Hi Mark,
Thanks for the reply. As I understand it, DOS 7.1 is supposed to handle
large drives,
but in any event, the DOS partition on the disk is 2 gig in size and at
the very beginning
of the disk. As far as I can tell, the DOS environment is working as it
should, the issue
seems to be tailoring it so that TRlog runs happily within it.
Just to give a fuller sense of the situation. The remainder of the disk
is setup to run
Puppy Linux (actually MacPup 5.28). The intent was to create a machine where
TRlog would run happily, but where I would have the facilities for
moving data to
and from the partition and communicate with USB devices with Puppy
Linux. It
seems to me to be a way of getting the best of both worlds. I was
surprised to find
that I could get VE7CC's program to run under Puppy linux using wine,
but don't
really intend to do that on this machine.
Anyway, thanks for the time and attention. I will look into JemmEx.
cheers, Paul - VA7NT
On 05/28/2013 12:22 PM, kd4d@comcast.net wrote:
Hi Paul:
I would remove some of the stuff from the config.sys file. When I get home, I'll try to
send you a shorter example. Also, I've found that on many new computers, emm386 will map
memory that causes various problems. The solution for me has been "jemm386"
from the FreeDOS project.
I actually usually use the JemmEx program that replaces both himem.sys and
emm386.
See http://www.japheth.de/Jemm.html.
I have also had problems with DOS versions before Windows98SE ("7.1") failing
on large disk drives - particularly if the MS DOS partition is at the end of the drive.
However, it looks like you have done that.
Let me know if jemmex works.
73,
Mark, KD4D
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Erickson" <va7nt@telus.net>
To: trlog@contesting.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 1:42:36 PM
Subject: [Trlog] TRlog / DOS 7.1 / 500Mhz processor / 1 gig memory problem
I am in the process of building a new computer for the shack from some
unused pieces I had. The board is a P2B-F with 500MHz processor and
1 gig of memory. I installed DOS 7.1 on one partition, but when
I try to execute the "install.exe" program I get the Runtime error 200
and when I try to execute TR itself, the computer hangs.
I do not have access to my current shack computer due to the distance
between my residence and shack but I believe it is also running a
500MHz processor, but the OS is Windows 98 run in command mode, and
the memory is about 500Meg.
Has anyone else tried to run TR under DOS 7.1 in a machine with
1 gig memory? Have you encountered the same issues, and if so
how were you able to resolve them?
The following is the contents of the DOS 7.1 config.sys file. My
DOS skills are a bit rusty, but I don't recognize anything there
that could be the problem. Is there something I am missing?
config.sys file contents:
DEVICE=C:\DOS71\ECHO.SYS W/e/l/c/o/m/e /t/o MS-DOS 7.10...
DEVICE=C:\DOS71\ECHO.SYS C/o/p/y/r/i/g/h/t M/i/c/r/o/s/o/f/t C/o/r/p.
A/l/l /r/i/g/h/t/s /r/e/s/e/r/v/e/d.
DEVICE=C:\DOS71\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS71\EMM386.EXE RAM
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS71\SETVER.EXE
REM DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS71\POWER.EXE
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS71\VIDE-CDD.SYS /D:IDE-CD
REM DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS71\DISPLAY.SYS CON=(,,1)
COUNTRY=001,437,C:\DOS71\COUNTRY.SYS
SHELL=COMMAND.COM /P /E:640
DOS=HIGH,UMB,AUTO
FCBS=4,0
FILES=30
BUFFERS=20,0
LASTDRIVE=26
STACKS=9,256
SET PATH=C:\DOS71;..;
I realize that the path command is not what it needs to be for a
functioning TRlog system, but the TRlog hangup occurred while
I was executing the file from within it's resident directory.
Thanks in advance.
cheers, Paul - VA7NT
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