[comp.sys.ibm.pc] increasing DOS enviroment size

jpn@teddy.UUCP (John P. Nelson) (01/14/88)

>  Field 3 is the environment size. Pay *close* attention. In DOS3.1 the
>size is in *bytes*, and the option is not supported (but works). In DOS
>3.2 and 3.3 the size is in *paragraphs* (16 bytes chunks), and it's
>documented and supported.

Pay even *closer* attention.  The above is exactly backwards.  It is
DOS 3.1 that has the size in *paragraphs*, and it is in 3.2 and up that
it is in *bytes*.  (I suspect that Microsoft didn't want to have to explain
what a PARAGRAPH was, so they didn't document it until the option took
bytes as an argument).

By the way, the maximum number of paragraphs of environment under 3.1 is
62.  This amounts to 992 bytes.  Dos 3.2 and up allow much larger
environments then this.