memmaker for windows 98 ?
MIT©
I was wondering if there is a equivalent of the dos memmaker for windows 98
(freeware or shareware). If not does anybody know a way of optimising all of
the config.sys and autoexec.bat. My config and autoexec are as follows:
Autoexec
@CALL REGPACK
SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 T2
mode con codepage prepare=((850) C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\ega.cpi)
mode con codepage select=850
Loadhigh keyb uk,,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\keyboard.sys
SET SNDSCAPE=C:\WINDOWS
Rem TShoot: rem PATH=%PATH%;"C:\Program Files\Mts"
Rem TShoot: rem @PATH E:\PROGRAMF\WIN98RK;%PATH%
Rem C:\PROGRA~1\PORTINFO\PortInfo /BOOT
config
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICEhigh=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE noems
DOS=High,umb
Files=30
FCBS=4
Buffers=30
Lastdrive=g
Stacks=9,256
devicehigh=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\display.sys con=(ega,,1)
Country=044,850,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\country.sys
Thanks
Chris
--
"Shoot them all and let God sort it out!"
Musashi
of the items automatically. The files= line is way too small, should be at
least 60. If you insist in leaving them then use QEMM.
MIT© <Dha...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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zerr
deleting the autoexec.bat and config.sys files because windows does not need
them unless you need to load some old drivers for some old software.
Peter Forrest
CONFIG.SYS
1. Change the DOS=High,umb line to:
DOS=high,umb,auto.
2. Delete the Files=, FCBS=, Buffers= and Stacks= lines. Windows
takes care of these.
3. Specify the codepage in the following line:
devicehigh=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\display.sys con=(ega,850,1)
AUTOEXEC.BAT
1. Put @ECHO OFF as the first line to stop command echoing.
2. Specify the codepage in the following line:
Loadhigh keyb uk,850,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\keyboard.sys
When you reboot, your system will be optimised.
Type "mem/c/p" to confirm the increased conventional memory.
--
PCForrest
http://www.pcforrest.co.uk/
MIT© <Dha...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:940892957.19442.0...@news.demon.co.uk...
>
Ken Blake
news:3815EFC4...@btigate.com...
> best way to optimize memory is just let windows do it, I
would recommend
> deleting the autoexec.bat and config.sys files because
windows does not need
> them unless you need to load some old drivers for some old
software.
Bad advice. If you'd look at the lines he has, you'd see
that he's loading UK keyboard drivers. If he gets rid of
these files, his UK keyboard won't work correctly in DOS.
Loading "old drivers for some old software" is only one of
the possible legitimate uses for these files.
--
Ken Blake
Please reply to the newsgroup.
Art Clemons
>best way to optimize memory is just let windows do it, I would recommend
>deleting the autoexec.bat and config.sys files because windows does not need
>them unless you need to load some old drivers for some old software.
This unfortunately does little for someone, who has to run Dos programs or even
just wants to run said programs. Without emm386 & himem.sys loaded in
config.sys, the amount of memory for executables drops drastically. Since even
folks with new computers may have old dos programs, your advice probably will
cause more harm than good. One other point, lots of supposedly modern pieces
of software often want to write to either config.sys or autoexec.bat to set
some environmental features universally or otherwise have something start
before Win98 boots, and virus programs like Norton's present offering often do
a scan of memory, boot sectors and the like to search for problems before win98
boots, with the call to the dos program made from the auotexec.bat.
-art clemons-
Michael Louvaris
UK keyboard?
This is not an invitation for humor; I would really like to know.
Seriously,
MJL
Ken Blake wrote in message ...
>zerr <ze...@btigate.com> wrote in message
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>
>> best way to optimize memory is just let windows do it, I
>would recommend
>> deleting the autoexec.bat and config.sys files because
>windows does not need
>> them unless you need to load some old drivers for some old
>software.
>
>
Flymo
using SHIFT + #.
There are some other different character mapping settings (dont know why -
English is English after all.
Flymo
Michael Louvaris <mich...@total.net> wrote in message
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Ken Blake
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> Just as a distraction -- what is the difference between a
US keyboard, and a
> UK keyboard?
> This is not an invitation for humor; I would really like
to know.
It has to do with where some of the special characters are
located. I don't have a UK keyboard here, so I can't be more
specific. But I'm someone else can provide more details.
Peter Forrest
(for example: @ and ").
The problem can be overcome by simply typing KEYB UK at the
DOS prompt, but this is only a per-session setting, and it uses the
default codepage of 437 instead of 850.
You can see for yourself what differences there are by simply
creating a temporary UK configuration as follows:
CONFIG.SYS
device=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\display.sys con=(ega,850,1)
Country=044,850,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\country.sys
AUTOEXEC.BAT
mode con codepage prepare=((850) C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\ega.cpi)
mode con codepage select=850
keyb uk,850,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\keyboard.sys
Hope this helps,
--
PCForrest
http://www.pcforrest.co.uk/
Michael Louvaris <mich...@total.net> wrote in message news:gTuR3.378$h55....@news.total.net...
> Just as a distraction -- what is the difference between a US keyboard, and a
> UK keyboard?
> This is not an invitation for humor; I would really like to know.
> Seriously,
> MJL
John Underwood
alt.windows98:
(Reference: <s1e9u9...@corp.supernews.com>)
>It has to do with where some of the special characters are
>located. I don't have a UK keyboard here, so I can't be more
>specific. But I'm someone else can provide more details.
On the standard keyboard, reading right to left from the top, the keys
are as follows on a UK English keyboard (I have no idea what they are on
a foreign one).
`¬¦ is at the top left then:
! " *** $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + *** That is the currency
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - = or Pound symbol £ which
you may not see.
Q W E R T Y U I O P [ ]
q w e r t y u i o p [ ]
A S D F G H J K L : @ ~
a s d f g h j k l ; ' #
| Z X C V B N M < > ?
\ z x c v b n m , . /
On the whole, no big difference but for the inclusion of the Pound
symbol (I know some people call # a pound, but we can't spend them).
Other European language keyboards are more fun. There space has to be
made for accented letters. One point of interest, though, is that in
German the letter "z" is very common and "y" not. They are reversed. It
produces interesting results if you touch-type in English on a German
keyboard.
--
John Underwood
Michael Louvaris
subtle differences.
Here in Quebec, Canada, we typically have bilingual
keyboards (though US English is available, and some places
only offer unilingual French boards - which, until recently,
did not have a distinct backslash key -> made it hell to
work in DOS).
Its layout is (following your pattern, John):
`~ at top left (What is that "¬ symbol for?- I had to find
it in the Character Map Tool)
! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + Backspace
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - =
Tab Q W E R T Y U I O P { }
q w e r t y u i o p [ ]
A S D F G H J K L : " |
a s d f g h j k l ; ' \
| Z X C V B N M < > ?
\ z x c v b n m , . /
Again, thanks,
MJL
John Underwood wrote in message
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>On Wed, 27 Oct 1999 at 09:26:58, Ken Blake
<nob...@home.com> wrote in
>alt.windows98:
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