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Installing device drivers – Texas Instruments 4000M User Manual

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Memory Device Drivers

The following device drivers included in the C:\ directory
are provided to manage memory:

HIMEM.SYS

— An extended memory manager that

supervises the computer’s Extended memory so that
no two applications use the same memory at the same
time

EMM386.EXE

— Supports

LIM-EMS

Expanded memory

RAMDRIVE.SYS

— Supports

RAM

disks in standard,

Extended, and Expanded memory

SMARTDRV.EXE

— For use with a hard disk and

Extended or Expanded memory that supports
disk-caching to speed up reading from the hard disk.

Installing Device Drivers

To install a driver, add a

DEVICE

command line to your

CONFIG.SYS

file similar to the following, using the

MS-DOS EDIT

utility or a word processor that saves text files in

ASCII

format:

DEVICE=C:\DOS\XXXXXXXX.XXX [options]

Where

XXXXXXXX.XXX

is the name of the device driver, for

example,

HIMEM.SYS

. You must then restart the computer to

load the new

CONFIG.SYS

settings and activate the driver(s).

Memory Device Drivers

Configuring Memory F-5