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- THE COLOR WIZARD
- Version 1.1
- August 1, 1994
-
- Copyright (c) 1994
- ImagiSOFT, Inc.
- All rights reserved.
-
-
- SHAREWARE VERSION
-
- The Color Wizard is a commercial software product marketed as
- shareware. It is NOT FREE, nor is it in the public domain. You may
- freely copy the Color Wizard and GIVE copies of the color wizard to
- others, and may charge a distribution fee subject to the provisions of
- WIZARD.TXT. To obtain the latest shareware version use your modem to
- call our BBS: (505) 275-9696.
-
- Users of the Color Wizard must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
-
- THE COLOR WIZARD IS PROVIDED AS IS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
- EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED
- WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE
- ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE IS WITH YOU. IMAGISOFT
- ASSUMES NO LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES, DIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL, WHICH MAY
- RESULT FROM THE USE OF THE COLOR WIZARD.
-
-
- RESOLVING PROBLEMS
-
- "NOT ENOUGH FREE CONVENTIONAL MEMORY"
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- MS-DOS computers have several types of memory:
-
- - Conventional Memory, the first 640K
- - Upper Memory, the next 384K between 640K and 1 megabyte
- - Extended Memory (XMS), above 1 megabyte (defined using EMM386.EXE)
- - Expanded Memory (EMS), above 1 megabyte (defined using EMM386.EXE)
-
- Conventional Memory is the most precious -- without it, few programs
- can run -- even if you have eight megabytes of memory! To check how
- much memory your computer has left, enter the command MEM /C and look
- for the column titled Conventional Memory. If it says you have less
- than 550K free, your computer probably is not be configured properly.
-
- DOS 6.0 and DOS 6.2 comes with a utility called MEMMAKER. Most people
- can cause the above problem to disappear, and increase their computer's
- performance, simply by entering the command MEMMAKER from the DOS
- prompt.
-
- The primary reason DOS 5.0 (and now DOS 6.2) was so successful was that
- it provided good memory management, using a utility called HIMEM.SYS
- for 286 and 386 computers. The primary purpose of HIMEM.SYS is to
- "Load High" into upper memory major portions of DOS, and other programs
- when you turn your computer on. MEMMAKER makes all these adjustments
- for you.
-
- If you don't have MEMMAKER, or if you want to fine tune the way your
- computer manages memory yourself, enter the command EDIT CONFIG.SYS at
- your DOS prompt. If you have a 386 class computer, your CONFIG.SYS
- file should look similar to the following:
- buffers=20 (number can vary)
- files=60 (number can vary)
- device=c:\dos\himem.sys (always include this line)
- device=c:\dos\emm386.exe noems (2 megs+ on 386 or 486 only)
- dos=high,umb (always include this line (no umb on 286))
-
- All other resident .SYS, .EXE, and .COM programs in this file should be
- preceded by devicehigh = instead of just device =. For example,
- replace DEVICE = MOUSE.SYS with DEVICEHIGH = MOUSE.SYS. In most cases,
- following these few steps will increase your memory dramatically by
- putting these programs in upper memory instead of conventional memory.
-
- After you are done editing CONFIG.SYS, EDIT AUTOEXEC.BAT. Your
- AUTOEXEC.BAT file will usually have something similar to the following:
- verify on (optional)
- set home = c:\bingo (optional)
- prompt $p$g (could be different)
- path \dos;c:\util (probably much longer)
- loadhigh \dos\mouse.com (mouse driver)
-
- Use the loadhigh command on all resident .EXE and .COM programs
- in AUTOEXEC.BAT to put these programs into upper memory. For example,
- instead of loading the mouse into conventional memory with the command
- \DOS\MOUSE.COM, LOADHIGH \DOS\MOUSE.COM puts the mouse driver in upper
- memory.
-
- When you are done making changes to CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT, reboot
- your computer. Enter the command MEM /C again, and you should see that
- your computer has much more conventional memory available. If making
- these changes don't help, get help from an expert.
-
-
- "VGA MONITOR REQUIRED"
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Some Super VGA cards are incompatible with our software. If you know
- that your monitor has VGA mode, enter this command from DOS: WIZARD /M.
- We don't guarantee that this will fix the problem, but this command
- will bypass our video checking routine, and the above error will no
- longer appear.
-
-
- "MOUSE REQUIRED"
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- THE COLOR WIZARD requires a mouse to run. We are often asked the
- question, "My mouse works in Microsoft Windows. Why does THE COLOR
- WIZARD tell me that a mouse is required to run it?"
-
- Microsoft Windows has its own, built in mouse driver as part of the
- program. THE COLOR WIZARD looks for a mouse driver which has been
- loaded in AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS when you turn your computer on.
- Look at the documentation which came with your mouse for details.
-
-
- SOUND CARD PROBLEMS
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Most sound cards are Soundblaster compatible. If your sound card gives
- you problems, enter this command from DOS: WIZARD /C. This will bypass
- the sound card initialization routine and turn off the sound.
-
- PRINTER PORTS
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Over 99% of our users have their printer attached to their first
- parallel port, which DOS refers to as the LPT1: device. If your
- printer is attached to LPT1: - LPT3: then enter this command from DOS:
- WIZARD /1 for LPT1: (Default), WIZARD /2 for LPT2:, or WIZARD /3 for
- LPT3:. If your printer is attached to COM1: or other serial device,
- redirect it to LPT1: using the MODE command from DOS. For details on
- how to do this see your DOS documentation.
-
-