good EMS/XMS/RAM driver for MS-DOS ??????

[Norm Dresner]

> Edward wrote:
> >
> > NICE MEMORY DRIVER FOR MS-DOS ????
> > -----------------------------------
> >
> > I am looking for advice: what might be a very good & powerful (+ easy to
> > configure) EMS/XMS/RAM/UMB driver -utility for running PC in pure MS-DOS
> > 6.22 or 7.* ????
> >
> > I have 96 Mb memory, but I seem to be unable to run some older DOS
> > applications of early 90-ties - in pure MS-DOS (not DOS dpmi box under
> > Windows 9* )...
> >
> > Preloaded HIMEM.SYS + SMARTDRV (different configurations LH options &
> > different cache sizes) - do not help much.
> >
> > EMM386 driver seems to be OK ... generally;
> > (other [even older DOS applications] then can use some extended memory),
> > but it it still not good enough;
> >
> > If I try to use memmaker application in addition to EMM386
> > (for detailed memory profile) - it does free enough memory or other
> > applications
> > can not see it...
> >
> > Even though there is plenty of EMS memory - I still can't get enough
> > conventional memory or enlarge UMB block ... (to extend heap into upper
> > memory, i.e. to enable applications to do so).
> >
> > (Even if I load only 'PATH', CD-ROM driver+ MSDEX and mouse driver via
> > autoexec & config)
> > - I can not run some applications after that !
> >
> > It says - not enough memmory! and shuts down ...
> >
> > Maybe I need some utility or manager:
> > to flush buffers?
> > to terminate/unload TSR applications?
> > to slice time ?
> >
> > Any advice or recommendation of PC guru would be very much appreciated!
> > Thank you.
>

The best memory manager (but also the trickiest to get running, though
robust once it was set up properly) was 386MAX. It -- like every other
commercial program of its kind -- was killed by windows but I usually got
50-100KB more with it than I could using memmangler.

Also, I vaguely remember that using the RAMDISK program that came with
DOS 3... you could set the drive letter to anything you wanted.

Norm

[Bill Marcum]

>> Edward wrote:
>> >
>> > NICE MEMORY DRIVER FOR MS-DOS ????
>> > -----------------------------------
>> >
>> > I am looking for advice: what might be a very good & powerful (+ easy
to
>> > configure) EMS/XMS/RAM/UMB driver -utility for running PC in pure
MS-DOS
>> > 6.22 or 7.* ????
>> >
>> > I have 96 Mb memory, but I seem to be unable to run some older DOS
>> > applications of early 90-ties - in pure MS-DOS (not DOS dpmi box under
>> > Windows 9* )...
>> >

>> > (Even if I load only 'PATH', CD-ROM driver+ MSDEX and mouse driver via
>> > autoexec & config)
>> > - I can not run some applications after that !
>> >
>> > It says - not enough memmory! and shuts down ...
>> >
>> > Maybe I need some utility or manager:
>> > to flush buffers?

Some applications might be confused by more than 64 MB free memory. You
might need a ramdisk to use up some of the memory. Use a freeware ramdisk
that lets you change the ramdisk size without rebooting.