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Release 2.06 of V-EMM, the Virtual Expanded Memory Manager.
Copyright (C) Rocke Verser, 1986, 1988.  All rights reserved.


Fort's Software                    Fort's Software
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Loveland, Colorado  80539          Manhattan, Kansas  66502
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About the README files
----------------------

This file (README) contains helpful examples for installing V-EMM
in a variety of common configurations.  A separate file (README.206)
contains information too recent to be included in your V-EMM user
manual.


To help you get V-EMM configured more quickly, please answer the
the following questions concerning your system configuration.

Question 1:  Do you have an EMS or EEMS board?
Question 2:  Do you have IBM's PS/2 80286 memory expansion board?
Question 3:  Do you have extended memory (on many 80286/80386-based PCs)?
Question 4:  Do you have a hard disk?


Now find the answers to the questions in the table below.  Then look
at the appropriate example to see how you can setup V-EMM on your system
We suggest you use the appropriate example in conjunction with "Chapter
3.  How to Use V-EMM" and "Chapter 4.  Command Reference", which are
more complete.

In most cases, you need to add 1 or 2 lines to your CONFIG.SYS file,
and you need to add 1 or 2 lines to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

Q1   Q2   Q3   Q4     Recommended setup
---  ---  ---  ---    -----------------
Yes  Yes  Yes  Yes    Example A
Yes  Yes  Yes  No     Example B
Yes  Yes  No   Yes    Example A
Yes  Yes  No   No     Example B
Yes  No   Yes  Yes    Example A
Yes  No   Yes  No     Example B
Yes  No   No   Yes    Example A
Yes  No   No   No     Example B
No   Yes  Yes  Yes    Example F  or  Example G
No   Yes  Yes  No     Example G
No   Yes  No   Yes    Example F  or  Example G
No   Yes  No   No     Example G
No   No   Yes  Yes    Example C  or  Example D
No   No   Yes  No     Example D
No   No   No   Yes    Example E
No   No   No   No     Not supported


=============================  Example A  ==============================

Question 1:  Do you have an EMS or EEMS board?   YES
Question 4:  Do you have a hard disk?  YES

sample setup (type this command when you initially install V-EMM):

    VEMMCONF C: /128       (Tells V-EMM to allocate a 128 page (2 megabyte)
                            paging-file on drive C:)

sample CONFIG.SYS file:

    DEVICE=EMM.SYS         (Device driver supplied by your EMS board
                            manufacturer.)
    DEVICE=VEMM.SYS D=128  (Tells V-EMM that a 128 page (2 megabyte)
                            paging-file is present on a hard disk.)

sample AUTOEXEC.BAT file:

    VEMMCONF C: /E         (Tells V-EMM to begin using the paging-file
                            on drive C:)
    VEMMTSR1               (Needed for many pop-ups and some print spoolers
                            to work correctly.)

You compute your virtual expanded memory capacity as follows:
(We have assumed your EMS board contains 1.5 megabytes of memory)

    Real expanded memory              96 pages (for a 1.5 megabyte board)
    Auxiliary expanded memory      + 128 pages
                                    ----
      Total                          224 pages
      Reserved auxiliary pages       - 1 page
                                     ---
      Virtual expanded memory        223 pages

=============================  end of Example  ==========================


=============================  Example B  ==============================

Question 1:  Do you have an EMS or EEMS board?   YES
Question 4:  Do you have a hard disk?  NO

sample CONFIG.SYS file:

    DEVICE=EMM.SYS         (Device driver supplied by your EMS board
                            manufacturer.)
    DEVICE=VEMM.SYS        (Tells V-EMM that no paging-file is present
                            on the hard disk.)

sample AUTOEXEC.BAT file:

    (no changes required)

You compute your virtual expanded memory capacity as follows:
(We have assumed your EMS board contains 1.5 megabytes of memory)

    Real expanded memory              96 pages (for a 1.5 megabyte board)
    Auxiliary expanded memory        + 0 pages
                                     ---
      Total                           96 pages
      Reserved auxiliary pages       - 0 pages
                                     ---
      Virtual expanded memory         96 pages

Note that this configuration has limited utility.  You might use this
configuration to turn an EMS 3.2 board into an EMS 4.0 board.  Or you
might use this configuration in conjunction with our Non-Volatile RAM-
Disk product.

=============================  end of Example  ==========================


 =============================  Example C  ==============================

Question 1:  Do you have an EMS or EEMS board?   NO
Question 2:  Do you have IBM's PS/2 80286 memory expansion board?  NO
Question 3:  Do you have extended memory (on many 80286/80386-based PCs)?  YES
Question 4:  Do you have a hard disk?  YES

sample setup (type this command when you initially install V-EMM):

    VEMMCONF C: /48        (Tells V-EMM to allocate a 48 page (768 kilobyte)
                            paging-file on drive C:)

sample CONFIG.SYS file:

    DEVICE=VEMMSIME.SYS    (Tells V-EMM to use all available extended
                            memory to simulate expanded memory.)
    DEVICE=VEMM.SYS D=48   (Tells V-EMM that a 48 page (768 kilobyte)
                            paging-file is present on a hard disk.)

sample AUTOEXEC.BAT file:

    VEMMCONF C: /E         (Tells V-EMM to begin using the paging-file
                            on drive C:)
    VEMMTSR1               (Needed for many pop-ups and some print spoolers
                            to work correctly.)

