Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 09:39:13 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Christo Zietsman <obsidian AT thevortex DOT com>
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On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Christo Zietsman wrote:

> I would have included error messages if there where any. The problem is I'm
> returned to windows with the classical error "This program has
> preformed an illegal operation..."
> It then gives me the fault location, in this case it is FF3C:A1E9 if
> I means anything.

Send the contents of your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS, the output of
the command "SET" when typed from the command line, and the exact
commands you use when it crashes.  Please also remind what program
crashes, since you've changed the Subject line, and I cannot find your
original message anymore.

> I would also just like to find out what the general rule on the
> FILE= setting in the config.sys should be, it is currently set to 60
> as I saw in the example you wrote in the FAQ.

60 is okay, and Windows gives you more anyway.