Author: Brian Kostick
Date: 12:24:21 10/06/03
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On October 06, 2003 at 04:45:53, Francesco Di Tolla wrote: >Hi, >it is kind of weird, having just got Rebel for windows, but I would like to >build a big book by merging oìther books. >I'm trying to use rebel 12 DOS for merging opening books, but I get into trouble >due to lack of memory. > >I usually use XP, and getting back to dos is not easy. >I have got an old dos floppy and manged to use rebel 12 DOS. >It merges opening books fine but I exhaust the memory after some merging. So I >would like to know what settings of hymem and or emm386 are best to maximize the >memory it can see. I have tryed > >1) >DEVICE=hymem.sys > >or > >2) >DEVICE=hymem.sys >DEVICE=emm386.exe > >or > >3) >DEVICE=hymem.sys >DEVICE=emm386.exe ram > >or > >4) >DEVICE=hymem.sys >DEVICE=emm386.exe noems > >I have 256 MB but I guess it does not see all of that memory. >By the way I used a dos 7 (or win 95) floppy boot. > >I have a similar problem with the EOC building tools. While the dbutil work with >the 3rd setting at least. > >regards >Franz I would probably use #2 unless you know and have special requirements. Also double check to see that it's "himem.sys" in your config.sys unless you confirm it's renamed for some purpose. BK DEVICE=himem.sys DEVICE=emm386.exe
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