Zap! Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 Pretty much what the title said. Just the necessary stuff. I only remember how to set the path and the old "PROMPT $P$G" line. I remember ECHO, but I don't know if that's available in DOS 3.10. Most of the stuff I searched the web for only has stuff in there that's specific to later DOS versions or for computers with sound cards, but I want to stick to the time period for the old 5160 XT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Usotsuki Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 config.sys: device=c:\dos\ansi.sys autoexec.bat: echo off path c:\dos prompt $p$g This is pretty basic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zap! Posted June 13, 2021 Author Share Posted June 13, 2021 Thank you for that, gonna use it. If there's anything left out that you think I could use (such as speeding up the XT), please let me know. Otherwise, I'm gonna use this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wierd_w Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 Not much you can do with the XT aside from enabling ansi graphics with ansi.sys. It cannot access memory above 1mb, so you cannot use the HMA, or things of that nature. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krebizfan Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 Depending on the software, it may be necessary to increase Files and Buffers from the defaults. Even something as simple as Kermit needs Files=20 and Buffers=20. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zap! Posted June 14, 2021 Author Share Posted June 14, 2021 On 6/13/2021 at 12:21 PM, Krebizfan said: Depending on the software, it may be necessary to increase Files and Buffers from the defaults. Even something as simple as Kermit needs Files=20 and Buffers=20. So in config.sys, it should read like this: Quote device=c:\dos\ansi.sys Files=20 Buffers=20 Just like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Usotsuki Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Yeah. Generally I put them at the top but it doesn't matter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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