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Article #142Re: Win95 and games: good news...
From: kem...
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 00:00
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 00:00
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>>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 Likewise, quit wasting bandwidth on a stupid retort to a legitimate question. Do try and answer the question before spewing childish putdowns. Does or does not Win95 allow the user to change the number of files for each session? Incidentally, OS/2 does not require a certain # of "files". The "files" parameter is only used by the DOS session. (ie, when you close the session, the memory dedicated to "files" is released) (or so the Command Reference says...) ---------- Alson Kemp kem...@ece.orst.edu "Gambled once and won, Never made a dollar." -Uncle Tupelo
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From: kem...@ucs.orst.edu Subject: Re: Win95 and games: good news... Date: 1995/04/19 Message-ID: <3n1qls$m8g@gaia.ucs.orst.edu> X-Deja-AN: 101089371 references: <3mtquj$hq2@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu> <D77pB0.8BD@caprica.com> <Pine.CVX.3.91.950418115058.20616E-100000@gibbs.oit.unc.edu> <3n0rvg$13vn@bubba.ucc.okstate.edu> organization: Oregon State University reply-to: kem...@ucs.orst.edu 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 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit