you don't want "expanded" memory support,
but you do want UMBs to load drivers in. If you still get error messages,
remove the
NOEMS line and try again. Note: substitute the "C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE" for the
exact path to EMM386.EXE on your system. Anyway, this should get emm386
loaded and allow for upper memory blocks to load other device drivers into.
Now, regarding the video questions...I've never ran Calmira on anything other
than
at least "standard VGA", so I can't tell if she will work with Hercules or
CGA...but,
it would be worth a try! To do this, you need to open Windows Setup...either
from
the shortcut in Calmira or, use Program Manager, Main, Setup. Choose your
video
driver from the list, then save and exit. Windows will prompt to "Restart",
choose
Yes, and see if it works. Erwin might know more about the video aspect, but I
don't remember anything right off the top of my head that says Calmira has to
have
"VGA" or "SVGA" etc. As mentioned, use Windows Setup to change your video
driver. Note, you might need your installation diskettes, because Setup will
ask you
to insert the appropriate diskette (I think it's disk # 7)...or, if you have
specialized
drivers for your monitor, you can use that diskette, or if copied to a
directory on
your hard drive, point Windows Setup to the directory. Another note,
sometimes
Calmira will make the shortcut to Windows Setup to a EXE file named
"WINSETUP.EXE" in the Windows directory...not all installations of Windows
have
this file though! In my case, the file is just named "SETUP.EXE"...so, you
can
either change the shortcut to point to SETUP, or, do like I did and just
"copy" the
file SETUP.EXE to WINSETUP.EXE...now I have both, they are the exact same
file, just 2 different names. Last note: Although it is possible to run
Windows
SETUP at the DOS commandline, I prefer changing video drivers from inside
Windows. If you run it from commandline, I think you would more than likely
have
to have your installation disks on hand, plus, it's a little more "cryptic"
when ran
from DOS as opposed to Windows. If you need video drivers for CGA, Hercules
or other, a good place to search is www.winsite.com, browse through the Win3X
files...they have (last I checked) quite a number of older video drivers for
monitors
other than VGA.
Good luck!
Glenn
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