Hello Clarence and Bernie, and anyone else who has an idea on why I can't
get Arachne to connect to the Internet.
I tried all the steps to increase the amount of free memory. I also have
tried a second ISP that I use daily in Win98, with the correct DNS username
and numbers.
Since I have 64 megs of RAM to start with, I doubt that insufficient memory
is the problem. I could be wrong however.
I have included first the exact screen text when I attempt to get online
with Terminal Window active.
The pre revised and revised conventional mem.logs are next below. Following
that, I have pasted the final Config.sys and Autoexec.bat from the actual
computer I am trying to hook up. Lastly, I have pasted in the contents of a
file that has all the memory information.
Thanks for your help.
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Here is the loading sequence:
MINITERTM 1.65 - external dialer for PPP/SLIP drivers. © 2000 Arachne Labs.
* Reading configuration file C:/ARACHNE/ARACHNE.CFG
* Initializing modem. Press <Esc> to Abort.
AT&F
OK
* Dialing 303-731-4492
ATDT303-731-4492
CONNECT 24000/ARQ
IMPORTANT:
This is point where most novice users are becoming confused.
When you see "weird characters" like "{#@${!^%{"), it is not error. These
characters are PPP packets and you should press <F7> key to load PPP driver
!
* Terminal mode. Press <Alt+P> or <F7> to load PPP driver.
At this point there sometimes are characters. Whether there are characters
here or not, it very rapidly jumps to the next line.
*Leaving MINITERM and trying SLIP/PPP. Press <Ctrl>+<Pause> to abort.
After a delay, it goes to
PPP link is down, driver not installed.
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Here is the initial conventional memmory log:
Conventional memory:
-- Name --------------Size in Decimal ------Size in Hex --
³ DOS ³ 237,056 ( 231K ) ³ 39E00 ³
³ EMMQXXX0 ³ 752 ( 0K ) ³ 2F0 ³
³ DPMSXXX0 ³ 1,584 ( 1K ) ³ 630 ³
³ SETVERXX ³ 496 ( 0K ) ³ 1F0 ³
³ COMMAND ³ 1,024 ( 1K ) ³ 400 ³
³ MOUSE ³ 14,656 ( 14K ) ³ 3940 ³
------------------------------------------------------------
³ FREE ³ 575,920 ( 562K ) ³ 8C9B0 ³
------------------------------------------------------------
Memory Type --------Total Bytes ( Kbytes ) -----Available For Programs
³ ³
Extended ³ 66,060,288 ( 64,512K ) ³ 0 ( 0K )
Extended via XMS ³ -------- ³ 57,645,056 ( 6,294K )
---------------------------------------------------------------------
³ Largest executable program: 575,584 ( 562K )
³ Total Free DOS memory: 701,264 ( 685K )
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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Here is it after revising all the suggestions.
Conventional memory:
Name ---------------Size in Decimal -------- Size in Hex
DOS ³ 189,664 ( 185K ) ³ 2E4E0
EMMQXXX0 ³ 752 ( 0K ) ³ 2F0
DPMSXXX0 ³ 1,584 ( 1K ) ³ 630
COMMAND ³ 1,024 ( 1K ) ³ 400
-----------------------------------------------------------
³ FREE ³ 638,464 ( 623K ) ³ 9BE00
----------------------------------------------------------
Memory Type --------Total Bytes ( Kbytes ) ----Available For Programs
³ Extended 66,060,288 ( 64,512K ) 0 ( 0K )
³ Extended via XMS -------- 57,645,056 ( 56,294K )
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
³ Largest executable program: 638,448 ( 623K )
³ Total Free DOS memory: 749,776 ( 732K )
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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Below is the final Config.sys and Autoexec.bat
DEVICE=C:\DRDOS\EMM386.EXE DPMI=OFF FRAME=NONE
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DRDOS\DPMS.EXE
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DRDOS\SETVER.EXE
SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM C:\ /E:512 /P
rem devicehigh=C:\CDROM\NEC_IDE.SYS /D:NECCD
BREAK=OFF
HIBUFFERS=15
FILES=30
FCBS=4,0
STACKS=0,0
HISTORY=ON,512,ON
COUNTRY=1,,C:\DRDOS\COUNTRY.SYS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
LASTDRIVE=M
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There is the Autoexec.bat, revised.
@ECHO Off
PATH C:\MOUSE;C:\NDSS98;C:\DRDOS;C:\;CDROM;C:\;C:\MACSCAN;C:\ANYWARE;
LH MOUSE/p
EMM386 PIC=ON
DPMI OFF
VERIFY OFF
PROMPT [DR-DOS] $P$G
SET DRDOSCFG=D:\DRDOS
NWCACHE 7670 1024 /LEND=ON /DELAY=OFF
rem \BIN\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD000 /M:10
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Here is the full MEM /A dump.
