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- # MiNT configuration file. Edit this with a normal ASCII text editor
- # Lines starting with '#' are comments. Other lines are commands for
- # MiNT to execute at boot up, or variables that control how MiNT
- # behaves.
-
- # Here are some variables you can set. First, and most important, is the
- # full path+name of the program to execute at boot up time. If this
- # is not specified, MiNT will boot the version of GEM in ROM.
-
- INIT=c:\mint\tcsh.ttp
-
- #
- # OK; other things you can change if you want to. There are reasonable
- # defaults for all of these.
- #
-
- # MAXMEM= gives the maximum amount of memory that any process may use
- # (in kilobytes). The default is to make this unlimited, but if you have
- # a lot of memory and/or programs that grab more memory than they should,
- # try setting this.
- # e.g. to limit processes to 4096K of memory, remove the '#' at the
- # beginning of the next line.
-
- #MAXMEM=4096
-
- # SLICES controls how long a process may run before being interrupted.
- # The default value (2) is usually best, but if you tend to run
- # very processor intensive applications in the foreground, you might
- # want to put SLICES=3 (this makes cpu hogs get more time than they
- # otherwise would).
-
- #SLICES=3
-
- # DEBUG_LEVEL controls output of debugging information. The higher
- # the level, the more stuff MiNT will spew about about what it's doing.
- # The average user doesn't want to hear about this stuff, so the default
- # is 0.
- # DEBUG_DEVNO is the BIOS device number to which the info should be sent.
- # The default is the screen
-
- #DEBUG_LEVEL=1
- #DEBUG_DEVNO=3
-
- # BIOSBUF controls how BIOS I/O is performed. Normally, MiNT tries to buffer
- # this to provide a (considerable) improvement in speed. However, some
- # applications may get upset by this. BIOSBUF=no turns off all buffering
- # for maximum compatibility.
-
- #BIOSBUF=no
-
- #
- # Here are some commands that you can give to MiNT:
- # alias d: path -- make a fake "drive" that actually points to the given
- path
- # cd path -- changes MiNT's default directory
- # echo message -- print something on the screen
- # exec program -- runs a program; you must give the complete path
- # and file extensions (e.g. c:\bin\echo.prg)
- # sln path link -- make a symbolic link named "link" pointing to "path"
- # "link" must be on drive U: for this to work
-
- # Examples follow
- #
- # Old versions of MiNT used drive letters Q:, X:, and V: to stand for
- # the pipe, process, and device directories, respectively. This is no
- # longer directly supported, but we can use 'alias' to achieve the same
- # effect, as follows:
- #
- #alias q: u:\pipe
- #alias x: u:\proc
- #alias v: u:\dev
-
- #You could also use "alias" to provide a quick way of getting at
- #nested directories, e.g. if you do
- #alias r: c:\some\long\path
- #then clicking on drive r: puts you into the folder c:\some\long\path
-
- #
- # The "echo" command is really straightforward.
- #
- #echo Now booting MiNT.
- #
-
- #
- # The "exec" command is used to launch programs. Note that programs
- # so launched are started before GEM is, so they must be TOS/TTP
- # programs. Most commonly used for starting device drivers.
-
- #exec c:\mint\clockdev.prg -a
-
- #
- # The "sln" command may be used to create "links" on drive U:. If
- # u:\foo is a link to c:\bar, then u:\foo\foo.txt is another way
- # of saying c:\bar\foo.txt. Judicious use of links can make
- # re-arranging hard disks and directories painless (if you always
- # use the names on drive u:, it doesn't matter where you put
- # the actual directories).
-
- #sln c:\bin u:\bin
- #sln c:\mint\app u:\app
- #sln d:\termcap\etc u:\etc
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