Retro video games delivered to your door every month!
Click above to get retro games delivered to your door ever month!
X-Hacker.org- CA-Clipper/ExoSpace 1.0g - <b>dos 5.0 task switcher</b> http://www.X-Hacker.org [<<Previous Entry] [^^Up^^] [Next Entry>>] [Menu] [About The Guide]
 DOS 5.0 Task Switcher
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

     If you use EMM386 and HIMEM.SYS, you should be able to run multiple
     CA-Clipper/ExoSpace applications under the DOS 5 task switcher,
     DOSSHELL, without any problems.

     When you use other memory managers (like QEMM or 386MAX), the DOS 5 task
     switcher takes all the XMS memory, leaving none for the memory manager.
     To avoid this problem, set the options that reserve EMS memory for the
     memory manager:

     .  With QEMM, set the EMB parameter to indicate the maximum
        amount of XMS memory that will be available to the task switcher

     .  With 386MAX, set the EMS or the EXT option to indicate the
        amount of EMS memory that the memory manager will control

     If you do not use a memory manager with DOS 5.0, use the
     CA-Clipper/ExoSpace utility MULTI16M to allow more than one
     CA-Clipper/ExoSpace application to run under the task switcher.
     MULTI16M is a TSR that you execute before any CA-Clipper/ExoSpace
     programs to create a pool of memory for CA-Clipper/ExoSpace programs.
     Without this TSR, the first CA-Clipper/ExoSpace application takes all
     available memory, and the second will not get any memory.

     This table summarizes the requirements for running CA-Clipper/ExoSpace
     programs with the task switcher:

     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Memory Manager                  Requirement for Success
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     386MAX                          Use EMS or EXT parameter
     EMM386 + HIMEM                  Defaults should work
     HIMEM alone                     Use MULTI16M
     QEMM                            Use EMB parameter
     NONE                            Use MULTI16M
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------


Online resources provided by: http://www.X-Hacker.org --- NG 2 HTML conversion by Dave Pearson