Mail Archives: opendos/1999/03/07/13:47:11
X-Comment-To: Bob Jonkman
Hi!
4-ζΕΧ-99 21:55 BJONKMAN AT sobac DOT com (Bob Jonkman) wrote to opendos AT delorie DOT com:
>> LASTDRIVE=Z
BJ> LASTDRIVE is really only needed for Personal Netware. If you're not
BJ> running a network leave it off, or set it explicitly to the last
BJ> drive letter you need.
Good rule to set lastdrive=z - this minimizes prblems with drive
letters shortage in future.
>> FCBSHIGH=4,4
BJ> Could set FCBS to 0,0 -- most programs no longer use file control
BJ> blocks but file handles.
I think, at least one FCB must remain (this is not too much memory).
>> HISTORY=ON,512,ON
BJ> Could always reduce the history buffer if memory is really critical...
>> COUNTRY=1,,C:\OPENDOS\COUNTRY.SYS
BJ> If you're running all US English programs on US English hardware you
BJ> probably don't need COUNTRY.SYS
country.sys not eat memory. You lost memory only for display.sys,
nlsfunc.exe and keyb.exe.
>> STACKS=9,256
>> DEVICEHIGH = C:\WINDOWS\IFSHLP.SYS
BJ> I believe IFSHLP.SYS is only required for Windows For Workgroups
BJ> networking. If you use Personal Netware you don't need this.
Also ifshlp.sys required if you turn on 32BDA (bit disk access) in
Windows.
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