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Quarterdeck Technical Note
by Quarterdeck
What follows is all the help screens from the DESQview 2.26, QEMM 5.0,
Manifest 1.0, QRAM 1.0, and some of their utilities:
From QEMM.SYS:
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? QEMM ?
? Copyright (c) 1986-1990 ?
? Quarterdeck Office Systems, Inc. ?
? ?
? QEMM is an expanded memory manager for 80386 machines ?
? It also gives High RAM and other capabilities ?
? ?
? Syntax: ?
? DEVICE=QEMM.SYS [switches] ?
? ?
? QEMM switches: ?
? ADAPTERRAM=xxxx-yyyy An adapter has RAM in the range ?
? ADAPTERROM=xxxx-yyyy An adapter has ROM in the range ?
? AUTO Turn on only if necessary ?
? COMPAQ386S Identify this as a COMPAQ 386S ?
? COMPAQEGAROM Relocate COMPAQ's video ROM ?
? COMPAQHALFROM Split system ROM in half ?
? COMPAQROMMEMORY Use COMPAQ memory reserved for ROM ?
? DISKBUF=xx Set the size of the SCSI disk buffer ?
? DMA=xx Set the size of the DMA buffer ?
? DOS4 Alter EMS page ordering for DOS 4.00 ?
? Press any key for next page... ?
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? QEMM ?
? Copyright (c) 1986-1990 ?
? Quarterdeck Office Systems, Inc. ?
? ?
? EXCLUDE=xxxx-yyyy Consider the range unmappable ?
? EXTMEM=xxxxx Reserve xxxxxK of extended memory ?
? FORCEEMS Still act like EMS even if no frame ?
? FRAME=xxxx Set the page frame; xxxx=seg or NONE ?
? FRAMELENGTH=x Set the page frame to be x pages ?
? HANDLES=xxx Set the number of EMS handles ?
? HMAMIN=xx Set the minimum size of the HMA (0-63K) ?
? IGNOREA20 Don't trap the 8042 ?
? INCLUDE=xxxx-yyyy Consider the range mappable ?
? LOCKDMA Don't allow interrupts during DMA processing ?
? MAPS=xx Set the number of alternate register sets ?
? MEMORY=xxxxx Use only xxxxxK of extended memory ?
? NOCOMPAQFEATURES Disable EGAROM, HALFROM, ROMMEMORY ?
? NOEMS Don't be an expanded memory manager ?
? NOFILL Don't fill conventional memory ?
? NOHMA Don't allow access to the HMA ?
? NOROM Don't map the "reboot" page of the system ROM ?
? Press any key for next page... ?
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? QEMM ?
? Copyright (c) 1986-1990 ?
? Quarterdeck Office Systems, Inc. ?
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? NOROMHOLES Don't find holes in the system ROM ?
? NOSHADOWRAM Don't use C&T Shadow RAM ?
? NOSORT Don't sort memory ?
? NOTOPMEMORY Don't look for "top memory" ?
? NOVIDEOFILL Don't fill into video memory ?
? NOVIDEORAM Don't put RAM into video memory ?
? NOXBDA Don't move the eXtended BIOS Data Area ?
? NOXMS Don't be an extended memory manager ?
? OLDDV DV 1.3 or 2.00 will be run ?
? OFF Turn QEMM OFF ?
? ON Turn QEMM ON ?
? RAM[=xxxx-yyyy] Put RAM everywhere or in the range ?
? ROM[=xxxx[-yyyy]] Map ROM everywhere or in the range ?
? TASKS=xx Set the interrupt nesting level ?
? UNUSUAL8042 The 8042 is non-standard ?
? UNUSUALEXT The extended memory BIOS is non-standard ?
? VIDRAMEGA Configure for EGA feature of VIDRAM ?
? Press any key for next page... ?
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? QEMM ?
? Copyright (c) 1986-1990 ?
? Quarterdeck Office Systems, Inc. ?
? ?
? VIDRAMEMS Configure for EMS feature of VIDRAM ?
? WATCHDOG=[0,1,2] Set the type of Watchdog timer ?
? NOPAUSEONERROR Don't pause on error ?
? PAUSE Pause while parsing commands ?
? HELP Display this help text ?
? ? List all commands ?
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From QEMM.COM
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? QEMM ?
? Copyright (c) 1986-1990 ?
? Quarterdeck Office Systems, Inc. ?
? ?
? QEMM displays and gives some control over certain ?
? functions of QEMM.SYS ?
? ?
? Syntax: ?
? QEMM [switches] ?
? QEMM with no parameters shows SUMMARY and TYPE ?
? ?
? QEMM switches: ?
? AUTO Put QEMM into AUTO mode ?
? ON Turn QEMM on ?
? OFF Turn QEMM off ?
