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- INSTALLING REMM.SYS
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- 0. INTRODUCTION
-
- REMM.SYS is the expanded memory manager for the AST RAMpage AT and the
- RAMpage 286. This REMM.SYS is not for use with the PS/2 version of the
- AST RAMpage board. The REMM.SYS file included with Windows 2.10 is
- version 4.10.
-
- Before installing REMM.SYS, you must install the AST RAMpage board
- in your computer. When doing this you should consider altering your
- memory configuration in the following two ways:
-
- o If you have an IBM AT or a compatible 80286 machine, you
- should configure your AST RAMpage to have 128Kb of extended
- memory. To do this, change the SW1 switch settings as follows:
-
- SW1-1 = ON, SW1-2 = ON,
- SW1-3 = OFF, SW1-4 = OFF
-
- o If it is possible to disable some of the memory on your
- computer's motherboard, you should do so. You should
- disable all motherboard memory beyond 256Kb (i.e., leave
- 256Kb enabled). Consult your AST RAMpage documentation
- for details on doing this.
-
- To disable memory on the IBM PC AT's motherboard, move the
- J18 jumper from the first two pins, to the second two pins.
- Once you have done this, change the SW2 switch settings as
- follows:
-
- SW2-1 = ON, SW2-2 = ON, SW2-3 = ON, SW2-4 = ON,
- SW2-5 = ON, SW2-6 = OFF, SW2-7 = ON, SW2-8 = OFF
-
-
- Once you have installed the RAMpage hardware, you must install
- the REMM.SYS memory manager by either running the MEMSET program
- (see the booklet, "Microsoft Windows: Questions and Answers," for
- details), or by following the steps outlined below.
-
- 1. INSTALLATION
-
- To install the memory manager for the AST RAMpage, insert the
- Utilities 2 Disk in drive A: and copy the file, REMM.SYS, to your
- Root (i.e., C:\ ) directory using the following DOS command:
-
- COPY A:REMM.SYS C:\
-
- Next, make a backup of your CONFIG.SYS file. You can do this with the
- following DOS command:
-
- COPY C:\CONFIG.SYS C:\CONFIG.SAF
-
- Next, add the following line to your CONFIG.SYS file:
-
- DEVICE=C:\REMM.SYS
-
- To determine where to place this line in your CONFIG.SYS we suggest
- the following order:
-
- a. drivers for hard disk partitioning utilities or exotic disks
- such as CD-ROM's, WORM optical disks, or high performance hard
- disk controllers
-
- b. ANSI.SYS
-
- c. drivers for mice, light pens, digitizing pads, or other
- pointing devices
-
- d. drivers for graphics cards such as EGA.SYS (supplied in the
- Windows package -- see README.TXT on the Windows Write Disk)
-
- e. drivers for image scanners
-
- f. DEVICE=C:\REMM.SYS
-
- The device line for REMM.SYS should be moved as near to the end of the
- CONFIG.SYS file as possible. The only lines that should follow it are
- the entries for RAMDRIVE.SYS or SMARTDRV.SYS.
-
- This 4.10 version of REMM.SYS is auto-configuring: REMM.SYS will exclude
- upper memory ranges used by devices other than the Rampage card, thus
- avoiding memory conflicts.
-
- Previous versions of REMM.SYS required the use of a /X parameter in order
- to exclude the memory used by your display adapter. If you have a DEVICE
- line for REMM.SYS already, and it looks like the following (disregarding
- capitalization):
-
- DEVICE=REMM.SYS /X=AOOO-BFFF
- DEVICE=REMM.SYS /X=B000-BFFF
- DEVICE=REMM.SYS /X=B800-BFFF
-
- then you may now remove the /X parameter so that it will simply read:
-
- DEVICE=REMM.SYS
-
- However, if there are other /X= entries in the original REMM.SYS entry,
- double check to find out their purpose. These entries may correspond to
- upper memory addresses which are excluded from EMS mapping so that other
- cards such as scanners, network cards, or special hard disk controllers
- may use these ranges instead.
-
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- 2. ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS
-
- While REMM.SYS will avoid assigning upper memory ranges to expanded
- memory during the loading of CONFIG.SYS, it will not be aware of other
- "silent" devices that use memory in the ranges above 640Kb unless those
- ranges are specifically excluded in the REMM.SYS line with the /X=
- entry. Most of these devices are network cards whose software does not
- make use of these upper memory regions until they are activated later in
- AUTOEXEC.BAT or via the batch file used to start the network software
- (thus the term "silent" device).
-
- The user is encouraged to check with his/her dealer or hardware support
- technician to determine what addresses these cards may use. Further it
- is advisable to determine if the upper memory address range used by the
- device is moved out as far as possible in upper memory to allow the
- Windows/Excel memory managers as large a contiguous range of memory
- addresses as possible.
-
- Each of these "silent" devices which uses upper memory addresses will
- require a /X= parameter in the command line for REMM.SYS.
-
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- 3. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS FOR REMM.SYS
-
- If the user wishes to view detailed configuration information during
- startup, the parameter /N may be added to the REMM.SYS command line:
-
- DEVICE=REMM.SYS /N
-
- This parameter may be used in conjunction with the /X= parameter. For
- example:
-
- DEVICE=REMM.SYS /X=COOO-CFFF /N
-
- will exclude the upper memory in the range C000-CFFF for use with
- a device other than the AST RAMpage, and detailed configuration
- information will be displayed.
-
- For additional information on the usage of REMM.SYS, contact AST
- Technical Support at (714) 863-1333.
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