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- From: jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org (Joe Morris)
- Subject: Re: Environment size hack in DOS 5?
- Message-ID: <jcmorris.721667130@mwunix>
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- References: <1992Nov12.234502.22273@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 15:05:30 GMT
- Lines: 86
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- pynq@quads.uchicago.edu (George Jetson) writes:
-
- >In versions of DOS prior to 4.0, there was a well known patch location
- >in COMMAND.COM that allowed you to change the default environment size.
- >The default was usually something like 160 bytes (0A paragraphs), which
- >is ridculously low. However, it was a simple matter to use DEBUG to
- >patch it to something reasonable (e.g., setting the byte to 30 would get
- >you a 768 char [minimum] environment, in all your subshells.)
-
- >I have spent fruitless hours perusing the DOS 5 COMMAND.COM, and have
- >not been able to solve this problem. (I did it originally on a version
- >of DOS 3.3, long ago, in a couple of hours, so I know it should not be
- >that hard). I have also spent time on DR DOS 6.0, with the same dismal
- >results. I have also perused the usual gang of archive sites, and have
- >not found anything. So, my question to the net is, "Does anyone know
- >the magic patch locations for DOS 5.0?"
-
- >Anyone know the magic formula?
-
- <<<< CCC RRR EEE AAA KKK >>>> <--- sound of archive doors opening
-
- The following is an extract from a posting last year. I don't know
- if it ever made it to someone's FAQ list.
-
- I've edited the text to remove patches which make ECHO OFF the default
- for batch files since you get the same result be starting a .BAT file
- with the line '@echo off'. Also deleted were some general comments
- about finding the patch points.
-
- I've left the headers in place but edited them so that digest programs
- won't mistake them for a new article.
-
-
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-
-
- **From: NETOPRWA@ncsuvm.ncsu.edu (Wayne Aiken)
- **Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
- **Subject: Larry Rainey's DOS 5.0 patches
- **Date: 1 Jul 91 04:17:44 GMT
- **Organization: North Carolina State University Computing Center
- **Lines: 108
-
- Below, I present sections of code from MicroSoft MSDOS 5.00, dis-assembled with
- DEBUG so that those with versions of DOS other than the ones listed above
- can find the offsets for their COMMAND.COM.
-
- Here are the sections of code from MicroSoft MSDOS 5.00:
-
- The environment size
-
- -u 165b
-
- 1111:165B 58 POP AX
- 1111:165C C706C01E5100 MOV WORD PTR [1EC0],0051
- 1111:1662 C706BE1E1000 MOV WORD PTR [1EBE],0010 <<default envir. size>>
- 1111:1668 BAD498 MOV DX,98D4
- 1111:166B B104 MOV CL,04
- 1111:166D D3EA SHR DX,CL
- 1111:166F 8916CE1E MOV [1ECE],DX
- 1111:1673 2BC2 SUB AX,DX
- 1111:1675 A39802 MOV [0298],AX
- 1111:1678 A12C00 MOV AX,[002C]
-
- Just searching for '10 00' should find this one.
-
-
- Larry Rainey 6/11/91
-
- Recapped in easy keyin format:
-
- DEBUG COMMAND.COM
- E 1666 20
- W
- Q
-
- will set you environment to 512 (x'20')
-
- Wayne Aiken netoprwa@ncsuvm.bitnet "You can BE what
- PO Box 30904 netoprwa@ncsuvm.cc.ncsu.edu you WON'T!!"
- Raleigh, NC 27622 slack@ncsu.edu --"Bob"
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-
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-
- Joe Morris / MITRE
-