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Thread ID: 13597	2001-12-09 04:59:00	Calling all Geeks! DOS problem!	Guest (0)	Press F1

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27083	2001-12-09 04:59:00	Okay, I've got DOS 6.22 running, and I need to have mouse driver, cd rom driver and EMS loaded, and have 570k (583,680 bytes) of conventional memory free (below the 640k 'high-memory' mark). Problem is, the closest I can get is 550k, which isn't close enough. If I set the EMS driver (emm386.exe) to NOEMS it works brilliant, with a whopping 610k free, BUT the program I'm trying to run REFUSES to run with the NOEMS tag. Either EMS must be loaded or not, I can't have it set to NOEMS. If the driver ISN'T loaded I have even less free memory, about 540k. So what can I do? If anybody has the MS Mouse driver that uses less memory than version 8.5 (I think) that might come in handy, also an ATAPI CD-rom driver that loads fully into high-memory might work to. If you're wondering, I'm trying to run the game Wing Commander Privateer - a game that I really enjoy but one that WILL NOT RUN in Windows ME. Any suggestions?	Guest (0)
27084	2001-12-09 06:25:00	Are you loadinng as much as you can into high memory? You will need these in your CONFIG.SYS: DOS=HIGH,UMB DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE RAM MIN=0 Change any other DEVICE= to DEVICEHIGH= you have. If you want to squeeze out a bit more UMB memory add the option HIGHSCAN to EMM386, although it can break some programs. In your autoexec.bat add LH to the start of any TSRs you load, eg: LH C:\DOS\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 /M:2 LH C:\MOUSE\MOUSE.EXE The /M:2 specifiys how much memory to use as a buffer, the default is ~10. If your loading SMARTDRV, load it last as it can use both upper and lower memory. If all that is still not enough, DOS 6 includes MEMMAKER which will get you even more.	Guest (0)
27085	2001-12-09 07:02:00	You will have to click view/respond to see the lines unmangled.	Guest (0)
27086	2001-12-09 07:05:00	Run memmaker. It does a fairly good job of arranging memory. It sometimes leaves a couple of things you can tweak later.	Guest (0)
27087	2001-12-09 07:24:00	Additionally to the advice above (particularly the RAM switch), there is a utility which enables even more devices and drivers to be loaded high so that you can get at least 628k of available conventional memory in DOS6.22. Dosmax21.zip from the msdos/sysutil directory of Simtel. If you need a really small mouse driver, 8.7k, then get cutemouse, as ctmouse16.zip freeware from the msdos/mouse directory, also Simtel. http://www.simtel.net	Guest (0)
27088	2001-12-10 02:28:00	Go the whole hog: install windows 3.11 and run it in a DOS window.	Guest (0)
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