Re: EMS memory for Lotus 1-2-3 (DOS) Win XP Pro SP2
- From: adykes@xxxxxxxxx (Al Dykes)
- Date: 20 Feb 2007 16:00:28 -0500
In article <CCEEDEA5-53D4-44E5-BE5E-AC5698BED02D@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
=?Utf-8?B?Um9zY29lIFN0ZXBoZW5zb24=?= <RoscoeStephenson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am setting up two new HP DX2200 computers operating on Windows XP SP2. I
have fully updated the operating systems using Windows Update and using the
updates at the HP support website. Everything is working fine, with the
exception of one application.
We still use Lotus 1-2-3 ver. 2.4 (for DOS) for much of our bookkeeping. I
installed the software, and the application will run, but no expanded memory
is allocated to it. As a consequence, only the smallest spreadsheets will
load.
I searched the MS Windows Knowledge Base and found this entry on a
discussion board:
while trying to run a game works on MsDOS in an WIN XP operating System from
the Command Prompt, i get this messege :
"Protected mode driver is not responding to EMS function calls. Make sure
that your EMS Driver is not configured with the NOEMS option. If it is,
Replace the Option "NOEMS" with "RAM" "
That is support for Expanded memory, needed to allow a DOS program to
use memory above the first MB of actual RAM. A lot of games use it.
For best DOS conventional memory, and EMS access, edit the
windows\system32\config.nt and autoexec.nt files.
In config.nt have (apart from the large number of REM lines) just
EMM = B=4000 RAM
(note the exact spaces - either side of the first = and before RAM,
none next to the second =) and
dos=high, umb
device=%SystemRoot%\system32\himem.sys
files=40
(or higher files= if needed)
and in autoexec.nt have
REM Install DPMI support
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\dosx
with other earlier lh lines REM ed out, and then any SET or PATH lines
that may already be present at the end.
This should give about 612K for a program, run from a shortcut made to
its .exe file. R-click the shortcut, Properties and on the Memory page
you can set an explicit value - rather than Auto - for any EMS (or XMS)
memory it may need, and for initial environment space
--
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. Alexn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (remove the D8 bit)
I also found a discussion specific to Lotus 1-2-3 at this discussion group:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/browse_thread/thread/759f6811c6f663fd/84dcb3d64d679e00?lnk=st&q=lotus+123+windows+xp+emm&rnum=6&hl=en&utoken=NgvY8UUAAACAT_kPml7nPanGq5_khmjXluNXKLNmPgnFQD1yLMqqcPePUgaLvVjP6wHH02PT2aatLlvsSxXNjxAY50pRd7DXLkbNc9H6TiTHPd_Ub_iUkw
I have tried what was suggested (also some suggestions by other posters on
other groups), but nothing will work.
This is really strange, because I am currently running a DELL pc (one that
is being replaced), using Win XP Pro SP2. On this machine I have no problem
at all. There is plenty of Expanded Memory. I say it is strange, because on
my DELL the Config.nt file is the standard default file. There is no "EMM =
B=4000 RAM" entry at all.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Roscoe Stephenson
Get a copy of Microsoft Virtual PC (Free), install it and then install
DOS.
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Don't blame me. I voted for Gore. A Proud signature since 2001
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