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- SPEED CHECK
-
- If after making the suggested changes,
- you are able to complete the following
- tasks in the specified time, then you have
- it all OK. If not go back through and double
- check everything, in particular, int's. and irq's.
-
- FROM WITHIN WINDOWS........................................
-
- IN LESS THAN A SECOND IN ABOUT 1 SECOND IN ABOUT 3 SECONDS
- --------------------- ----------------- ------------------
- 1. Fill entire screen with 1. Cd from hard disk to 1. Roll out to dos...
- paper.bmp.............. ram drive, or from 2. Bring up clock...
- 2. Arrange icons.......... hd to floppy disk... 3. Close a Notepad file
- 3. Do a dir of the ram dr. 2. View entire dir of and bring up another
- 4. From Win's dos prompt, 1.2 meg. floppy from file................
- type...set and view MSDOS.EXE........... 4. Call up Solitare....
- environment............ 3. View any hard disk 5. Go from dos prompt
- 5. type ... ver from dos directory from MSDOS. back into Windows...
- prompt to view ver...... EXE..................
- 4. Call up MSDOS.EXE....
- 5. Within Sysedit.Exe,
- switch from any program
- to another... i.e. win.ini
- to config.sys.............
- 6. End Windows session and be
- at dos prompt from MSDOS.
- EXE.......................
- 7. Close clock........
- 8. From Program mgr., switch
- from any module to another..
- i.e. NON WINDOWS APP to MAIN..
- 9. From Notepad, call up any text
- text file from another drive..
-
-
- . COMBINED NOTES
- AUTOEXEC.BAT AND CONFIG.SYS
- PCXT AUTOEXEC.BAT
-
- @ECHO OFF
- @CLS
- COPY /B COMMAND.COM D:\ /V
- SET COMSPEC=D:\COMMAND.COM
- PATH D:\;D:\TEMP;C:\;C:\WINDOWS;C:\dos;..
- MD D:\TEMP
- SET TEMP=D:\TEMP
- .
- .
- .
- Notes: 1. Re: "copy /b \command.com d:\ /v"...the 'd' is the drive that
- Ramdrive creates...only if 'd' is the 'next' available drive,
- if you are not sure of your 'next' available drive, setup
- config.sys first...keep your finger on the pause key..when
- Ramdrive creates the drive, it will tell you what that drive
- letter is....THEN setup this autoexec.bat to read 'that next'
- drive....
-
- YOU are then setting or copying:
- COMSPEC,
- the MD\TEMP,
- the SET TEMP
- and copying command.com
- to that 'next' drive.......
- ( OK? ) .....
-
- 2. Watch the path......also, the 'dos;..' was not a mistake
- in the previous WIN86.ZIP file....like the textbook says..
- this makes DOS files and commands available from anywhere,
- and the PARENT DIRECTORY of any subdirectory becomes
- available...(remember, .. means the parent of the current
- directory.....)
-
- i.e. if you have 3 data sub dir's such as...
- \wordproc\msword\data
- \wordp\data
- \scripsit\data
- a user in any of the \data subdirs has access to files and
- commands in the respective PARENT directory....
-
- Windows does not work well appended so a ;..
- will have to be a very poor replacement for now.
-
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- .
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-
- PCXT CONFIG.SYS
-
-
- DEVICE=C:\?\SETVER.EXE (DOS 5.0 only)
- DEVICE=C:\?\EMM.SYS
- DEVICE=C:\?\SMARTDRV.SYS 1384 640 /A
- DEVICE=C:\?\RAMDRIVE.SYS 640 /A
- INSTALL=C:\?\FASTOPEN.EXE C:=(150,150) /x
- FILES=30
- BUFFERS=1
- STACKS=0,0
- SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS\ /e:384 /p
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- .
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- Notes: 1. Replace \?\ with the directory the files are in
- 2. Re: Fastopen.exe, DOS 5.0 does not use file extents (10,15)
- only files (10).
- 3. Use Buffers=1 to save memory (default is 8), and only if
- you are installing Smartdrv as above; in any case, do not
- use the Buffers /x switch with Smartdrv........
- 4. You can pump up the environment to whatever is necessary
- to rid the "out of environment" message...1024, etc.....
- 5. Break=On slows down a system and should not be used...
- 6. I strongly suggest using an Ansi driver other than DOS's
- Ansi.sys since it slows down a system.
- .
- . For advanced users, I have 5 additional tips that I use daily to
- speed windows and other programs. However, these practices are currently
- under test. I expect the trial and error period to be completed by August
- 1st. range. If I can present it simply enough, the file will be contributed
- under the name of WIN861.zip. If I cannot keep the instructions simple,
- and you would care to receive a copy of these additional instructions,
- please leave a message to my attention.
- .
- . Hundreds of people have downloaded this file (in one day about 250)..
- PCWEEK has doen an article on it...the interest is there to make Win
- run on a PCXT so a user can be productive. I hope that you will will share
- this file with your friends so they will not be discouraged from trying
- Windows on an XT.
-
- As to 286 and 386 users, it would be quite difficult to offer a
- configuration via a contributed file of this nature. When I set up
- a system for my clients, I use every software utiltiy you can imagine,
- and it takes at least an hour, and that is in front of the pc....on site.
- I regret I cannot be more specific and helpful to all the 286 and 386
- users who have taken the time to write me. I can say that 'right out of
- the box', the Windows setup program cannot begin to advise you on the
- most important aspect of setup...int's. and irq's., including memory.
- If every device you have attached is working but the system seems slow,
- go back through your system hardware and software int's amd irq's. This
- is where I find the major hangups are.
- .
- .
- . Sincerely,
-
- Rick Morley
- 70154,1757
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