On Sat, 29 Jul 2000 13:50:59 -0400, Zachary Campbell wrote:
> Here is my yucky config.sys.
> DEVICE=C:\DRDOS\EMM386.EXE MULTI DPMI=ON FRAME=AUTO /V /R=AUTO NOEMS
> DEVICE=C:\DRDOS\SETVER.EXE
> SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM C:\ /E:512 /P
> BREAK=OFF
> BUFFERS=80
> FILES=20
> FCBS=4,4
> Rem LASTDRIVE=C
> HISTORY=ON,512,ON
> COUNTRY=1,,C:\DRDOS\COUNTRY.SYS
> DOS=HIGH,UMB
> DEVICEHIGH=C:\DRDOS\ANSI.SYS
> LASTDRIVE=G
> Anything wrong with it?
Try this one instead......
DEVICE=C:\DRDOS\EMM386.EXE DPMI=OFF FRAME=AUTO /R=AUTO
DOS=HIGH,UMB
SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM C:\ /E:1024 /P
BREAK=ON
BUFFERS=30
FILES=50
FCBS=4,4
HISTORY=ON,256,ON
1) Get "MULTI" out of there unless you're going to use the task manager.
2) As you see, I have DPMI=OFF (no need in having it loaded when only a
very few programs are going to actually *need* it)
And when I *do* need it.... CWSDPMI.EXE is in my path. :-)
3) Here's the BIG problem..... /V(no addresses given), prevents you from
using ANY graphics programs.
(that is if you also have "memmax +v" in your autoexec.bat)
The work-around is to use "memmax -v" before attempting to run any
graphics programs.
4) Get that "NOEMS" out of there. (unless for some specific reason you
have found that you need to turn-off EMS support)
You see with EMM386, all memory above 1MB will automatically be
allocated for EMS or XMS depending upon which one of these a
particular program tries to use.
5) Increase environment space to 1024 bytes (/e:1024)
6) Turn "Break=ON" so that you can use Cntrl+C to "break-out" of some
programs.
7) Decrease buffers to 30
8) Increase files to 50
9) You'll only need "FCBS" if you still use some old programs which
need them.
10) The history buffer can be decreased to 256 bytes unless you feel you
need those extra 256 bytes for recalling command prompt etries from
last week. :-)))
11) Don't use either "setver" or "ansi" unless you *need* them for some
specific programs you are running.
I hope this helps.
BTW, I have my fire extinguisher right here ready.
(I sense a "flame war" is about to begin over some of my opinions):-)))
Glenn McCorkle [EMAIL PROTECTED] North Jackson, Ohio, USA
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