Hi Chris

 >  NP> Mickey$ofts DOS 5 RAMDRIVE & SMARTDRV.SYS bothe refuse to
co-operate
 >  NP> and inform me that there is "No XMS memory mamger installed"

 > Erm - you did load HIMEM.SYS, yay?

That was the _first_ thing !!!

 >  NP> I put the lines in CONFIG.SYS ....
 >  NP> DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
 >  NP> DOS=HIGH
 >  NP> and managed to get the bulk of DOS out of conventional memory and into
 >  NP> High memory, but that was as far as I can get.

 > Oh.  Something very silly going on there in that case.
 > Either a CMOS option (like the A20 or EMS settings) are not
 > configured properly, or it may be a chipset specific problem.

The A20 handler was in there, so I think it was a chipset problem.
Fixed it with COMBI.SYS and _it_ didn't even need an XMS manager.

> You'll probably also find, until you find the cause, that it
 > won't run Win 3.1 either.

With only 2 megand an EGA - LCD screen, I hadn't even considered _that_ an option ;-)


 >>> PS: I emailed that JPG to a couple of TML users (JG & DM), if all
 >>> went well it should be on Paul's system soon...

 >  NP> Thanks heaps for that

 > No worries.  Did you get the file?

Haven't even got the name of it yet.
Once I have a name it will come with the next mail pickup.

Cheers
Niels Petersen

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