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- From: dlv@cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu (Dimitri Vulis, CUNY GC Math)
- Subject: Re: A good config.sys for 486/33 machines
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- References: <1992Aug21.200039.22046@njitgw.njit.edu>
- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 00:37:43 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug21.200039.22046@njitgw.njit.edu>, dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
- >My friend has a 486/33 with 16MB of memory and found OS/2 slow at
- >first. He tweaked his config.sys file a bit, and now it is very fast.
- Many thanks! I have a few comments.
- >>DISKCACHE=256,LW,32
- I recommend adding ,AC:CD here if you have any FAT drives (like C and D).
- This'll run chkdsk/f on them which you can't do after you boot.
- >>PRINTMONBUFSIZE=2048,134,134
- >This controls the printer's buffering. I don't know if it's for DOS
- >sessions or for all sessions.
- This seems to speed printing up on my machine and if you have a printer
- on LPT2 then replace the second 134 by 2048 too.
- >>SET DELDIR=C:\DELETE,512;
- >This allows the undelete function to work. By default, this line is
- >REMarked off.
- I've had the machine hang when deleting files from DOS box with undelete
- un-remed; so I remed it back. (A lurking bug, I think)
- >
- >>BASEDEV=PRINT01.SYS
- >>BASEDEV=IBM1FLPY.ADD
- >>BASEDEV=IBM1S506.ADD
- Be careful here if you copy this to your config.sys! The '1' files are for
- ISA (AT) and the '2' files are for Microchannel (PS/2).
- >>DEVICE=C:\OS2\APPS\SASYNCDA.SYS
- >This helps DOS sessions use the COM port.
- Nope, this is used by OS/2 apps like PM terminal and can be remed out if you're
- only using DOS communications or serial mice or for OS/2 apps
- that use DosOpen for COMn (saving a little memory)
- Dimitri Vulis
- CUNY GC Math
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