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| From | "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.msdos.programmer |
| Subject | Re: Loading DOS high on a XT |
| Date | 2012-07-16 05:10 -0400 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <ju0lnc$ase$1@speranza.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | <ca26ced2-1f41-40ee-bacc-5cead74a400b@n33g2000vbi.googlegroups.com> |
"Ruud" <Ruud.Baltissen@apg.nl> wrote in message news:ca26ced2-1f41-40ee-bacc-5cead74a400b@n33g2000vbi.googlegroups.com... > > I still like to tinker with old XTs. At the moment I have one equiped > with a 10 MHz V20, 8087, 6.4 GB HDD, 640 KB normal RAM and a selfbuilt > module with 128 KB UMB RAM. I use this UMB to store my drivers so I'm > able to free as much RAM under the 640 KB barrier as possible. > > DOS itself can be loaded high as well and AFAIk this is done by > HIMEM.SYS. But that program won't work on a XT so the obvious > question: how can I persuade DOS to load itself in the UMB area > instead below the 640 KB barrier? > Thank you very much for any information! > You've already tried "DOS=UMB"? What make of DOS and which version? Have you tried an alternate XMS and/or EMS manager? E.g., Japheth's JEMM or HIMEMX? Jack Ellis' XMGR? Uwe Sieber's UMBPCI? http://www.japheth.de/Jemm.html http://johnson.tmfc.net/dos/driver.html http://www.uwe-sieber.de/umbpci_e.html These may be of interest: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/95555 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/91088 Rod Pemberton
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Loading DOS high on a XT Ruud <Ruud.Baltissen@apg.nl> - 2012-07-15 23:16 -0700
Re: Loading DOS high on a XT Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2012-07-16 02:58 -0400
Re: Loading DOS high on a XT "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-07-16 05:10 -0400
Re: Loading DOS high on a XT Ruud <Ruud.Baltissen@apg.nl> - 2012-07-17 01:37 -0700
Re: Loading DOS high on a XT Jim Leonard <mobygamer@gmail.com> - 2012-07-17 14:11 -0700
Re: Loading DOS high on a XT Ruud <Ruud.Baltissen@apg.nl> - 2012-07-17 22:36 -0700
Re: Loading DOS high on a XT T. Ment <t.ment@protocol.invalid> - 2019-03-30 04:58 +0000
Re: Loading DOS high on a XT "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2019-03-30 08:04 +0100
Re: Loading DOS high on a XT src153 <src153@protocol.invalid> - 2019-03-30 15:17 +0000
Re: Loading DOS high on a XT "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2019-03-30 19:30 +0100
Re: Loading DOS high on a XT src153 <src153@protocol.invalid> - 2019-03-30 18:56 +0000
Re: Loading DOS high on a XT "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2019-03-30 21:18 +0100
Re: Loading DOS high on a XT src153 <src153@protocol.invalid> - 2019-03-30 21:22 +0000
Re: Loading DOS high on a XT src153 <src153@protocol.invalid> - 2019-03-30 23:09 +0000
Re: Loading DOS high on a XT src153 <src153@protocol.invalid> - 2019-03-30 23:34 +0000
Re: Loading DOS high on a XT "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2019-03-31 10:25 +0200
Re: Loading DOS high on a XT Rod Pemberton <invalid@lkntrgzxc.com> - 2019-04-02 18:05 -0400
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