This is the configuration on my computer using QEMM 6.02 and MS DOS 5.0 as of
03/07/92.  I am using a Gateway 2000 386/33C with 4megs of RAM and a 120MB IDE
hard drive.  Using this configuration, I have 626.1K free (that's 641,088 bytes
people).  The NOSH parameter in line 1 of my config.sys is to tell QEMM
that I have no Shadow RAM.  One thing to do to get more memory is to keep the
environment small.  Anything that is shown when you type SET at the prompt is
in the environemt.  Make directory names that are put in the path short(the
longer the path, the more memory that is used).  Keep your SET= statements to a
minimum.  Also keep them simple.  Set LASTDRIVE to the lowest drive letter
needed. I you have one HD partition, and don't plan on using a ramdrive, place
LASTDRIVE=C into you CONFIG.SYS. You may also LOADHI the LASTDRIV command that
comes with QEMM.  You may add extra drives by adding adding a certain number of
drives or setting the last drive letter (e.g. =L or +9).  Look at my AUTOEXEC
for an example.  Other things to do in the CONFIG.SYS is to place FCBS=1 and
STACKS=0,0 on separate lines.  Keep the number of files in the CONFIG.SYS down
to the smallest that you need.  There is a program called FILES.COM included
with QEMM.  If you load this up high in your AUTOEXEC.BAT, add the additional
number of files needed after FILES.  Using my example, you would take the 8
included in CONFIG.SYS and add whatever it takes to reach the desired number of
files.  I want 50 in my case and I used =50.  If you use this utility, the
minimum files in the CONFIG.SYS must be 8, as this is the minimum allowable by
MS-DOS.  The rest will be loaded high.  Also, use the LOADHI command that came
with QEMM 386 to see what regions are use/available.  You may also use DOS's
SUBST command to substitute drive letters for directory paths to decrease the
environment size.  An extra bonus for NON-WINDOWS 3 users is the NW3 switch in
the line in the CONFIG.SYS that loads QEMM.  If this is used it can save 1.1K
with QEMM 6.0 and 1K in QEMM 5.1.  e.g. (C:\QEMM\QEMM386.SYS R:1 RAM ROM ST:M
NW3) The use of NDOS.COM that comes with Norton Utilities 6.0 enabled me to
replace COMMAND.COM and only use 256 bytes of RAM below 640K.

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                                   CONFIG.SYS
 
DEVICE=C:\QEMM\QEMM386.SYS R:3 RAM ROM NOSH SORT:Y ST:M X=F000-FEFF XST=C000
SHELL=C:\NDOS.COM /U /E:256U
DOS=HIGH
STACKS=0,0
FCBS=1
FILES=8
BUFFERS=15
LASTDRIVE=C

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                                  AUTOEXEC.BAT
 
@ECHO OFF
SET COMSPEC=C:\NDOS.COM
PROMPT $P)
PATH=C:\;C:\WINDOWS;D:;E:;F:;G:;H:;I:;J:;K:;L:
SET TEMP=C:\TMP
C:\QEMM\LOADHI /R:3 C:\QEMM\LASTDRIV=L
C:\QEMM\LOADHI /R:1 C:\QEMM\FILES=50
C:\DOS\SUBST D: C:\NDW
C:\DOS\SUBST E: C:\PCTOOLS
C:\DOS\SUBST F: C:\DOS
C:\DOS\SUBST G: C:\NU
C:\DOS\SUBST H: C:\UTILS
C:\DOS\SUBST I: C:\QEMM
C:\DOS\SUBST J: C:\PKZIP
C:\DOS\SUBST K: C:\ARJ
C:\DOS\SUBST L: C:\VPIC
C:\STAR\UTIL\VMODE MONITOR
C:\UTILS\MHZ
C:\QEMM\LOADHI /R:1 C:\DOS\DOSKEY /HISTORY
C:\QEMM\LOADHI /R:2 C:\PCTOOLS\PC-CACHE/SIZEXT=768/WRITE=ON/V1/QUIET
C:\QEMM\LOADHI /R:2 C:\MOUSE\MOUSE.COM/U
EP /ON
IMAGE
SETDOS /U1
WIN

C:\QEMM\LOADHI /R:2 C:\PCTOOLS\SWAPSH /N
PCSHELL/R
CD\

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                                MI.COM (or MI/A)

Memory Info V7.1 (c)1991 Central Point Software, Inc.

        Total bytes owned
Addr.  Low area  High area   Program or device driver
-----  --------  ---------  --------------------------
0255h    3,088    192,512    Device=QEMM386   Attr=C000h  Name=EMMXXXX0
0362h      256        ..     NDOS
037Ch  641,088        ..     <largest free area>
 ---- Begin High (Upper) Memory ----
B001h      ..       3,120    UMB
B0C5h      ..         256    Device=UMB       Attr=4550h  Units: 23552
B0E1h      ..       2,576    FILES
B18Fh      ..       4,128    DOSKEY      /HISTORY
B292h      ..       8,288    EP
C80Fh      ..      18,256    PC-CACHE C:\PCTOOLS\PC-CACHE.COM/SIZEXT=768/WRITE=
CC84h      ..       3,840    MOUSE
CD75h      ..       9,248    SWAPSH   C:\PCTOOLS\SWAPSH.COM /N
FF01h      ..         112    Device=QEMM386   Attr=2838h  Units: 6400
FF15h      ..       1,456    LASTDRIV   =L

655,360 bytes (640k) total DOS 5.00 conventional memory.
641,088 bytes (626k) largest executable program.  66,848 bytes if loaded high.

     0  bytes Extended (AT/286/386) memory, reported by BIOS.
 2,144k bytes free, reported by XMS driver version 3.0 (6.2).  HMA in use.

 3,664k bytes EMS 4.0 memory: 1,520k used + 2,144k free.  Page frame E000h.

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                                     MEM/C

Conventional Memory :

  Name                Size in Decimal       Size in Hex
-------------      ---------------------   -------------
  MSDOS              10640      ( 10.4K)       2990
  QEMM386             3088      (  3.0K)        C10
  NDOS                 256      (  0.3K)        100
  FREE              641232      (626.2K)      9C8D0

Total  FREE :       641232      (626.2K)

Total bytes available to programs :                           641232   (626.2K)
Largest executable program size :                             641088   (626.1K)

   3751936 bytes total EMS memory
   2195456 bytes free EMS memory

   3145728 bytes total contiguous extended memory
         0 bytes available contiguous extended memory
   2195456 bytes available XMS memory
           MS-DOS resident in High Memory Area

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If there are any questions, comments, or if you have any other helpful memory
hints, write me.

                                       Sean Martin
                                       6044 Camino Alegre
                                       El Paso, TX  79912

If you want a reply, please include a self addressed and stamped envelope.
This would greatly help as I am just a poor college student.



                              Texas A&M University
                   Fightin' Texas Aggie Class of 1995! WHOOP!
