From:	"A.Appleyard" <A DOT APPLEYARD AT fs2 DOT mt DOT umist DOT ac DOT uk>
To:	DJGPP AT SUN DOT SOE DOT CLARKSON DOT EDU
Date:	Wed, 22 Feb 1995 10:29:20 GMT
Subject:	I can't get high!

I have DOS 6.2. I have been experiencing continuous stonewall refusal by my PC
to load anything high. So, on advice from someone in djgpp email group I put
    DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE RAM
  in my CONFIG.SYS. As run like that:-
  (1) It successfully ran a big Gnu C++ program even when my CD-ROM handler
programs (including Sound Blaster) were loaded.
  (2) It successfully ran Windows for Workgroups.
  (3) But trying to run Word Perfect (5.1 for DOS) when my CD-ROM handler
programs were loaded, failed "not enough memory".
  (4) Although my CD-ROM handler programs were all loaded by DEVICEHIGH in my
CONFIG.SYS and LH in my AUTOEXEC.BAT, yet MEM /DEBUG showed that the whole
caboodle was stuffed into low memory and nothing at all was loaded high.

  So, as I need my Word Perfect for my work, I have had to REM out the DC-ROM
handler lines in my CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT once more, so I still can't
use my CD-ROM reader. Please: How can I get my PC to load stuff high, while
also being in REAL mode not V86 mode so djgpp can run???

  My CONFIG.SYS currently reads (omitting rem'ed lines):-
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE
BREAK=ON
BUFFERS=20
FILES=40
SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS\ /E:1024 /p
DEVICE=C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS
STACKS=9,256
lastdrive=j
FCBS=4,0
DEVICE=C:\IDEDRV.SYS
COUNTRY=044,,C:\DOS\COUNTRY.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS\DISPLAY.SYS CON=(EGA,,1)

  My AUTOEXEC.BAT currently reads (omitting rem'ed lines):-
VERIFY OFF
PATH C:\DOS;c:\;C:\DJGPP\BIN;C:\WP51\;C:\SMALLC;c:\net
PROMPT $P$G
C:\DOS\GRAPHICS
VER
C:\DOS\KEYB UK,437,C:\DOS\KEYBOARD.SYS
SET EMACS=C:\AM
SET AAEMACS=C:\AM
SET AAAEMACS=A:\AM
set DJGPP=c:/djgpp/djgpp.env
set TMPDIR=c:/gcctemp
set GO32TMP=c:/gcctemp
set GO32=ansi driver c:/djgpp/go32/vesadrv.vdr 2r1 noglob core t$gccdbg
set ps=umist-mt-fs2
@ECHO OFF
PROMPT $p$g
SET TEMP=C:\tmp
NLSFUNC
MODE CON CODEPAGE PREPARE=((437) C:\DOS\EGA.CPI)
CHCP 437
KEYB UK,,C:\DOS\KEYBOARD.SYS
MODE CON CODEPAGE SELECT=437
c:\mouse.anu\mouse

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