QEMM 386

Copyright (c) 1986-1990
Quarterdeck Office Systems, Inc.


QEMM is an expanded memory manager for 80386 machines.
It also give High RAM and other capabilities.

Syntax:

DEVICE=QEMM.SYS [switches]

QEMM switches:

ADAPTERRAM=xxxx-yyyy (ARAM) An adapter has RAM in the range
ADAPTERROM=xxxx-yyyy (AROM) An adapter has ROM in the range
AUTO (AU) Turn on only if necessary
COMPAQ386S (C386S) Identify this as a COMPAQ 386S
COMPAQEGAROM (CER) Relocate COMPAQ's video ROM
COMPAQHALFROM (CHR) Split system ROM in half
COMPAQROMMEMORY (CRM) Use COMPAQ memory reserved for ROM
DISKBUF=xx (DB) Set the size of the SCSI disk buffer
DMA=xx (DM) Set the size of the DMA buffer
DOS4 (D4) Alter EMS page ordering for DOS 4.00
DONTUSEXMS (DUX) No Description
EMBMEM=xxxxx (EMB) Limit memory available as EMBs to xxxxxK
EXCLUDE=xxxx-yyyy (X) Consider the range unmappable
EXTMEM=xxxxx (EXT) Reserve xxxxxK of extended memory
FORCEEMS (FEMS) Still act like EMS even if no frame
FRAME=xxxx (FR) Set the page frame; xxxx=seg or NONE
FRAMELENGTH=x (FL) Set the page frame to be x pages
HANDLES=xxx (HA) Set the number of EMS handles
HELP Display Command help screen
HMAMIN=xx Set the minimum size of the HMA (0-63K)
IGNOREA20 (IA) Don't trap the 8042
INCLUDE=xxxx-yyyy (I) Consider the range mappable
INCLUDE386 (I386) No Description
IOTRAP No Description
LABEL (LB) No Description
LOCKDMA (LD) Don't allow interrupts during DMA processing
MAPS=xx (MA) Set the number of alternate register sets
MEMORY=xxxxx (ME) Use only xxxxxK of extended memory
NOCOMPAQFEATURES (NCF) Disable EGAROM, HALFROM, ROMMEMORY
NOEMS Don't be an expanded memory manager
NOFILL (NO) Don't fill conventional memory
NOHMA Don't allow access to the HMA
NOPAUSEONERRO (NOPE) Don't pause on an error
NOROM (NR) Don't map the "reboot" page of the system ROM
NOROMHOLES (NRH) Don't find holes in the system ROM
NOSHADOWRAM (NOSH) Don't use C&T Shadow RAM
NOSORT (NS) Don't sort memory
NOTOKENRING (NTR) Don't attempt to detect a Token Ring Adapter
NOTOPMEMORY (NT) Don't look for "top memory"
NOVIDEOFILL (NV) Don't fill into video memory
NOVIDEORAM (NVR) Don't put RAM into video memory


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NOWINDOWS3 (NW3) Don't support Windows 3.0
NOXBDA Don't move the eXtended BIOS Data Area
NOXMS Don't be an extended memory manager
OLDDV (ODV) DV 1.3 or 2.00 will be run
OFF (OF) Turn QEMM OFF
ON Turn QEMM ON
PAUSE Pauses while parsing commands
RAM[=xxxx-yyyy] Put RAM everywhere or in the range
REGION (R) No Description
ROM[=xxxx[-yyyy]] Map ROM everywhere or in the range
TASKS=xx (TA) Set the interrupt nesting level
UNUSUAL8042 (U8) The 8042 is non-standard
UNUSUALEXT (UX) The extended memory BIOS is non-standard
VIDRAMEGA (VREGA) Configure for EGA feature of VIDRAM
VIDRAMEMS (VREMS) Configure for EMS feature of VIDRAM
WATCHDOG=[0,1,2] (WD) Set the type of Watchdog timer









































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