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I never ran 6, but under 3.3 and 4 we (my pals and I) had all created a complicated array of batch files to create multiple booting options (autoexec/config com
by ubermonkey 3y ago
I never ran 6, but under 3.3 and 4 we (my pals and I) had all created a complicated array of batch files to create multiple booting options (autoexec/config combos).
It was originally borne of a need to allow us all to have our own preferred setup on shared PCs in the computer lab we worked in, and just grew from there. My pal Dave may have given us the idea with his scheme of multiple boot profiles on his Amiga, come to think of it.
>moving stuff between EMS/XMS so older games could fit.
Oh god this. My pal Mike and I -- who, I note fondly, I was visiting with last weekend, 30+ years later -- spent a LONG time basically becoming subject matter experts on DOS memory allocation and manipulation. It was my first experience with hard-won knowledge that was nevertheless useless relatively quickly; I remember NONE of it now. But holy cow we futzed around with this SO MUCH -- initially to accommodate various games or other heavyweight programs, and then out of momentum.