Hello, all.
I have recently been playing around with my config files and have discovered
that the emm386.exe, himem.sys and smartdrv.exe from win 3.11 work very well for
msdos 5. the emm386.exe loads high given room. These in conjunction with
these other files posted on this list by Dev Teelucksingh on 5\1\2000.
ctmouse - smaller and better mouse driver. loads high
dosed - better choice for doskey. loads high.
shsucdx - replacement for mscdex.
xmsdsk - replacement for ramdrive. loads high.
Have only been running this setup for a couple of days but I think. I am getting
the fastest site loading and downloads I have had so far.
I am attaching copies of autoexec.bat and config.sys for interested parties,
these can also be seen on my home page (not on the composer page). The other
attachment is copies of my memory in three different states ob bootup and with
arachne and epppd loaded.
Wayne
sorry missed those attachments try again
This mail was written by Vicki & Wayne users of Arachne.
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autoexec.bat
config.sys
With epppd loaded from arachne dos shell
Conventional Memory :
Name Size in Decimal Size in Hex
------------- --------------------- -------------
MSDOS 17200 ( 16.8K) 4330
HIMEM 1104 ( 1.1K) 450
EMM386 3104 ( 3.0K) C20
COMMAND 2832 ( 2.8K) B10
SHSUCDX 11104 ( 10.8K) 2B60
EPPPD 70144 ( 68.5K) 11200
COMMAND 2896 ( 2.8K) B50
FREE 64 ( 0.1K) 40
FREE 64 ( 0.1K) 40
FREE 176 ( 0.2K) B0
FREE 546304 (533.5K) 85600
Total FREE : 546608 (533.8K)
Upper Memory :
Name Size in Decimal Size in Hex
------------- --------------------- -------------
SYSTEM 169104 (165.1K) 29490
SBIDE 17248 ( 16.8K) 4360
CTSB16 21888 ( 21.4K) 5580
CTMMSYS 8064 ( 7.9K) 1F80
SMARTDRV 29008 ( 28.3K) 7150
EMSDSK 608 ( 0.6K) 260
CTMOUSE 6368 ( 6.2K) 18E0
DOSED 3392 ( 3.3K) D40
FREE 32 ( 0.0K) 20
FREE 208 ( 0.2K) D0
FREE 6032 ( 5.9K) 1790
Total FREE : 6272 ( 6.1K)
Total bytes available to programs (Conventional+Upper) : 552880 (539.9K)
Largest executable program size : 546016 (533.2K)
Largest available upper memory block : 6032 ( 5.9K)
12681216 bytes total EMS memory
7028736 bytes free EMS memory
15728640 bytes total contiguous extended memory
0 bytes available contiguous extended memory
8024064 bytes available XMS memory
MS-DOS resident in High Memory Area
Without epppd loaded from arachne dos shell
Conventional Memory :
Name Size in Decimal Size in Hex
------------- --------------------- -------------
MSDOS 17200 ( 16.8K) 4330
HIMEM 1104 ( 1.1K) 450
EMM386 3104 ( 3.0K) C20
COMMAND 2832 ( 2.8K) B10
SHSUCDX 11104 ( 10.8K) 2B60
COMMAND 2896 ( 2.8K) B50
FREE 64 ( 0.1K) 40
FREE 64 ( 0.1K) 40
FREE 616656 (602.2K) 968D0
Total FREE : 616784 (602.3K)
Upper Memory :
Name Size in Decimal Size in Hex
------------- --------------------- -------------
SYSTEM 169104 (165.1K) 29490
SBIDE 17248 ( 16.8K) 4360
CTSB16 21888 ( 21.4K) 5580
CTMMSYS 8064 ( 7.9K) 1F80
SMARTDRV 29008 ( 28.3K) 7150
EMSDSK 608 ( 0.6K) 260
CTMOUSE 6368 ( 6.2K) 18E0
DOSED 3392 ( 3.3K) D40
FREE 32 ( 0.0K) 20
FREE 208 ( 0.2K) D0
FREE 6032 ( 5.9K) 1790
Total FREE : 6272 ( 6.1K)
Total bytes available to programs (Conventional+Upper) : 623056 (608.5K)
Largest executable program size : 616368 (601.9K)
Largest available upper memory block : 6032 ( 5.9K)
12681216 bytes total EMS memory
7028736 bytes free EMS memory
15728640 bytes total contiguous extended memory
0 bytes available contiguous extended memory
8024064 bytes available XMS memory
MS-DOS resident in High Memory Area
After bootup nothing running except bootup files
Conventional Memory :
Name Size in Decimal Size in Hex
------------- --------------------- -------------
MSDOS 17200 ( 16.8K) 4330
HIMEM 1104 ( 1.1K) 450
EMM386 3104 ( 3.0K) C20
COMMAND 2624 ( 2.6K) A40
SHSUCDX 11104 ( 10.8K) 2B60
FREE 64 ( 0.1K) 40
FREE 64 ( 0.1K) 40
FREE 619856 (605.3K) 97550
Total FREE : 619984 (605.5K)
Upper Memory :
Name Size in Decimal Size in Hex
------------- --------------------- -------------
SYSTEM 169104 (165.1K) 29490
SBIDE 17248 ( 16.8K) 4360
CTSB16 21888 ( 21.4K) 5580
CTMMSYS 8064 ( 7.9K) 1F80
SMARTDRV 29008 ( 28.3K) 7150
EMSDSK 608 ( 0.6K) 260
CTMOUSE 6368 ( 6.2K) 18E0
DOSED 3392 ( 3.3K) D40
FREE 32 ( 0.0K) 20
FREE 208 ( 0.2K) D0
FREE 6032 ( 5.9K) 1790
Total FREE : 6272 ( 6.1K)
Total bytes available to programs (Conventional+Upper) : 626256 (611.6K)
Largest executable program size : 619648 (605.1K)
Largest available upper memory block : 6032 ( 5.9K)
12681216 bytes total EMS memory
7028736 bytes free EMS memory
15728640 bytes total contiguous extended memory
0 bytes available contiguous extended memory
8024064 bytes available XMS memory
MS-DOS resident in High Memory Area
