I took a look at my old MS-DOS 6.21 AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files and realized that they are both haphazard patchworks that I can't begin to sort out.
These files go back to over a decade ago when I became disabled by chronic illness, lost my job and then my housing, so what I didn't end up tossing overboard I put into storage during a long stretch of homelessness.
I'm only now beginning to pick up where I left off with my MS-DOS project over ten years ago, and I can't recall what many of the lines in those files are supposed to do or why I ever put them in there in the first place.
Back then I was always experimenting and trying new tricks and didn't feel the need to put in comment lines to explain any changes I made.
So, since yesterday was the first day of spring, I'd like to try cleaning up my AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files.
If I were to post them here, is there anyone reading this who would be willing to take a look at them and offer advice on how to clean them up?
Will in Seattle
a.k.a. "Clueless"
AUTOEXEC & CONFIG Spring Cleaning?
Moderator: DosItHelp
Re: AUTOEXEC & CONFIG Spring Cleaning?
I think they are enough on topic to post.
Config.sys basically loads drivers for MSDOS to use. Autoexec loads TSRs and sets environment variables and runs processes - the thing that could make them appear quite messy is any memory optimisation when loading and menus.
Post them here and we can take a look.
Config.sys basically loads drivers for MSDOS to use. Autoexec loads TSRs and sets environment variables and runs processes - the thing that could make them appear quite messy is any memory optimisation when loading and menus.
Post them here and we can take a look.