Posted by EmuMannen on 2, 2000 at 6:21 PM:
In Reply to: Dos memory woes posted by Mr Arcade on 1, 2000 at 10:09 PM:
Never had any memory problems (yet) in pure DOS but I am runnig a minimal DOS 7.1 (ripped from Windows 98 SE) and UMBPCI insted of EMM386. Works in my cabinet...
UMBPCI information and download at:
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/umbpci_e.html
I am still optimizing my config.sys and autoexec.bat but this is almost what they looks like today (with comments):
---8<--- CONFIG.SYS ---8<---
; Skip 2 seconds boot delay [/F] + load part of IO.SYS high [/E:xxx] SWITCHES line:
SWITCHES=/F /E
; Load DOS HIGH + enable DOS UMA (Upper Memory Area):
DOS=HIGH,UMB
; HIMEM.SYS HIGH + Extended MEMory Manager:
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS /NUMHANDLES=128 /TESTMEM:OFF /Q
; UMBPCI.SYS Upper MEMory Extender [enables UMA and unloads]:
DEVICE=C:\DOS\ETC\UMBPCI.SYS
; Optimal BUFFERS line when using SMARTDRV:
BUFFERSHIGH=30,0
; Optimal FILES line:
FILESHIGH=80
; Disable old FCBS support:
FCBSHIGH=1,0
; Disable DOS STACKS support:
STACKSHIGH=0,0
; VIDE-CDD.SYS "universal" MS-DOS mode CD-ROM driver:
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\ETC\VIDE-CDD.SYS /D:CD1
; Enable MS-DOS support for Windows 32-bit Disk Access:
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\IFSHLP.SYS
; MOUSE.SYS "universal" MS-DOS mode MOUSE driver:
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\ETC\MOUSE.SYS
; Disable files last ACCessed DATE in DOS:
ACCDATE=C-
; PATH line [MS DOS in C:\DOS and additional drivers etc. in C:\DOS\ETC]:
SET PATH=C:\DOS;C:\DOS\ETC
---8<--- AUTOEXEC.BAT ---8<---
:: Turn ECHO OFF:
@ECHO OFF
:: CLear Screen:
CLS
:: Disable CONsole display [similar to using > NUL]:
CTTY NUL
:: Enable FASTVID DOS/Windows video acceleration [Pentium Pro/II/III ONLY!]:
C:\DOS\ETC\FASTVID.EXE XX1 4 D0000000
:: LFNs [Long File Names] DOS BATch support:
LFNFOR ON
:: Set DOS PROMPT format:
PROMPT $P$G
:: Fastest MS-DOS mode Keyboard response:
C:\DOS\MODE.COM CON: RATE=32 DELAY=1
:: Basic Sound Blaster support
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6
C:\DOS\ETC\DIAGNOSE /S
:: CWSDPMI.EXE DPMI services extender [-p] stay resident [-s-] disabled virtual memory:
LOADHIGH C:\DOS\ETC\CWSDPMI.EXE -p -s-
:: MicroSoft CD-rom EXtensions driver [using VIDE-CDD.SYS in CONFIG.SYS]:
LOADHIGH C:\DOS\MSCDEX /D:CD1 /M:16 /E
:: MS-DOS SmartDrive disk cache driver:
LOADHIGH=C:\DOS\SMARTDRV 2048 16 /B:4096 /E:4096 /L A- B- C+
:: Enable CONsole display:
ECHO CTTY CON
/ EmuMannen
: OK, I have an AMD 500, 64 megs pc100, and a 10 gig hd...I am running ArcadeOS in Dos6.22.
: I want to be able to run Dragon's Lair and Space Ace as well ( the old dos cd's)
: I Need emm386 to run the laser games...but when I add theline to the config sys them mame causes page faults on most games.
: Can someone help me setup my config.sys efficiently to get me the most memory...hopefully in a way that I can play all these games without rebooting
: Thanks,
: Mr Arcade