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In <Pine.CVX.3.91.950418...@gibbs.oit.unc.edu> John
Michael Martz <jma...@gibbs.oit.unc.edu> writes: 

>Now, let's say that I want to run a DOS game that likes FILES=50.  In
>OS/2, I simply change the game's settings to boost the files for that
>session -- then, whenever I run the game, it uses FILES=50 and then
>drops back to my system default (FILES=20) when I exit the game.  Why
>should I penalize all my other tasks just for the sake of that one
>program by increasing my system-wide FILES statement?  How does Win95
>handle this example?  From what I understand, it would require that I
>use FILES=50 system-wide or reboot into another configuration -- is
>that correct?  If so, it doesn't seem like much of an improvement over
>what many people currently do in DOS.

It's a hard call, because I haven't found any exceptions to what I'm
about to say.

As I've mentioned previously, I run Win95 with NO CONFIG.SYS and a
streamlined AUTOEXEC.BAT (just a few SET statements, and a path or
two), and not one thing (that's going to run under Win95 directly) has
a problem with this, and in general, runs better.  And this includes
such things as programs that require X amount of FILES, etc. (like
WordPerfect--it runs fine).  As far as games go, no complaints from
them either.  They don't need the sound driver TSRs, mouse TSRs, etc.
like they do in straight DOS (which is nice).  The few games that burp
under Win95 (and require a reboot setup) are usually the ones with
proprietary memory managers (like Ultima 7 & Strike Commander, I
believe).

So, yes, if you have startup files with settings like that, then yes,
it will affect everything globally (loading SMARTDRV appears to
supersede the Win95 caching, which is faster; loading any CD-ROM device
drivers disables 32-bit file access (I think) in Win95).. so you're
better off just letting Win95 handle everything.

EVERYTHING. ;)


Rich
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