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John Michael Martz <jma...@gibbs.oit.unc.edu> wrote:
>
> I'm cross-posting this message into comp.os.os2.games, because OS/2 is 
> beginning to get bad-mouthed in this thread (not by James, below, so 
> don't berate him), and I thought it reasonable to try to achieve some 
> balance here.
> 
> On Tue, 18 Apr 1995, James Lummel wrote:
> 
> > To handle the problem of DOS games with Windows '95, I have my regular
> > multi-boot config.sys and a C:\WIN.BAT file that checks the configuration
> > that was chosen at start-up.  If it's any configuration but the Windows
> > one, to drops me to DOS (Yes, Win '95 runs on TOP of DOS - still!!).  I 
> 
> 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. 
> 
> JOHN
> 
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Yes you can do the same thing under Windows 95, you can run a DOS program
under Windows 95 in a full screen or window (equal to OS2 PM) or you
can run it under MSDOS mode with the default or specify your own
CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT.. works out pretty well.