Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!wuarchive!uwm.edu!linac!midway!chsun1!kusumoto From: kusumoto@chsun1.uchicago.edu (Bob Kusumoto) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: QEMM and SCSI host adaptors Keywords: qemm scsi 386 Message-ID: Date: 28 Dec 90 16:18:13 GMT References: <19074@yunexus.YorkU.CA> <4679@umbc3.UMBC.EDU> <18981@hydra.gatech.EDU> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Distribution: usa Organization: University of Chicago Lines: 44 ms33@prism.gatech.EDU (Mike Sullivan, a.k.a. Sully) writes: >In article <4679@umbc3.UMBC.EDU> chuck@umbc5.umbc.edu.UUCP (Chuck Rickard) writes: >> >>I have a WD-7000 FASST SCSI controller and I have a dickens of time trying to >>run QEMM 5.1. The program crashes WP 5.1 when attempting a spell check and >>won't load things into high memory.... >> >Some of the people I work with have come to the conclusion that QEMM 5.1 does >not work with either WP 5.1 or Quattro Pro. They run on 386's, without >any multitasking software (at least when tracing down problems.) I don't >know if it works unreliably or if it just plain doesn't work. But I will >say that it may be premature to blame your SCSI controller. Hey, I have a 386 (well, a 386SX/16) using the WD FASST-2 7000 SCSI controller (with an HP scanjet plus and a sony non-scsi cd-rom drive to boot) using QEMM 5.11 and Desqview 2.3, over novell netware network working swimming with MS windows 3.0 running Wordscan Plus in one desqview window, WP 5.1 in a different window, lotus 1-2-3 v3 in a 3rd window (and I can probably get Quattro Pro 1.x working as well, 8MB of memory helps a lot). Even running WP5.1 or Quattro Pro 1.x (I haven't got the new 2.0 release yet) runs fine. (just for reference, I'm using MS-DOS 4.01 to take advantage of this nice large Wrenrunner 315MB drive.) If you ask me, it's probably a configuration problem, the first thing I'd point to is the number of FILES that are allocated. WP5.1 recommends a FILES parameter in the config.sys (or autoexec.bat with QEMM) to be at least 20, but I'd increase this number much higher, esp if you intend to run several programs at once. The SCSI controller could be at fault though, since I had to upgrade my WD SCSI controller to the newest ROMs and software drivers (current for me is v3.36), the older ROMs gave me problems when I was trying to get MS Windows to run. I'd start blaming programs after that. WP5.1 most recent interm release for the program is 8/20/90, with printer drivers dated 11/09/90. I haven't tried the new Quattro Pro yet so I can't say anything about it, although I've had no problems with the older version. If you still have problem, email me and I'll try and help. Bob -- Bob Kusumoto | Find the electric messiah! Internet: kusumoto@chsun1.uchicago.edu | The AC/DC God! Bitnet: kusumoto@chsun1.uchicago.bitnet | - My Life with the Thrill Kill UUCP: ...!{oddjob,gargoyle}!chsun1!kusumoto | Kult, "Kooler than Jesus"