LP> Greetings and Salutations,

LP>      -=> Lee Aroner wrote to Linda Proulx <=-

 LA>    A few suggested changes:

 LP> IFS=C:\OS2\HPFS.IFS /CACHE:256 /CRECL:4 /AUTOCHECK:C
 LA>               Try 512 or 1024  ^^         ^ Try 16 or 32

 LA>    (f you have more than 16 megs of memory and are using HPFS)

LP> Have 6.

   Eeeeek!  It's gonna be slow.

  > SET PROMPT=$i[$p]
 LA>      Try this as : $p$g and add a line like:
 LA>    SET DIRCMD=/A/O:GN/P/V

LP> Why.

   This removes the help prompt and the DirCmd gives you control 
   over how files and dirs are presented. Do a HELP DIRCMD to see 
   what your options are.

  > FILES=20  (Change to 60 or 80)
 LA>    Change this immediately...20 is too low for win apps and some dos
 LA>    apps will also choke...

LP> Ok.

  > MAXWAIT=3
 LA>    On a fast machine you can change this to "2"

LP> Speed 25.  What is considered fast 75/100? Less, more?

   25 Pentium, or 486?  Leave it at 3 if 486. This param determines 
   how often the system looks at things...on a slow machine it means 
   CPU cycles will be spent that could be better used on apps.


  > BASEDEV=IBM2FLPY.ADD
 LA>    Unless you have a Microchannel machine, REM this out

LP> Ok.

  > BASEDEV=XDFLOPPY.FLT
 LA>    You only need this for reading compressed install type disks,
 LA>    REM it out if you are done with the installs.

LP> Ok.  Only OS/2 compressed?

   Yup.

  > FCBS=16,8
 LA>    Set this to "8,4"

LP> Again, why?

   Waste of resources. Most DOS apps don't use FCBs and the ones 
   that do don't, as a rule, need this many. The only ones that 
   might would be really, really old stuff, like DOS version 2.


  > DOS=LOW,NOUMB
 LA>    You can experiment with "DOS=HIGH,UMB" when everything else is
 LA>    working properly and if you have DOS apps that need more memory
 LA>    or if you want to experiment with loading DOS drivers high...
 LA>    this can also sometimes help with Win apps.

LP> According to the book, my hardware memory needed this.  Only 6 remember.

   This has nada to do with hardware...it's only a setting for 
   whether the non-transient portion of command.com (and other parts 
   of the DOS base code) will be loaded high, and whether drivers 
   will be allowed to load into UMBs. On a memory constrained 
   machine, it may (will almost certainly in your case) actually 
   hurt more than help. Leave it at low for now and revisit it when 
   you get some more memory.


 LA>    The rest of it looks ok.

LP> Good.

 LP> Still haven't found anything that tells me how to set a general data
  > directory for all the program.  But then haven't had a chance to do a
  > lot of playing yet.

 LA>    Settings for individual applications are on the properties
 LA>    notebook for the object, accessable by right clicking.

LP> All applications, no matter what?

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