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From: "Arkady V.Belousov" <ark AT belous DOT munic DOT msk DOT su>
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 00:14:15 +0300 (MSK)
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Hi!

22-ξΟΡ-2000 17:08 PAUL-MA AT reze-1 DOT rz DOT rwth-aachen DOT de (Matthias Paul) wrote to
opendos AT delorie DOT com:

>> [common]
MP> I would move this directive down to the end of the CONFIG.SYS file.

     Why?

>> FILES=160
MP> This is a very high value seldomly needed! I usually use FILES=60
MP> even when using the multitasker (FILES=60 is also sufficient
MP> for all the issues of NewDeal since a few years). To load all
MP> but 8 handles into UMBs, use FILESHIGH=60 instead. Of course,
MP> HIFILES works, too.
>> FASTOPEN=2024
>> LASTDRIVE=30

     I for years use:

[common]
numlock = off
break = on
dos = high,umb
country = 7,,\dos\country.sys
lastdrive = z
buffers = 16
stacks = 0,0
files = 80
fcbs = 1
shell = ndos.com

without any troubles. BTW, how many uses each additional LASTDRIVE?

>> BREAK=OFF

     =on is much better in my taste: by MS-DOS specifiaction differences
between ON and OFF are in handling ^Break at disk IO time. I.e. if program
uses console IO then you can break it even with BREAK=OFF, but if program
don't access console or disk in long time periods then even with BREAK=ON
you can't break it.

>> INSTALLHIGH=c:\drdos\SHARE.EXE /L:1400 /V /F:10000
MP> I usually use SHARE /L:60 which has served me well over the years.
MP> Takes much less memory and loads into the HMA.

     How many apps really require SHARE installed even in network
environment? Moreover, if you use Win 3 with vshare.386?

>> INSTALLHIGH=e:\qmouse\ctmouse.com

     CTMOUSE loads high itself and do it in more acceptable way than by DOS,
so I recommend use INSTALL instead INSTALLHIGH.