Author: James T. Walker
Date: 06:58:05 11/08/99
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On November 07, 1999 at 15:01:01, Howard Exner wrote: >On November 07, 1999 at 04:32:54, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: > >>On November 06, 1999 at 19:08:50, Bertil Eklund wrote: >> >>>On November 06, 1999 at 00:44:41, Howard Exner wrote: >>> >>>>Only the old Smartdrv.sys needed to be loaded through config.sys. Smartdrv.exe >>>>however does need himem.sys to be loaded first in order to run. Unfortunately >>>>some machines, like mine, will not run Rebel 10 and up (Rebel 9 also >>>>as Ratko reported) unless it is loaded with the int15 parameter, as described in >>>>another related post. Does your machine run Rebel Century with himem.sys loaded? >>> >>>Hi! >>> >>>Not since I upgraded from 32k to 64k but on my old P90 all run "Rebels" in basic >>>Dos-mode. Unfortunately on one of my 450´s Rebel9 and 10 don´t run at all. >>>Rebel8 works ok. Says something about program aborted, please reinstall, but I >>>have reinstalled them but nothing helps. >>> >>>Regards Bertil SSDF >> >>In my experience, this only happens if you load himem.sys and your machine has >>more than 64MB RAM. I don't have problems with Rebels if I don't load himem.sys. >> >>Enrique > >But that message "program aborted,please reinstall" is covered in the Rebel FAQ. >During install some machines need the "fix.zip" file to remedy this. That is >unrelated to himem.sys. > >For some machines now there is also a work around for the himem.sys being >incompatible with Rebel in Dos mode.(posted earlier here and in Ed's message >board). This work around too may be machine dependent. On my machine I can now >use himem.sys within dos where as previously it refused to work. The advantage >is that the hard disk is as quiet as a church mouse since Smartdrv can be >loaded. Hello Howard, I have tried all 3 of your "Fixes" and none of them work for me. Any more ideas? I would love to solve this problem. I have a PII-333 with 160 meg RAM. (HP 8360 Pavillion). Jim Walker
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