You compute your virtual expanded memory capacity as follows:
(We have assumed your extended memory board contains 384 kilobytes of memory)

    Simulated expanded memory         24 pages (for a 384 kilobyte board)
    Auxiliary expanded memory       + 48 pages
                                    ----
      Total                           72 pages
      Reserved auxiliary pages       - 1 page
                                    ----
      Virtual expanded memory         71 pages

=============================  end of Example  ==========================


=============================  Example D  ==============================

Question 1:  Do you have an EMS or EEMS board?   NO
Question 2:  Do you have IBM's PS/2 80286 memory expansion board?  NO
Question 3:  Do you have extended memory (on many 80286/80386-based PCs)?  YES

sample CONFIG.SYS file:

    DEVICE=VEMMSIME.SYS    (Tells V-EMM to use all available extended
                            memory to simulate expanded memory.)
    DEVICE=VEMM.SYS        (Tells V-EMM that no paging-file is present
                            on the hard disk.)

sample AUTOEXEC.BAT file:

    VEMMTSR1               (Needed for many pop-ups and some print spoolers
                            to work correctly.)

You compute your virtual expanded memory capacity as follows:
(We have assumed your extended memory board contains 384 kilobytes of memory)

    Simulated expanded memory         24 pages (for a 384 kilobyte board)
    Auxiliary expanded memory       +  0 pages
                                     ---
      Total                           24 pages
      Reserved auxiliary pages       - 0 pages
                                     ---
      Virtual expanded memory         24 pages

=============================  end of Example  ==========================


=============================  Example E  ==============================

Question 1:  Do you have an EMS or EEMS board?   NO
Question 2:  Do you have IBM's PS/2 80286 memory expansion board?  NO
Question 3:  Do you have extended memory (on many 80286/80386-based PCs)?  NO
Question 4:  Do you have a hard disk?  YES

sample setup (type this command when you initially install V-EMM):

    VEMMCONF C: /24        (Tells V-EMM to allocate a 24 page (384 kilobyte)
                            paging-file on drive C:)

sample CONFIG.SYS file:

    DEVICE=VEMMSIM.SYS      (Tells V-EMM to use 4 pages (64 kilobytes)
                             of conventional (DOS) memory to simulate
                             expanded memory.)
    DEVICE=VEMM.SYS D=24    (Tells V-EMM that a 24 page (384 kilobyte)
                             paging-file is present on a hard disk.)

sample AUTOEXEC.BAT file:

    VEMMCONF C: /E         (Tells V-EMM to begin using the paging-file
                            on drive C:)
    VEMMTSR1               (Needed for many pop-ups and some print spoolers
                            to work correctly.)

You compute your virtual expanded memory capacity as follows:

    Simulated expanded memory          4 pages (from conventional memory)
    Auxiliary expanded memory       + 24 pages
                                     ---
      Total                           28 pages
      Reserved auxiliary pages       - 1 page
                                     ---
      Virtual expanded memory         27 pages

=============================  end of Example  ==========================


=============================  Example F  ==============================

Question 1:  Do you have an EMS or EEMS board?   NO
Question 2:  Do you have IBM's PS/2 80286 memory expansion board?  YES
Question 4:  Do you have a hard disk?  YES

sample setup (type this command when you initially install V-EMM):

    VEMMCONF C: /48        (Tells V-EMM to allocate a 48 page (768 kilobyte)
                            paging-file on drive C:)

sample CONFIG.SYS file:

    DEVICE=VEMMSIM2.SYS    (Tells V-EMM to use the IBM PS/2 80286 memory
                            expansion boards to simulate expanded memory.)
    DEVICE=VEMM.SYS D=48   (Tells V-EMM that a 48 page (768 kilobyte)
                            paging-file is present on a hard disk.)

sample AUTOEXEC.BAT file:

    VEMMCONF C: /E         (Tells V-EMM to begin using the paging-file
                            on drive C:)
    VEMMTSR1               (Needed for many pop-ups and some print spoolers
                            to work correctly.)

You compute your virtual expanded memory capacity as follows:
(We have assumed your memory expansion board contains 512 kilobytes of memory)

    Simulated expanded memory         32 pages (for a 512 kilobyte board)
    Auxiliary expanded memory       + 48 pages
                                    ----
      Total                           80 pages
      Reserved auxiliary pages       - 1 page
                                    ----
      Virtual expanded memory         79 pages

=============================  end of Example  ==========================


=============================  Example G  ==============================

Question 1:  Do you have an EMS or EEMS board?   NO
Question 2:  Do you have IBM's PS/2 80286 memory expansion board?  YES

sample CONFIG.SYS file:

    DEVICE=VEMMSIM2.SYS    (Tells V-EMM to use the PS/2 80286 memory
                            expansion boards to simulate expanded memory.)
    DEVICE=VEMM.SYS        (Tells V-EMM that no paging-file is present
                            on the hard disk.)

sample AUTOEXEC.BAT file:

    (no changes required)

You compute your virtual expanded memory capacity as follows:
(We have assumed your memory expansion board contains 512 kilobytes of memory)

    Simulated expanded memory         32 pages (for a 512 kilobyte board)
    Auxiliary expanded memory       +  0 pages
                                     ---
      Total                           32 pages
      Reserved auxiliary pages       - 0 pages
                                     ---
      Virtual expanded memory         32 pages

=============================  end of Example  ==========================