Heimo, The FILES= setting is needed for those exotic DOS applications that want to do heavy database management and the like. For normal word processing and such, a setting of FILES=41 or so should do fine, even if you're using sidekick (which I have, by the way).
The BUFFERS= setting is done in the interests of speed, rather than memory availability (the result of some tuning and experiment). The FCBS= setting is needed for certain older DOS utilities written in assembly, which use File Control Blocks (heritage from CP/M days) rather than File Handles. Using FCBs to create and open files, as well as rename, gives a programmer more control of some obscure things that can be cool to do (file gapping, illegal file names, etc.). Most later software won't need this setting. You can guess that I do in fact keep some of these older utilities around. The STACKS= setting is a provision for certain interrupt handling techniques, common in earlier communications software and some device drivers. Again, if I didn't keep so much dusty software around, I probably wouldn't need it at all. Most of the speed boost for DOS comes from either making more memory available or keeping programs from hitting the disk. However, I have found that if the L1 or L2 cache is off, a normally energetic machine can pant like a dog. ~~Garry [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Heimo Claasen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 5:34 PM Subject: Re: [SURVPC] dos and a p133? > Garry, isn't the FILE=/BUFFERS=/FCBS= somewhat on the hight side ? > I remember that this "eats" low mem, even with the DOS=UMB set. > I run files/buffers with =30 all the time and never ever had a problem > with that (nor with FCBS=4,4). > > The "odd number" thing is interesting though, I'll set them to "29" > and want to see what happens. > > And is that STACK= thing really necessary any more ? (What for ?) > > // Heimo Claasen // <hammer at revobild dot net> // Brussels 2001-11-17 > The WebPlace of ReRead - and much to read ==> http://www.revobild.net > To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
