Subj : Re: Today I learned
To   : Spectre
From : AKAcastor
Date : Wed Jun 19 2024 11:56:58

 S> DEVICE=C:\QEMM\QEMM386.SYS RAM VREMS

 S> OPTIMIZE was useless here... it went through the motions and did its thing,
 S> but in actual use everything refuses to load high. I'm also loading,
 S> POWER.EXE, ANSI.SYS, RAMDRIVE and SMARTDRV in config.sys

 S> Moving autoexec.bat, I've got SHARE, VIDRAM ON, PCNTPK (CrynWyr), PKTMUX,
 S> PKTDRV, XFSkrnl, PKTDRV and rlfossil.  Again nothing in here will load high
 S> either.

On my DOSBox-X setup, using VIDRAM ON makes DESQview unstable.  It runs at first, but if I open and close a couple DOS windows then it crashes.  I think the use of VIDRAM (or rather, me not using it) is making the big difference in memory availability.  I wonder what is causing the instability on my DOSBox-X setup and if it could be solved with a configuration change.  Or is it as simple as changing my DESQview display adaptor settings? (currently VGA, with 'do you want text & graphics displayed at the same time' set to Yes and synchronized access set to No)

Do you happen to know what the R: parameter for QEMM386.SYS is?  I haven't found a description in the tech nodes included with QEMM yet, but I have noticed that when I let optimize run it adds an R:1 or R:2 parameter.


Chris/akacastor

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