? TYPE Display QEMM type information ?
? ACCESSED Display QEMM accessed information ?
? ANALYSIS Cross-reference ACCESSED with TYPE ?
? MEMORY Display QEMM memory usage ?
? SUMMARY Display QEMM summary ?
? LIST Display charts in LIST format ?
? Press any key for next page... ?
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? QEMM ?
? Copyright (c) 1986-1990 ?
? Quarterdeck Office Systems, Inc. ?
? ?
? MAP Display charts in MAP format ?
? RESET Reset ACCESSED info to unaccessed ?
? NOPAUSEONERROR Don't pause on error ?
? PAUSE Pause while parsing commands ?
? HELP Display this help text ?
? ? List all commands ?
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From QEXT.SYS
Quarterdeck Extended Memory Manager 286 V5.10
Copyright (c) 1987-1990 by Quarterdeck Office Systems
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? QEXT ?
? Copyright (c) 1987-1990 ?
? Quarterdeck Office Systems, Inc. ?
? ?
? QEXT.SYS is an extended memory manager ?
? ?
? Syntax: ?
? DEVICE=QEXT.SYS [switches] ?
? ?
? QEXT switches: ?
? BLOCKSIZE=xxxxx Specify the size of extended memory transfers ?
? EXTMEM=xxxxx Reserve xxxxxK of extended memory ?
? HANDLES=xxx Set the number of EMB handles ?
? HMAMIN=xx Set the minimum size of the HMA (0-63K) ?
? MEMORY=xxxxx Use only xxxxxK of extended memory ?
? NOXMS Don't be an extended memory manager ?
? UNUSUAL8042 The 8042 is non-standard ?
? VDISKVERSION=m.n Look like a version m.n VDISK ?
? NOPAUSEONERROR Don't pause on error ?
? PAUSE Pause while parsing commands ?
? HELP Display this help text ?
? Press any key for next page... ?
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? QEXT ?
? Copyright (c) 1987-1990 ?
? Quarterdeck Office Systems, Inc. ?
? ?
? ? List all commands ?
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From Manifest:
MANIFEST [Category] [Topic] [/M] [/L] [/N] [/P] [/A] [/Bd] [/Tn] [/?]
Category Topic
System [ Overview CONFIG AUTOEXEC Adapters CMOS ]
First Meg [ Overview Programs Interrupts BIOS Data Timings ]
Expanded [ Overview Pages Handles Timings Benchmark ]
Extended [ Overview XMS ]
DOS [ Overview Drivers Files Environment ]
QEMM-386 [ Overview Type Accessed Analysis Memory ]
Hints [ Overview Detail ]
* = all overviews
<Category> * = all topics in category
* * = all information
Switches: M - monochrome (2 color) display
L - EGA: 43 rows; VGA: 50 rows
N - CGA: No sync - with snow
P - PAUSE after each screen to console
A - show alternate F3 screens
Bd - specify boot drive letter
Tn - automatically TSR (hotkey choice 1-3)
? - This help screen
From QRAM:
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? QRAM ?
? Copyright (c) 1989-1990 ?
? Quarterdeck Office Systems, Inc. ?
? ?
? QRAM provides high RAM for use by LOADHI when ?
? loaded after an EMS 4 or EEMS driver ?
? ?
? Syntax: ?
? DEVICE=QRAM.SYS [switches] ?
? No switches means the RAM option ?
? ?
? QRAM switches: ?
? EXCLUDE=xxxx-yyyy Don't put RAM in the range ?
? FORCEEMS Still act like EMS even if no frame ?
? FRAMELENGTH=x Set the page frame to be x (0-4) pages ?
? HIDE=xxxx-yyyy Hide that the range is mappable ?
? INCLUDE=xxxx-yyyy Put RAM or fill in the range ?
? NOFILL Don't fill conventional memory ?
? NOSHADOWRAM Don't use C&T Shadow RAM ?
? NOVIDEOFILL Don't fill into video memory ?
? NOVIDEORAM Don't put RAM into video memory ?
? Press any key for next page... ?
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? QRAM ?
? Copyright (c) 1989-1990 ?
? Quarterdeck Office Systems, Inc. ?
? ?
? NOXBDA Don't move the eXtended BIOS Data Area ?
? NOXMS Don't be an extended memory manager ?
? RAM[=xxxx-yyyy] Put RAM everywhere or in the range ?
? REGION:n Load into region number n ?
? VIDRAMEGA Configure for EGA feature of VIDRAM ?
? VIDRAMEMS Configure for EMS feature of VIDRAM ?
? NOPAUSEONERROR Don't pause on error ?
? PAUSE Pause while parsing commands ?
? HELP Display this help text ?
? ? List all commands ?
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? EMS ?
? Copyright (c) 1989-1990 ?
