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From: SRWMJGB@windy.dsir.govt.nz (John Burnell, Applied Maths Division, DSIR)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: QEMM386 problem
Message-ID: <674@windy.dsir.govt.nz>
Date: 21 Sep 89 12:59:10 GMT
Organization: DSIR Wellington, NZ
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I wonder if anyone can help me with a problem that I am having with
Quarterdecks expanded memory manager QEMM386 Ver 4.23. Whenever I install the
driver QEMM.SYS in my CONFIG.SYS it locks the machine up, and the only way out
is to reboot.

I am using a no-name '386 clone with a Phoenix 386 Bios V1.10 (dated January
1988), 4Mb of memory and a VGA card. The bios uses 384K for shadow ram. I have
tried a large number of possible combinations of parameters for QEMM, together
with disabling the shadow ram, but with no effect whatsoever. The store where
I purchased the product feels that the problem is that QEMM wants to use some
of the high memory (between 640K and 1M), and this is conflicting with the
shadowing.

I am reluctant to phone Quarterdeck unless I am certain that they can solve my
problem, as a 10 minute phone call from New Zealand will be a substantial
portion of the purchase price.

Does anyone have any experience of using QEMM with Phoenix Bios and shadow
ram? Or would it be better to try another product such 386MAX?

Thanks in advance for any help

John Burnell