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Article #139Re: Win95 and games: good news...
From: ro... root
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 1995 00:00
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 1995 00:00
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In article <Pine.CVX.3.91.950418...@gibbs.oit.unc.edu>, jma...@gibbs.oit.unc.edu says... >Perhaps you can answer a question for me. As I understand it, the >settings you refer to in Win95 apply system-wide, is that the case? To >me, that seems like an unacceptable limitation. With OS/2, I can >tailor the settings for each program individually. > >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. Nope sorry wrong. Quit wasting bandwith with something you admit to knowing absolutely nothing about. Thanks, - Rich > >JOHN >
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From: ro...@wentz1.reslife.okstate.edu (root) Subject: Re: Win95 and games: good news... Date: 1995/04/18 Message-ID: <3n0rvg$13vn@bubba.ucc.okstate.edu> X-Deja-AN: 101089189 references: <3mtquj$hq2@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu> <D77pB0.8BD@caprica.com> <Pine.CVX.3.91.950418115058.20616E-100000@gibbs.oit.unc.edu> organization: NCC1701 mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc,comp.os.os2.games Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit