Gerry, Thanks MUCH for the info and links you have supplied. And after typing in "dos memory management" into Google, was surprised how many sites came up, including a couple by Axcel - he has UNBELIEVABLE information about Dos and Windows like I could not believe. After all the info have seen, think I can find ways around the whole Helix Cloaking problem without much trying - at least I think so :-). Especially with some of the hints and info that was supplied at Axcel's site. And was glad you supplied the patch for ME version of Windows - think that should be used by just about anyone using WinME. Ralph Gerald E. Boyd wrote: > > At 10:01 AM 8/11/01 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote the following: > > >So my question is - has anyone worked with some of the various switch > >settings of EMM386 to have it limit the max amount of ram the system > >"sees" installed on the system, or has anyone found any other device > >driver(s) that would effectively use up all the ram on the system except > >the amount I want left so I could avoid the problems I am finding with > >the use of Cloaking??? Unfortunately, the ramdrive.sys driver only will > >use up a max of 32 Megs of ram, so I would have to generate TOO MANY ram > >disks to get the ram left down to the size I need (wish I could generate > >a ramdisk of 300 Megs - THAT would REALLY be useful for other uses as > >well)??? > > I haven't used EMM386 since 1995 so I'm no help on switches. I found a nice > description of the driver here: > http://www3.sympatico.ca/rhwatson/dos7/v-emm386-sys.html > > Way back in my DOS days I did use a program to "suck up" RAM but for the > life of me I can't remember the name. You might try Simtel MS-DOS > http://www.simtel.net/pub/msdos/memutil/ > > Found this on http://members.aol.com/axcel216/dos.htm > Scroll down to "ESSENTIAL DOS 5.00 - 8.00 POWER TOYS" > > Real DOS-Mode Patch for Windows Millennium > http://www.geocities.com/mfd4life_2000/ > [9 KB, freeware] modifies COMMAND.COM + IO.SYS (from C:\Windows\Command\EBD) > and REGENV32.EXE (from C:\Windows\System) to re-enable the native MS-DOS > 8.00 boot option and use custom AUTOEXEC.BAT + CONFIG.SYS files (the Windows > 95/98 style) to run your old MS-DOS based apps and games that do NOT work > from within a Windows DOS session/box. > > -- > Gerry Boyd ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
