DOCUMENT:Q75143 17-DEC-2000 [msdos] TITLE :Using DISPLAY.SYS and PRINTER.SYS Drivers with QEMM PRODUCT :Microsoft Disk Operating System PROD/VER:MS-DOS:5.x OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 5.0, 5.0a ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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." The Quarterdeck products included here are manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability. Additional query words: 5.00 3rdparty ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS500 kbMSDOS500a Version : MS-DOS:5.x ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2000.