Date: Sat, 6 Jun 1998 09:52:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: Travis Siegel <tsiegel AT softcon DOT com>
To: Dean Dancey <dtwo AT sympatico DOT ca>
cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Mem Probs.
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Ok, first thing I see here is two things.  In your autoexec.bat file, move
your path statement down to the end of the file.  This will save a bit of
memory.  (move the set lines down there too) that way, each time you run a
program, they don't have to load those variables using up space that could
otherwise be put to use.  Secondly, you need not put in the;
prompt $p$g
since that's the default on drdos.  In fact, I don't like that, so I have
to put in a blank prompt line to eliminate that. :)
As for the config.sys, (do you really need a lastdrive = Z?)
I'd say trim it down to whatever your last drive is plus 2 or three for
comfort.  (I.E. if your last drive is letter c, then make your lastdrive
statement e or f.)
That alone will gain you 1 or 2 K of memory with just those couple steps.
Hope this helps.