brown@nicmad.UUCP (08/07/85)
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Here is a little ditty I got off of our BBS.
Patches for DOS 3.1
Cluster Size
If you have a 10 Meg hard disk, get Bill Higgins terrific file called
Clustr.txt from DL4 to permit the use of 2K clusters instead of the standard
4K clusters. Typically, you will free up about 10% of the disk space you are
currently using.
Environment Size
Thanks to Bob Morse, the environment size can be patched at address:
xxxx:0D11 0A to 1E for a 544 byte nominal size or 3C for a 1K size.
Screen Scrolling
From Ward Christensen, the ANSI.SYS scrolling patches to disable the wait for
retrace and the screen blanking have new addresses
xxxx:02E3 74.90 FB.90
xxxx:02EA EE.90
but they work just fine.
Disable Edlin Automatic .BAK File Creation
On a BBS I found the patch to disable the automatic .BAK file when using
EDLIN, which is xxxx:ocd5 56.41
Automatic Installation of Printer for DOS Print
Also on a BBS I found the patch to PRINT.COM to obviate the need to type
the desired printer port. If the printer port is LPT1 then
xxxx:1788 E8.90 CB.90 02.90
xxxx:179A CD.90 21.90
If the printer port is LPT2 then the following address must also be modified
xxxx:10CA 4 "LPT2"
Disable automatic header in FIND output
The FIND program puts an automatic header ---------- filename in the
output listing. To disable this hearder patch FIND.EXE at address
xxxx:0424 03.2C
Echo Off
Finally, I have patched command.com to set the default to echo off. It is a
one byte patch at address xxxx:1967 01.00
My thanks to Bill, Bob, Ward, and others for their patches.
Ted Eyrick, 72446,317
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