? Quarterdeck Office Systems, Inc. ?
? ?
? EMS gives status of and control over expanded ?
? memory handle functions. ?
? ?
? Syntax: ?
? EMS [param] ?
? EMS with no parameter gives EMS status ?
? ?
? EMS parameters: ?
? CREATE name size Create a handle with the given name and size ?
? CREATEFAST name size Create a handle with fast expanded memory ?
? CREATESLOW name size Create a handle with slow expanded memory ?
? DIR Display current handle sizes and names ?
? FREE handle Free the given handle ?
? LOAD handle file Load handle data from the specified file ?
? RENAME handle name Change a handle's name ?
? RESIZE handle size Change amount of memory allocated to a handle ?
? SAVE handle file Save handle data in the specified file ?
? Press any key for next page... ?
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? EMS ?
? Copyright (c) 1989-1990 ?
? Quarterdeck Office Systems, Inc. ?
? ?
? NOPAUSEONERROR Don't pause on error ?
? PAUSE Pause while parsing commands ?
? HELP Display this help text ?
? ? List all commands ?
? ?
? where: ?
? name - is a handle name of up to 8 characters. The name need ?
? not be quoted unless it contains blanks. ?
? size - is the number of 16K pages to be allocated. If the number ?
? is followed immediately by the letter 'K', it represents ?
? the number of kilobytes to allocate. ?
? handle - is either a 'name' as described above or a handle number ?
? file - is a DOS file name ?
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? LASTDRIVE ?
? Copyright (c) 1989-1990 ?
? Quarterdeck Office Systems, Inc. ?
? ?
? LASTDRIV displays and increases the highest ?
? DOS drive letter ?
? ?
? Syntax: ?
? LASTDRIV [param] ?
? LASTDRIV with no parameter shows the current ?
? highest drive letter ?
? ?
? LASTDRIV parameters ?
? l Set the highest drive to letter l ?
? =l Set the highest drive to letter l ?
? +num Increase the number of letters by num ?
? NOPAUSEONERROR Don't pause on error ?
? PAUSE Pause while parsing commands ?
? HELP Display this help text ?
? ? List all commands ?
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From LOADHI.COM
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? LOADHI ?
? Copyright (c) 1988-1990 ?
? Quarterdeck Office Systems, Inc. ?
? ?
? LOADHI loads TSRs into high RAM ?
? ?
? Syntax: ?
? LOADHI [switches] [prog-name [prog-switches]] ?
? LOADHI with no parameters shows status ?
? ?
? LOADHI switches: ?
? /BESTFIT Load into the block that fits best ?
? /HAPPIEST Load until the program is happy ?
? /REGION:n Load into region number n ?
? /LARGEST[:n] Load into the nth largest block ?
? /SMALLEST[:n] Load into the nth smallest block ?
? /EXCLUDEREGION:n Don't load into region number n ?
? /EXCLUDELARGEST[:n] Don't load into the nth largest block ?
? /EXCLUDESMALLEST[:n] Don't load into the nth smallest block ?
? /GETSIZE[:f] Load low and calculate size ?
? Store result in file f ?
? Press any key for next page... ?
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? LOADHI ?
? Copyright (c) 1988-1990 ?
? Quarterdeck Office Systems, Inc. ?
? ?
? /SIZE:nnnnn Load into a block nnnnn big ?
? /LABEL:abc Display a label with /GS data ?
? /NOLO Don't load low ?
? /LO Load low ?
? /TERMINATERESIDENT TSR on exit ?
? /NOPAUSEONERROR Don't pause on error ?
? /PAUSE Pause while parsing commands ?
? /HELP Display this help text ?
? /? List all commands ?
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From LOADHI.SYS
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? LOADHI ?
? Copyright (c) 1988-1990 ?
? Quarterdeck Office Systems, Inc. ?
? ?
? LOADHI loads drivers into high RAM ?
? ?
? Syntax: ?
? DEVICE=LOADHI.SYS [switches] driver-name [driver-switches] ?
? ?
? LOADHI switches: ?
? /BESTFIT Load into the block that fits best ?
? /HAPPIEST Load until the program is happy ?
? /REGION:n Load into region number n ?
? /LARGEST[:n] Load into the nth largest block ?
? /SMALLEST[:n] Load into the nth smallest block ?
? /EXCLUDEREGION:n Don't load into region number n ?
? /EXCLUDELARGEST[:n] Don't load into the nth largest block ?
? /EXCLUDESMALLEST[:n] Don't load into the nth smallest block ?
? /GETSIZE[:f] Load low and calculate size ?
? Store result in file f ?
? /SIZE:nnnnn Load into a block nnnnn big ?
? Press any key for next page... ?
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? LOADHI ?
? Copyright (c) 1988-1990 ?