- Address --- Name ------ Size ------------- Type
0:0000 ³ -------- ³ A0000h, 655,360 ³ ------- RAM -------
-------------------------------------------------------------
0:0000 ³ -------- ³ 400h, 1,024 ³ Interrupt vectors
40:0000 ³ -------- ³ 100h, 256 ³ ROM BIOS data area
50:0000 ³ DOS ³ 200h, 512 ³ DOS data area
70:0000 ³ BIOS ³ 900h, 2,304 ³ Device drivers
70:0023 ³ CON ³ ³ System device driver
70:0035 ³ AUX ³ ³ System device driver
70:0047 ³ PRN ³ ³ System device driver
70:0059 ³ CLOCK$ ³ ³ System device driver
70:006B ³ COM1 ³ ³ System device driver
70:007D ³ COM2 ³ ³ System device driver
70:008F ³ COM3 ³ ³ System device driver
70:00A1 ³ COM4 ³ ³ System device driver
70:00C7 ³ LPT1 ³ ³ System device driver
70:00D9 ³ LPT2 ³ ³ System device driver
70:00EB ³ LPT3 ³ ³ System device driver
70:016E ³ A:-C: ³ ³ System device driver
100:0000 ³ DOS ³ 13A0h, 5,024 ³ System
100:0048 ³ NUL ³ ³ System device driver
100:00CC ³ DOS ³ 10Fh, 271 ³ HANDLES=, FCBS= 5 total blocks
23A:0000 ³ DOS ³ 1250h, 4,688 ³ System
23C:0000 ³ DOS ³ A5h, 165 ³ HANDLES=, FCBS= 3 total blocks
249:0000 ³ EMMQXXX0 ³ 2F0h, 752 ³ DEVICE = installed device driver
279:0000 ³ DPMSXXX0 ³ 630h, 1,584 ³ DEVICE = installed device driver
2DD:0000 ³ DOS ³ 568h, 1,384 ³ HANDLES=, FCBS= 26 total blocks
35F:0000 ³ COMMAND ³ 1F0h, 496 ³ Program
37E:0000 ³ COMMAND ³ 210h, 528 ³ Environment
39F:0000 ³ MEM ³ C0h, 192 ³ Environment
3AB:0000 ³ MEM ³ 15C20h, 89,120 ³ Program
196D:0000 ³ -------- ³ 86120h, 549,152 ³ FREE
9F7F:0000 ³ DOS ³ 2B810h, 178,192 ³ System
9F80:0000 ³ -------- ³ 800h, 2,048 ³ Extended ROM BIOS data area
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
C000:0000 ³ ------- ³ A000h, 40,960 ³ ------------ ROM ------------
CB00:0000 ³ ------- ³ 25000h, 151,552 ³ --------- Upper RAM ---------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
CB00:0000 ³ EMM386 ³ 340h, 832 ³ XMS Upper Memory Block
CB34:0000 ³ DOS ³ AE0h, 2,784 ³ System
CB36:0000 ³ SETVERXX ³ 1F0h, 496 ³ DEVICE = installed device driver
CBE2:0000 ³ MOUSE ³ B0h, 176 ³ Environment
CBED:0000 ³ MOUSE ³ 3890h, 14,480 ³ Program
CF76:0000 ³ NWCACHE ³ 15C0h, 5,568 ³ XMS Upper Memory Block
D0D2:0000 ³ NWCACHE ³ 4010h, 16,400 ³ XMS Upper Memory Block
D4D3:0000 ³ -------- ³ 1B2D0h, 111,312 ³ FREE
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
FA00:0000 ³ -------- ³ 1000h, 4,096 ³ -------- Shadow ROM -------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
FFFF:00E0 ³ COMMAND ³ 2080h, 8,320 ³ Program
FFFF:2240 ³ DOS ³ F70h, 3,952 ³ DOS BIOS code
FFFF:31B0 ³ DOS ³ 7280h, 29,312 ³ DOS kernel code
FFFF:A430 ³ DOS ³ 1F2Ch, 7,980 ³ BUFFERS= 15 disk buffers
FFFF:C35C ³ -------- ³ 3CA4h, 15,524 ³ FREE
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
³<------------------- Conventional memory --------------------->
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>-------------->³<-------------- Upper memory ---------------->³
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Key: ²=RAM ±=ROM °=Shadow ROM Û=EMS
Memory Type ---------Total Bytes ( Kbytes ) ------Available For Programs
Conventional ³ 653,312 ( 638K ) ³ 638,464 ( 624K )
Upper ³ 151,552 ( 148K ) ³ 111,312 ( 109K )
High ³ 65,520 ( 64K ) ³ 15,524 ( 15K )
Extended ³ 66,060,288 ( 64,512K ) ³ 0 ( 0K )
Extended via XMS ³ -------- ³ 57,645,056 ( 56,294K )
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Largest executable program: 638,448 ( 623K )
Total Free DOS memory: 749,776 ( 732K )
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks
Ed Krug
