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From: rlb@cs.odu.edu (Robert Lee Bailey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Device Drivers Revisited
Message-ID: <8377@xanth.cs.odu.edu>
Date: 7 Apr 89 00:06:18 GMT
References: <12267@louie.udel.EDU>
Reply-To: rlb@cs.odu.edu (Robert Lee Bailey)
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In article <12267@louie.udel.EDU> davis@udel.EDU (Michael Davis) writes:
>This is a reposting of a question I have. I also have had over
>a dozen requests for the info when I get it, so if anyone knows
>the answer, don't be shy to post it or reply back.
>
>I have a Wang PC (100% compatible) that uses over 180K of device
>drivers to hook up to a Wang VS system printer and E-mail. The
>user want to use Ventura Publisher which uses more than 512K and 
>won't start with the drivers installed.
>
>QUESTION:
>
>	Is there a way or a PD prog. that will move the drivers
>to EMS to allow most of the 640K base to be free?
>
>Any help will be great.
>
>Mike Davis



You might want to try BOOTAS.ARC.  I got this from a local BBS.  It allows
me to configure 2, 3, 4,....n different CONFIG.SYS & AUTOEXEC.BAT files.
When I want to run a program that requires a special configuration, I
just type BOOTAS xxxxxx, where xxxxxx specifies which group of boot files
I want to use.  This is really just a .BAT file that copies the desired
CONFIG.xxx and AUTOEXEC.xxx to CONFIG.SYS & AUTOEXEC.BAT.  After the copy
is finished, it executes a program called BOOT.COM which then forces a
system reboot, loading the new configuration.

Hey, like Hunter says, "It works for me!".

		Bob Bailey