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TREMM is:
TechRAM Expanded Memory Manager
TREMM v1.3 Copyright 1996 by Times2 Tech THIS PROGRAM IS ONLY FOR USE BY TECHRAM CUSTOMERS, OR BY THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN GIVEN PRIOR CONSENT BY TIMES2 TECH. Description ----------- This product (TREMM) is an Expanded Memory Manager (EMM)
designed specifically for use with the TechRAM upgrades on an HP200LX palmtop only. It was written to be a LIM 4.0 compatible Expanded Memory Manager. Some DOS products were developed where they could utilize
expanded memory in machines where is was available. The HP200LX does not normally come configured to use any of its memory as an expanded memory source as all of available memory is usually taken up by DOS and the RAMdrive. This product will go out and set aside a portion of the
RAMdrive that you specify, for use with the included TREMM Expanded Memory Manager. This allows programs such as Stacker(tm), Software Carousel(tm), NDOS(tm), and many others to utilize EMS memory so that you have more memory available in DOS. Caution: Please back up your your machine before installing
TREMM. Installation ------------ 1) Please BACK UP your palmtop before installing TREMM.
The
included installation program will be writing an EMS swap file to the drive you select, and it will be directly writing to the FAT table and directory entries. 2) Go to a DOS prompt and run the following list of commands.
We are assuming that you will be installing into the C:\TREMM directory and that you wish to setup 100 EMS pages where 1 EMS page represents a 16K block of RAM: md
c:\tremm
copy a:\*.* c:\tremm c:\tremm\instemm 100 The INSTEMM program takes a parameter for the number of EMS
pages desired. The program will ask you how many pages you want if you don't specify it on the command line. In this particular case we will be setting aside 1.6MBs of C: drive space for the swap file (100 x 16K). 3) Edit your CONFIG.SYS to add the following line:
device=c:\tremm\tremm.exe
The TREMM.EXE program takes only 1 parameter, which is
/H=??
where ?? is the number of handles you wish to allocate for use with the EMM driver. The default is 16 page handles. A handle is similar to file handles in DOS where a number is returned from the expanded memory manager that represents a block of EMS pages requested by a program. That handle is used to access those pages from that point on. If you have many programs that use EMS at the same time (more than 16) then you might consider increasing the number of possible handles. You most likely will never have to increase the number of handles. 4) You can now reboot your palmtop. If there is a problem the TREMM driver will give you an error message, and it will erase itself from memory. Please try rerunning the INSTEMM program to redo the EMS swap file. If all goes smoothly the TREMM driver will tell you the Window Segment being used, the Total number of pages allocated to EMS, and the Total number of handles. 5) If you wish to turn EMM ON/OFF due to problems with
applications that use expanded memory, use the TREMM.EXE program from DOS. Running TREMM will toggle between ON/OFF modes. In the off mode programs that have already started using EMM will continue to operate using EMM, only programs that try to use EMM for the first time will not find the EMM driver present. To Uninstall ------------ To uninstall TREMM, perform the following instruction:
1) Remove the device=c:\tremm\tremm.exe line from your
CONFIG.SYS. 2) Reboot the palmtop so that the TREMM driver is not loaded.
3) Run the following command from the DOS prompt:
d:\dos\attrib -r -s -h c:\tremm.swp
erase c:\tremm.swp If you are uninstalling the swap file on another drive
then
just replace all references to c: with the new drive letter. 4) You are now finished uninstalling the TechRAM EMM driver.
Examples -------- INSTEMM
The program will ask your for the number of EMM pages to
install and it will default to the C: drive. INSTEMM 100
The program will create 100 EMM pages if it can and
default
to the C: drive. INSTEMM 100 F:
The program will create 100 EMM pages if it can and put
the
swap file on the F: drive. INSTEMM doesn't know whether you are specifying a RAMdrive or a flashcard so be careful to only specify a RAMdrive. If you use the RDSWAP.EXE program to swap drive letters for the larger RAM upgrades then you can just let it default to the C: drive. Warnings -------- The INSTEMM program use direct read and writes to the RAMdrive
to create the EMS swap file, so that it is contiguous and also so that is starts on a 16KB boundary. If a bug is present in the program this can cause your RAMdrive to be corrupted, so please make sure you back up your palmtop before installation of the TREMM driver. Times2 Tech cannot be held responsible for any loss or
corruption of data due to the use of this program. Please contact the author immediately if you suspect a problem with the software. Please read included licensing and warranty information included with this package. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Voicemail/Fax: (770) 234-5926 Times2 Tech
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