USER MANUAL APS 6.0

Installing the Software
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Using APS with DOS 6.0
When a power loss or system reboot occurs when using DOS 6.0, data on your hard
drive may become corrupt when the “write cache” option is enabled by SMARTDRV.
We recommend disabling the “write cache” option. Use the following configuration
to disable the “write cache” option:
SMARTDRV
If you are using DOS 6.0 with DoubleSpace, add the following line to your
AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
SMARTDRV H
Note The
above example assumes you ar e using a standar d computer configuration
consisting of Drives A, B, and C. Drive H is the host drive used by DoubleSpace.
If your computer is configured differ
ently , r efer to your DOS 6.0 user manual for
information r egar ding the DoubleSpace host drive selection.
Using DOS 6.0 with DoubleSpace
If you are using a 386/486 PC with 4 meg. RAM running DOS 6.0 with
DoubleSpace (uses a combination of extended and expanded memory), we
recommend using the following CONFIG.SYS:
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS /NUMHANDLES=128
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE FRAME=NONE
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS
FILES=40
BUFFERS=40
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\DBLSPACE.SYS /MOVE
Note If running in a W
indows envir onment, set the FILES parameter to 46 or higher
Example CONFIG.SYS file for extended (XMS) memory only:
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS /NUMHANDLES=128
DEVICE=C:\DOS\DBLSPACE.SYS /MOVE
FILES=40
BUFFERS=40