? Quarterdeck Office Systems, Inc. ?
? ?
? /LABEL:abc Display a label with /GS data ?
? /NOLO Don't load low ?
? /LO Load low ?
? /NOPAUSEONERROR Don't pause on error ?
? /PAUSE Pause while parsing commands ?
? /HELP Display this help text ?
? /? List all commands ?
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? FILES ?
? Copyright (c) 1989-1990 ?
? Quarterdeck Office Systems, Inc. ?
? ?
? FILES displays and increases the maximum number of ?
? DOS file handles ?
? ?
? Syntax: ?
? FILES [param] ?
? FILES with no parameter shows the current amount ?
? ?
? FILES parameters ?
? num Set the number of file handles ?
? =num Set the number of file handles ?
? +num Increase the number of file handles by num ?
? NOPAUSEONERROR Don't pause on error ?
? PAUSE Pause while parsing commands ?
? HELP Display this help text ?
? ? List all commands ?
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? FCBS ?
? Copyright (c) 1989-1990 ?
? Quarterdeck Office Systems, Inc. ?
? ?
? FCBS displays and increases the number of ?
? DOS FCB handles ?
? ?
? Syntax: ?
? FCBS [param] ?
? FCBS with no parameter shows the current amount ?
? ?
? FCBS parameters ?
? num Set the number of FCBs ?
? ,num Set the number of protected FCBs ?
? num1,num2 Set both FCBS and protected FCBS ?
? +num Increase the number of FCBs ?
? +,num Increase the number of protected FCBs ?
? +num1,num2 Increase both FCBs and protected FCBs ?
? NOPAUSEONERROR Don't pause on error ?
? PAUSE Pause while parsing commands ?
? HELP Display this help text ?
? Press any key for next page... ?
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? FCBS ?
? Copyright (c) 1989-1990 ?
? Quarterdeck Office Systems, Inc. ?
? ?
? ? List all commands ?
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? BUFFERS ?
? Copyright (c) 1988-1990 ?
? Quarterdeck Office Systems, Inc. ?
? ?
? BUFFERS displays and increases the number of ?
? DOS buffers ?
? ?
? Syntax: ?
? BUFFERS [param] ?
? BUFFERS with no parameter shows the current amount ?
? ?
? BUFFERS parameters ?
? num Set the number of buffers ?
? =num Set the number of buffers ?
? +num Increase the number of buffers by num ?
? NOPAUSEONERROR Don't pause on error ?
? PAUSE Pause while parsing commands ?
? HELP Display this help text ?
? ? List all commands ?
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? VIDRAM ?
? Copyright (c) 1989-1990 ?
? Quarterdeck Office Systems, Inc. ?
? ?
? VIDRAM grows conventional memory on an EGA or VGA ?
? ?
? Syntax: ?
? VIDRAM [switches] ?
? VIDRAM with no switches displays status ?
? ?
? VIDRAM switches: ?
? EGA Use EGA memory to turn on ?
? EMS Use EMS memory to turn on (default) ?
? NOCGA Inhibit EGA and CGA graphics ?
? NOEGA Inhibit EGA graphics only ?
? OFF Set up normal video memory with graphics ?
? ON Grow memory into video region ?
? OVERRIDE Allow video memory conflict ?
? RESIDENT Just go resident ?
? NOPAUSEONERROR Don't pause on error ?
? PAUSE Pause while parsing commands ?
? Press any key for next page... ?
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? VIDRAM ?
? Copyright (c) 1989-1990 ?
? Quarterdeck Office Systems, Inc. ?
? ?
? HELP Display this help text ?
? ? List all commands ?
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? OPTIMIZE ?
? Copyright (c) 1989 ?
? Quarterdeck Office Systems, Inc. ?
? ?
? OPTIMIZE calculates and analyzes the sizes of your ?
? TSRs and device drivers, and the sizes of the areas ?
? of high RAM, and determines the optimal way to fit ?
? the programs in memory so that as much memory as ?
? possible is left below 640K. ?
? ?
? Syntax: ?
? OPTIMIZE [switches] [filename] ?
? OPTIMIZE with a filename processes that file ?
? ?
? OPTIMIZE switches: ?
? /BOOT:l Specify boot drive letter ?
? /PATH Add optimize path to path statements ?
? /EMM:fname Specify own QEMM type driver ?
? /LOADHIONLY Only modify lines which already have LOADHI ?
? /NOPAUSEONERROR Don't pause on error ?
? /PAUSE Pause while parsing commands ?
? Press any key for next page... ?
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? OPTIMIZE ?
? Copyright (c) 1989 ?
? Quarterdeck Office Systems, Inc. ?
? ?
? /HELP Display this help text ?
? /? List all commands ?
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Copyright (C) 1990 by Quarterdeck Office Systems
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