vu0112@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Cliff Joslyn) (05/13/89)
NC: What cost do I incur running NCSMALL? Increased swapping? How do I get NC to *not* cd to the directory I leave it in? e.g. I enter NC, move around, say to root, and when I exit I want it to leave me where I started from. PCTOOLS: DESKTOP is *very* flaky. When I boot under COMMAND.COM, 'switch -' (MKS util to set switchar) makes it *bomb*. It never comes up. I isolated it to that after booting under COMMAND.COM, removing all TSRs and EMS. PCSHELL *always* says "Cannot find overlay", when pcshell.ovl is sitting there in plain sight and the manual says it's only needed for PCSHELL in TSR mode anyway. . . Thanks -- O----------------------------------------------------------------------> | Cliff Joslyn, Cybernetician at Large | Systems Science, SUNY Binghamton, vu0112@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu V All the world is biscuit shaped. . .
boba@hpwarau.hp.com (Bob Alexander) (05/15/89)
>PCTOOLS: > >DESKTOP is *very* flaky. When I boot under COMMAND.COM, 'switch -' (MKS >util to set switchar) makes it *bomb*. It never comes up. I isolated >it to that after booting under COMMAND.COM, removing all TSRs and EMS. > >PCSHELL *always* says "Cannot find overlay", when pcshell.ovl is sitting >there in plain sight and the manual says it's only needed for PCSHELL in >TSR mode anyway. . . PCTools has several problems when the switchar is -. I believe Desktop will run only if you invoke it from a directory other than the one it is in. PCShell will never run. Compress will run, but can't find its help file. There are a few other anomlies, too. I called Central Point Software and reported the problems I found. I suspect they will fix them only if enough customers complain. So I suggest you call them, Meanwhile, I have a batch file that makes the switchar a /, runs the PCTool of my choice, then restores the switchar to -. If you want your tools loaded as TSRs, I'm not sure this will work. Bob Alexander | Government is a crutch for people who can't handle boba@hpwala.hp.com | reality. -------------------+--------------------------------------------------- Organizations don't have opinions: individuals do. The opinions expressed above do not necessarily reflect those of the stockholders, employees, or directors of Hewlett-Packard.