First post, by thepirategamerboy12
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So, basically, I accidentally screwed up my MS-DOS Mode CONFIG and AUTOEXEC because I tried to make a change in EDIT and didn't realize that was stupid and it killed it. I go to PhilsComputerLab's website and see he replaced it with the Super Easy MS-DOS Mode PIF, so I download that and put it on my Windows 95 desktop. The only changes I made to it was removing the Turtle Beach line in AUTOEXEC and I of course installed my own sound card drivers. The issue is that while Expanded Memory + Mouse + CD-ROM is perfectly fine, Extended Memory + Mouse + CD-ROM gives me very little conventional memory for some reason. I can't run many games at all, like Duke Nukem II or even Commander Keen IV, because they all give out of memory errors. This wasn't an issue until now, so any help would be very appreciated. Thanks.
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Available Memory:
Expanded + Mouse + CD-ROM:
565KB
Extended + Mouse + CD-ROM:
543KB
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CONFIG:
[COMMON]
DOS=HIGH,UMB,NOAUTO
FILES=40
BUFFERS=40
LASTDRIVE=H
[menu]
menuitem=EMC, Expanded memory + Mouse + CD-ROM
menuitem=XMC, Extended memory + Mouse + CD-ROM
menuitem=CMC, Conventional Memory only + Mouse + CD-ROM
menuitem=EM, Expanded memory + Mouse
menuitem=XM, Extended memory + Mouse
menuitem=CM, Conventional memory only + Mouse
menuitem=E, Expanded memory
menuitem=X, Extended memory
menuitem=C, Conventional memory only
menudefault=EMC,10
[EMC]
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE RAM
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DRIVERS\VIDECDD.SYS /D:OPTICAL
[XMC]
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DRIVERS\VIDECDD.SYS /D:OPTICAL
[CMC]
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DRIVERS\VIDECDD.SYS /D:OPTICAL
[EM]
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE RAM
[XM]
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF
[CM]
[E]
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE RAM
[X]
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF
[C]
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AUTOEXEC
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T4
@ECHO OFF
SET SOUND16=C:\OPTI930
C:\OPTI930\sndinit /b
@ECHO OFF
GoTo %config%
:EMC
:XMC
:CMC
LH C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:OPTICAL
:EM
:XM
:CM
LH C:\DRIVERS\CTMOUSE.EXE /R2
:E
:X
:C
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