Hypertec HYPERAM AT User manual

HYPERAM AT
User's Manual
Multi function memory
boards for the
IBM AT
and compatibles
V3.00
HYPERTEC PTY LIMITED
408 Victoria Road,
Gladesville NSW 2111
AUSTRALIA
Phone: [phone] Fax: (02)
8163960
HYPERTEC (EUROPE) LIMITED
Bank House, 40 High Street,
Pewsey, Wiltshire SN9 SAQ
UNITED KINGDOM
Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone]

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
Introduction to Hyperam AT 1
Checklist 2
Installation procedure 3
INSTALLATION
Step by step instructions 6
Installing EMS 4.0
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Installing Hyperam AT manually
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PROBLEMS
Before you call Hypertec 37
Machine doesn't boot
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Setup errors 39
Machine no longer boots 40
Parity check 2
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Error messages 43
INSTALLING MORE MEMORY
Step by step instructions
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INSTALLING MULTIPLE BOARDS
Multiple boards for expanded memory 51
Multiple boards for extended memory 53

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HARDWARE REFERENCE
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How the memory works
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Disabling the board
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Expanded memory window 56
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Board address 56
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Amount of memory 57
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Serial ports
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Parallel ports
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SOFTWARE REFERENCE -
Overview
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The Hyperam AT pool driver
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POOL.SYS 63
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POOL400.SYS 65
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EMM400.SYS
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RAM disks 67
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RAMDISK.SYS
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RAMFMT.EXE
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Disk caching
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CACHE.SYS
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CACHE.EXE
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Print spooling and interrupt driving
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SPOOL.SYS
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SPOOL.EXE 77
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INTRUPT.SYS
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INTRUPT.EXE
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The popup menu
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POPUP.SYS
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SETRAMAT.EXE
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WTCRAM.EXE 88
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""" APPENDICES
Appendix A Switch setting summary
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Appendix B Warranty
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Product RepairProcedure
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-Trademarks
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HYPERAMAT
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INTRODUCTION
"" INTRODUCTION
"" Introduction to Hyperam AT
"" Hyperam AT is a memory board designed for the IBM
"" AT and other 16 bit "classic" style compatible machines.
There are two versions
of the Hyperam AT board:
Hyperam
AT and Hyperam AT/MF. Both versions supply
up to 2 Megabytes
of memory which can be used to
• bring your
system memory to the 640 Kb DOS limit
• provide
extended memory -this is memory appearing
above the normal address limit
of 1024Kb and is used
by multi user operating systems such as Xenix and
OS/2, by the IBM "VDISK" program, by special
applications such as Oracle and Lotus123 Release 3.0.
You may have up to 16Mb
of extended memory in
your system.
• provide
expanded memory for use by Hypertec
software and third party software compatible with the
Lotus/lntel/MicrosoftExpanded Memory Specification
(EMS) versions 4.0 and 3.2.
In addition, Hyperam AT/MF supplies:
• one serial port standard, with a second serial port
optional
• one parallel port standard
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Both versions of the board are supplied with an extensive -
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• menu driven install program which guides you through -
the installation process and sets up your software -
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Checklist
YourHyperam AT package should contain:
• Hyperam AT full-size expanded memory board
• Hyperam AT User's Manual
• Hyperam
AT installation disk
• Hyperam
AT EMS drivers disk
• Clip on
25 pin serial cable -only supplied with
Hyperam AT/MF two serial port option
If you do not have each of these items, contact your
dealer before proceeding further.
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INTRODUCTION
..... You may also find the following additional items useful.
-• Guide to Operations for your ffiM PC-AT
or
compatible
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-• Disk Operating System (DOS) Manual for your ffiM
-PC-AT
or compatible.
Installation procedure
-The Hyperam
AT installation disk contains an installation
program which guides you through the complete
hardware and software installation procedures for the
-Hyperam AT board. The Hyperam
AT User's Manual is
designed to supplement the Install program with reference
chapters and a Problems section.
To install Hyperam AT correctly you must:
(1 )Make a backup of the Hyperam AT installation disk
(2) Run the Hardware Configuration section
of the Install
program to obtain correct switch settings for the
Hyperam
AT board.
(3) Install Hyperam AT in your IBM AT
or compatible
(4) Run the Memory and Software Configuration section
of the install program to initialise the Hyperam AT as
system, expanded and/or extended memory and,
optionally, to install the Hypertec utilties.
Tum now to the next section headed Installation.
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