386MAX -- Answers to Common Questions -- submitted by: Gloria L. Short

The following document discusses some of the more frequently asked questions.  
If none of the following topics appear to correspond to a problem that 
you are encountering, feel free to leave a message, on my board.

I. Difficulty with disk compression software.

While 386MAX is completely compatible with disk compression software 
such as Stacker or SuperStor, the drive swapping functionality of these 
disk utilities can make optimization programs like MAXIMIZE awkward to use.  
For more information, please refer to the STACK.TXT and SUPER.TXT files 
in the Qualitas  software library.

II. Receive "DOSX32:DPMI host does not have 32-bit interrupt extension" 
error message from Microsoft C/C++ 7.0. 

The above error message is typically generated when there is insufficient 
memory for the compiler and PWB to work correctly.  In some cases, 
you may need to adjust the size of a disk cache or virtual disk that 
is being loaded in order to ensure that there is sufficient memory for 
the compiler and its environment.

If your system has less than 4MB of total memory installed, 
run MS C/C++ 7.0 from within Windows.  The virtual memory feature of 
Windows should allow enough resources to be present for the compiler 
to operate properly.

III. Windows and SVGA cards.

If you are unable to load Windows when using a SVGA card, determine 
whether your Windows configuration is using a high resolution or high 
color video driver.  In some cases, the high resolution video drivers 
make use of the monochrome display region found at hex address B000.  
Since this area is not utilized when Windows is not loaded, 386MAX 
often reclaims this region for use as High DOS or for swapping the 
VGA video BIOS.

If you are indeed loading a high resolution driver, edit the 
386MAX.PRO file found in the 386MAX subdirectory and remove the 
USE=B000-B800 and VGASWAP options if present.  Once the edit is 
completed, reboot the system and try to load Windows.

IV. Problems with drives.

If you are experiencing errors such as "Abort, Retry, Fail" with a 
floppy or hard drive, try adding the NOROM option to the 386MAX.PRO file.

If you have installed a CD ROM drive which is not functioning properly, 
determine whether the SCSI controller for the drive uses any memory 
address space between physical address 640KB and 1MB.  If so, determine 
the area used by the drive and add a RAM=xxxx-yyyy statement to the 
386MAX.PRO file to exclude the required address space.

V.  "Error in CONFIG.SYS line xx" message.

This message is generated whenever 386LOAD.COM is used to load a TSR 
into high DOS from an INSTALL= line in the CONFIG.SYS file.  The message 
is harmless and can be ignored.

