AUTOEXEC & CONFIG Spring Cleaning?

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Clueless in Seattle
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AUTOEXEC & CONFIG Spring Cleaning?

#1 Post by Clueless in Seattle » 21 Mar 2013 08:49

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"

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Re: AUTOEXEC & CONFIG Spring Cleaning?

#2 Post by foxidrive » 21 Mar 2013 15:26

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.

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