Message-Id: <199902050434.XAA24902@xenon.xe.com> From: Bob Jonkman Organization: SOBAC Microcomputer Services To: opendos AT delorie DOT com Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 21:55:47 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: DR-DOS Memory Maximizing? X-Confirm-Reading-To: Bob Jonkman X-pmrqc: 1 In-reply-to: <36B3B59A.853F014D@hempseed.com> X-PM-Encryptor: JN-PGP-P, 4 X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v3.01d) Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Couple more hints on Bob's CONFIG.SYS: This is what Bobbitchin AT hempseed DOT com said about "Re: DR-DOS Memory Maximizing?" on 30 Jan 99, at 17:44 [snip] > DEVICE=C:\OPENDOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS DPMI=ON FRAME=NONE /V /R=AUTO /XMSUMB Thanx for the tip about /XMSUMB! I'd forgotten that one. In the 8 Septebmer 1998 release notes (DR-DOS 7.02) it mentions that the default of EMM386 is now to turn XMSUMB on, and the switch has been changed to /NOXMSUMB. > DEVICE=C:\OPENDOS\DPMS.EXE > REM DEVICE=C:\OPENDOS\SETVER.EXE > DOS=HIGH,UMB > SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM C:\ /E:512 /P > BREAK=OFF > BUFFERSHIGH=40 > FILESHIGH=40 ??? Are these new? I see nothing listed in the documentation about these two commands. > LASTDRIVE=Z LASTDRIVE is really only needed for Personal Netware. If you're not running a network leave it off, or set it explicitly to the last drive letter you need. > FCBSHIGH=4,4 Could set FCBS to 0,0 -- most programs no longer use file control blocks but file handles. > HISTORY=ON,512,ON Could always reduce the history buffer if memory is really critical... > COUNTRY=1,,C:\OPENDOS\COUNTRY.SYS If you're running all US English programs on US English hardware you probably don't need COUNTRY.SYS > STACKS=9,256 > DEVICEHIGH = C:\WINDOWS\IFSHLP.SYS I believe IFSHLP.SYS is only required for Windows For Workgroups networking. If you use Personal Netware you don't need this. > DEVICEHIGH=C:\CDROMDRV\ATAPICD.SYS /D:MSCD001 [snip] > Dean Dancey wrote: > > > > Can anyone give me some pointers on getting the most memory out of > > DR-DOS?? Does it offer anything akin to MEMMAKER??? Or QEMM??? What I > > have so far, sucks. -Dean Dancey -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: cp850 Comment: PGP ensures message authenticity and non-repudiability iQCVAwUBNrpdr6LoCveuM+mJAQEBAwP/fBsIvtwgLkZma5LCRE3/+nj5SAPl8y6L MWqRKY6itzlHZ9ApUO/T8O77GuWvGn298nA66U/xduIsh7lQOp5AnttZn6lgsK0c bw4tM6wSQ0gJ79cEnFcCMO3x2NM2+9PfN64ot4eMWeG15DOzKgc1+/yOiYDir3E4 gTU+W1M1A20= =HYWZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ===== Bob Jonkman SOBAC Microcomputer Services 4 Gold Pine Court Voice: +1-905-793-4537 Brampton ON L6S 2K6 Canada mailto:bjonkman AT sobac DOT com Networking -- Office & Business Automation -- Consulting PGP Fingerprint: 9F AF A6 AC B5 67 BC 10 89 73 7C F0 CB 27 03 17 PGP ID: AE33E989 mailto:bjonkman AT sobac DOT com?subject=send_key