Using DISPLAY.SYS and PRINTER.SYS Drivers with QEMM (75143)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0
Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0a

This article was previously published under Q75143

SUMMARY

According to Quarterdeck, the MS-DOS version 5.0 DISPLAY.SYS and PRINTER.SYS utilities cannot be successfully loaded into upper memory with the LOADHI.SYS that is included with QEMM-386 5.13 and earlier, QEMM - 50/60 5.00 and earlier, and QRAM 1.01 and earlier.

MORE INFORMATION

You can load these drivers into low memory or you can use the MS-DOS 5.0 DEVICEHIGH command, provided you have a 386 or better processor with at least 1 MB of RAM. The following configuration in CONFIG.SYS file assumes you have the physical requirements to load devices high, and the MS-DOS 5.0 files are in the C:\DOS directory.

   DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
   DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE noems
   DOS=HIGH,UMB
   DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\DISPLAY.SYS
   DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\PRINTER.SYS

REFERENCES

For more information on loading devices and terminate-and-stay- resident programs (TSRs) high, please see Chapter 12, "Optimizing Your System," in the version 5.0 "Microsoft MS-DOS User's Guide and Reference."

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Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	9/30/2003
Keywords:	KB75143