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Subject: Re: Hiarcs7.01, Win98 and Shortcut

Author: Paulo Soares

Date: 17:24:45 04/15/99

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On April 15, 1999 at 14:45:34, Tim Mirabile wrote:

>On April 14, 1999 at 05:47:37, Laurence Chen wrote:
>
>>If you create a shortcut in Win98, there's no way you will be able to use the
>>flag -x, that's because windows manages all the upper memory. Hence, the only
>>way to use the -x is booting up in DOS before Windows,
>[...]
>
>This is not true.  Go into the shortcut properties, choose the "Program" tab,
>then click the "Advanced..." button.  Check off "MS-DOS Mode", and "Specify a
>new MS-DOS configuration".  Then you will be able to create a Config.sys and
>Autoexec.bat which will be used only for that shortcut.  The key for running
>HIARCS in -x mode is to include the line DOS=NOAUTO in the "Config.sys for
>MS-DOS mode" box.  This prevents the memory managers from loading.
>
>If you add a DOS mouse driver to the "Autoexec.bat for MS-DOS mode" box, you
>will be able to use the mouse.  You can probably copy the mouse driver command
>directly from c:\windows\dosstart.bat - if your computer was properly set up to
>run DOS mode programs.
>
>Unless you add CD-ROM drivers, you will get an error 780 every month as HIARCS
>tries to check for the original CD.  A workaround is to refresh by running
>HIARCS under windows, then go back to using the DOS mode shortcut until the
>error 780 appears again.  Again, if your computer was set up correctly, the
>correct CD-ROM device driver line should be in your Config.sys file, and the MS
>CD-Rom extension (MSCDEX) should be in the c:\windows\dosstart.bat file, and
>will need to be copied over to the "Autoexec.bat for MS-DOS mode" box.
>
>I will put screenshots of this at http://www.icdchess.com/software/tech.html


Tim,

	I made accurately what you wrote and did not
obtain to run Hiarcs.  Marc van Hall are rigth, Win98
has less conventional memory, but I also already
had made update to correct this in a brazilian site
(http://www.gabrieltorres.com/). Look at
this site, has a version for English langage,
and is very good.
	At last, I believe that my friend is rigth
when he speaks: " The computers are very nervous. "

Regards,

Paulo Soares.



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