Arev 3.12 WinXP emm issues (AREV Specific)
At 03 DEC 2002 11:11:19AM Lukas Porter wrote:
I've seen much discussion about this already, but my issue seems bizarre and i wonder if its been encountered, specifically:
I have just set up 4 xp machines from dell on our network and created the usual shortcut for arev. I use the usual switches /x /m4096 on every shortcut. On 2 of the machines arev starts with emm active (shown using who at F5) without me doing anything with config.nt or autoexec.nt. However, on 2 of the machines, nothing i do has an impact. I've tried adding EMM=RAM to config.nt, etc. and it has no effect.
Any clues out there????
Lukas Porter
lukas@citymeals.org
At 04 DEC 2002 03:52AM [url=http://www.sprezzatura.com]The Sprezzatura Group[/url] wrote:
Check the BIOS versions on the machines, and the video resolution/hardware. You may find differences here.
Check with DELL themselves about EMM support. Also check for upgrades/service packs for Windows. Also check the task manager program lists are identical when you start AREV. Delete any existing shortcuts and try create new ones. Also check the pifs for AREV.EXE are the same - delete and recreate as necessary.
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At 05 DEC 2002 05:44PM Paul Marraffa wrote:
As I found out the hard way, EMM is not supported by all Mfg's with XP. It will take you weeks to find that out, and they will tell you that it's the operating system. For XP to use EMM the hardware MUST support the provisioning of the memory pool. Since EMM is no longer part of some chip sets, (Specifically computers built for "Home" use) I suggest you check with the Mfg before you purchase.
At 06 DEC 2002 04:31AM [url=http://www.sprezzatura.com]The Sprezzatura Group[/url] wrote:
Paul,
This topic has been covered before - search this forum (fuzzy) for keyword Compaq.
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At 30 DEC 2002 01:48PM Gordon Patterson wrote:
I have encountered this problem on new low-end Gateway and Dell PCs, each using a slightly different version of the Intel 845 chipset. Gateways were fixed by disabling the onboard NIC and installing any PCI NIC. The Dell required disabling the onboard video (!) and subbing a PCI video card. This frees the memory space needed to allocate EMM for DOS applications.
At 30 DEC 2002 02:28PM Don Miller - C3 Inc. wrote:
The lower end Gateway and Dell machines are designed for kids who want to play some games. They tend to use on-board N-Videa chipsets with a fair amount of memory. The video memory essentially doesn't let EMS get configured because there's not enough of a "hole" for the EMS page frame. This is one reason that I loathe all-in-one boards .. besides the fact that if anything goes kaflooey, then trying to disable / install external cards is a PITA. I've also found that these machines tend to get a little unstable under some conditions .. mostly because XP drivers are not always fully compatible.
Don M.