ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º º º ISA Bus: Software Compatibility: L-M º º º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ LOGITECH MOUSE COM & AB PS/286 Versions of MOUSE.COM earlier than 3.2 are incompatible with the Above Board PS/286, Plus I/O, and Plus 8 I/O serial port. If you have a version of MOUSE.COM earlier than 3.2 and you want to use the Above Board's serial port, use the MOUSE.SYS driver. LOTUS 123 LOTUS 123 VER 3.0 (This information comes from Lotus 1-2-3 Release 3.0 documentation, Appendix, Memory Management. Information on structuring files for minimum memory use and regaining lost memory is also contained in this section of Lotus' documentation.) MEMORY REQUIREMENTS: MINIMUM: 640Kb conventional, 384Kb extended. RECOMMENDED: 640Kb conventional, 1Mb extended, and any additional as expanded. Be sure that the extended memory has not been allocated to other applications such as disk caches. Check CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT if unsure. Since most DOS applications cannot use extended memory but can make use of expanded, configure as much expanded memory as needed for other applications that use it. When configured for both kinds of memory, the 1-2-3 program is stored in extended and data in expanded. When expanded is full, 1-2-3 places any additional data in extended. For i386CPU-based systems with drivers that emulate expanded memory: "If this memory is not already being used, 1-2-3 will automatically use this memory as extended memory. However, 1-2-3 will use only the amount of memory that the drivers control. This amount is usually set by a statement in your CONFIG.SYS file." Check your documentation for your driver to change it. "NOTE: 1-2-3 works with these drivers only if they support the Virtual Control Program Interface, (VCPI). Among those that support VCPI are Qualitas' 386MAX (TM) version 4.03 or later, QEMM - Quarterdeck Expanded Memory Manager (TM) version 4.2 or later, and CEMM - Compaq Expanded Memory Manager (TM)." LOTUS 1-2-3 RELEASE 3.0 AND OS/2 Intel tested this program under OS/2 and it is compatible with Above Board Plus, Plus 8, 286, AT, and the Matched Memory Classic. However, trap errors can occur under OS/2 version 1.2 or later when you switch to another task, then back to 1-2-3. If this happens, call Lotus to get the latest video drivers. LOTUS 1-2-3 RELEASE 3.0 ONLY SEES 15 MEG OF MEMORY Some programs can only see 15Megabytes of memory no matter how much is installed. 1-2-3 3.0 is one of those programs. HOW 1-2-3 AND SYMPHONY USE EXPANDED MEMORY Lotus 1-2-3 versions earlier than 3.0 and Symphony use four bytes of conventional memory as a pointer to every cell that is stored in expanded memory. Once conventional memory is full, there is no room to store pointers, so no more expanded memory can be used. 1-2-3 and Symphony always store integers, range names, and string constants in conventional memory. They store real numbers, labels, and formulas in expanded memory. You can't save conventional memory by changing data types. It's possible to have a large, full spreadsheet that uses no expanded memory. It's also possible to have many complex formulas or long labels that fill expanded memory while conventional memory is still available. To get more conventional memory, you must remove any memory resident programs you've loaded. You can check expanded memory amounts as follows: 1-2-3 command: /Worksheet Status Symphony command: F9 Settings SLOW FILE RETRIEVAL IN 1-2-3 Slow file retrieval is a 1-2-3 Release 2 'bug fix' unrelated to Above Boards. Before retrieving a file do a dummy file combine as follows: /FCCE{dummyfile}{esc} /FR{realfile} This fix will speed file retrieval tenfold. LOTUS PHONE NUMBERS Lotus Customer support ph: (617) 253-9150 Lotus Product information ph: (617) 623-6572 Lotus General information ph: (800) 367-6100 x1000 LOTUS 1-2-3 GRAPHS AND QUIKBUF If spreadsheets are buffering properly but graphs are not, there is nothing wrong with QUIKBUF. Graphs created in Lotus 1-2-3 cannot be buffered properly because of the way the PrintGraph routine works. Here's why: PrintGraph does not create an entire page and send it to the printer. Instead, it creates a portion of the graph, sends it to the printer, creates the next portion, sends it, and so on. Because of this, print buffers in general are ineffective when printing 1-2-3 graphs. MICRO GENIE This is a DNA research program that uses all available conventional memory in a 640K-byte computer. It won't work with EMM installed because EMM uses about 10K bytes of conventional memory. Beckman Labs' Technical Support number is (800) 362-2248 MICROSOFT Due to the amount of information on these products, the Microsoft information has been split into a separate FaxBACK document. See document 1154 for detailed information. MOVE'EM (BY QUALITAS) Intel has tested Move'Em with the Above Board ISA and found it to be compatible. Customers have reported Move'Em to be compatible with the Above Board Plus, Plus I/O, Plus 8, Plus 8 I/O, and ISA. Move'em is a memory manager for PC's, XT's, and 286-based computers. Move'em requires an Expanded Memory Manager to map 16K pages in upper-memory (between 640K and 1Mb) before it can load anything high. If you want some Expanded Memory and you want to use Move'em, you will need at least 80K of AVAILABLE upper-memory blocks, (64K for the Expanded Memory Page Frame, and AT LEAST 16K MORE for Move'em to use). If you do not have any extra mappable 16K pages beyond the 64K Expanded Memory Page Frame, the Move'em installation will give you an error saying that you do not have the hardware required to use Move'em. IMPORTANT ABOVE BOARD ISA NOTE: Move'em is compressed on the 386MAX diskette. Run INSTALL from the 386MAX diskette and Move'em will be installed on your PC, XT, or 286-based computer. No Move'em files can be seen using the DOS DIR command on the 386MAX diskette because they are compressed with other files. MULTI-LINK This software can't use Lotus-Intel-Microsoft expanded memory, but you can use an Above Board to furnish extended memory if a Software Link GIZMO card is installed. Multi-Link works with early JRAM expanded memory. MULTIMATE AND QUIKBUF Multimate has its own print buffer that can't be disabled. When printing, MultiMate writes documents into a disk file called WPQUE and sends them to the printer from the disk. Erasing the WPQUE.SYS file from the MultiMate diskette clears the MultiMate print queue, but the WPQUE file will be recreated the next time a document is sent to the printer. You shouldn't use Intel's QUIKBUF when running MultiMate; errors can occur (especially when multiple copies are sent to print) and QUIKBUF will have no noticeable buffering effect. When troubleshooting MultiMate problems, make sure the Print Document menu in MultiMate is set up correctly. Check the printer driver type, spool in background/foreground, number of copies, etc. Also, try erasing WPQUE to clear the buffer, and then start again. ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ End of file Intel FaxBack # 1056 December 2,1992