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RAS96 RASCard User Guide
26 CommPlete Communications Server
Halt On
The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during
power up.
All errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal error, the system will be stopped
and you will be prompted.
No errors The system boot will not be stopped for any error that may be detected.
All, But
Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error; it will stop for all other
errors.
All, But
Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error; it will stop for all other
errors.
All, But
Disk/Key The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk error; it will stop for
all other errors (Default).
Memory
The category is display-only. Values are determined by the BIOS power-on self-test
(POST).
Base
Memory The POST determines the amount of base (or conventional) memory
installed in the system. The value of the base memory is typically 640K
for systems with 640K or more memory installed on the motherboard.
Extended
Memory The BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the
POST. This is the amount of memory located above 1MB in the CPU’s
memory address map.
Expanded
Memory Expanded Memory is memory defined by the Lotus/Intel/Microsoft
(LIM) standard as Expanded Memory Specification (EMS). While most
standard DOS applications cannot access memory above 640K, EMS
provides an interface allowing access to all system memory. Though still
in use by some DOS applications, EMS is rapidly declining in
importance, since new processors and operating systems prefer
extended memory. A special, expanded memory device driver is
required to use memory as Expanded Memory.
Other
Memory This refers to the memory located in the 640K to 1024K address space.
This is memory that can be used for different applications. DOS uses
this area to load device drivers in an effort to keep as much base memory
free for application programs. The BIOS is the most frequent user of this
RAM area, since this is where it shadows RAM.