On Fri, 10 Nov 2000 15:53:43 -0500, Clarence Verge wrote:
> Peter Stephen Baxter wrote: (in part)
>> Vexing Question #1: "If simply shelling to Alt-E gets "Red DOS Mem"
>> safely back into the black -- as it does consistently without any
>> diminution in performance, why on earth cannot Arachne be made to do
>> this for itself without my manual intervention?"
>> I know, this begs Vexing Question #2: "Why does Arachne unnecessarily(?)
>> exhaust conventional DOS Mem in the first place?" But I suppose the
>> answer is, "We don't know.
>> Plea: If loading EPPPD high is my only hope for a little relief (as I
>> suspect), please show me the latest effective scheme to accomplish it in
>> Arachne V1.67.
> Hi Stephen;
> The vexing answer is A1.67 has a bug and since Glenn reported it, I'm
> pretty sure Michael took note. <G>
> It's just a mistake. Sh.. happens. A1.66 was OK in this area.
Please rest assured that Michael takes note of ALL such reports regardless
of who happens to make them.
Now, as for the example page that "eats-up" memory.....
http://www.insidetheweb.com/messageboard/mbs.cgi/mb37673
Three items on the page are doing it.
1) the text input fields eat-up about 200 bytes per visit
2) the select tags eat-up about 10kb per visit
3) the textarea eats-up about 15kb with each visit
> Re: plea, it seems the easiest thing to do to get EPPPD to work high
> is specify BOOTP. :/ Why this wasn't pointed out before is a mystery.
> So, I _think_ all you do is set IP_Address BOOTP in Arachne.cfg
> and then specify Connection @LH EPPPD.exe>>PPP.log
> You seem to have enough total hi mem free - I don't know how much
> contiguous the new EPPPD requires.
> Hmmm. That reminds me.... if there IS a new EPPPD, actually, maybe,
> with A1.67 you don't have to DO the BOOTP dance. <G>
> I don't have the Arachne 1.67 changes.txt handy - but YOU do, so take
> a look and try a few things and let us know. <g>
Yes, you are correct in that assumption.
"IP_Address PPP" now works even when the packet driver is loaded high.
These are my current .cfg settings
[profile]
Profile epppdnew.ACF
Connection @lh epppd.exe>>PPP.LOG
Hangup @termin.com 0x60>NUL
[dialer]
DialPage file:ppp_init.htm
Dialer @MINITERM.EXE>PPP.LOG
TerminalWindow @MINITERM.EXE
UseTerminal Yes
Port 1
Irq 4
Base 0x3f8
Mode 8N1
Speed 38400
InitString AT&fs7=90s11=50
DialString ATDT
PhoneNumber ***************
Autologin Yes
WaitFor1 ogin:
Response1 \w
WaitFor2
Response2 \w
WaitFor3
Response3
WaitFor4
Response4
PPPusername ***********
PPPpassword *********
[tcp/ip]
IP_Address PPP
IP_Grab local
NameServer 204.179.144.2
AltNameServer 204.179.144.150
Gateway 0.0.0.0
AltGateway 0.0.0.0
Netmask 0.0.0.0
TCPconfig PPPTCP.CFG
______
---current ppp.log---
PPPD status: local 207.17.248.29
_____________________
As you might have guessed from the profile name....
I'm using Epppd.exe v0.7a
Thank you Bernie, it works great!!!
As for how much memory it needs.
D20C:0000 EPPPD EE80h, 61,056 Program
Memory Type Total Bytes ( Kbytes ) Available For Programs
Conventional 655,360 ( 640K ) 635,728 ( 621K )
Upper 307,040 ( 300K ) 62,928 ( 61K )
High 65,520 ( 64K ) 3,032 ( 3K )
Extended 66,060,288 ( 64,512K ) 0 ( 0K )
Extended via XMS -------- 15,718,400 ( 15,350K )
EMS 83,017,728 ( 81,072K ) 15,728,640 ( 15,360K )
Largest executable program: 635,712 ( 621K ) �
Total Free DOS memory: 698,656 ( 682K ) �
____
(just in case you're wondering... the other 64mb of Ram are being used
by the RamDisk) <g>
--
Glenn
(your friendly neighborhood compu-nerd)
http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/
http://freedos-32.sourceforge.net/
