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Subject: Re: Hash tables for DOS programs under Windows 95

Author: Tord Romstad

Date: 05:23:10 08/10/98

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On August 07, 1998 at 12:18:54, Moritz Berger wrote:

>On August 07, 1998 at 08:34:55, Tord Romstad wrote:
>
>>On August 07, 1998 at 07:38:23, Moritz Berger wrote:
>
>>>b) Rebel and Hiarcs (CG5 DOS also, BTW) only run with tiny hash tables (MCP
>>>allows e.g. 10MB HT to be used under NT)
>>
>>If you are talking about W95, this is definitely wrong.  It is easy to make
>>shortcut icons on the W95 desktop which start Rebel, Hiarcs and cg5dos with
>>big hash tables.
>>
>>Tord
>
>You're completely right as far as Rebel is concerned. I ought to have known
>better, I just never really use Win95/98 and only get to the DOS prompt so I
>forgot about the W, W1-W4 etc. options for Rebel. Stupid of me to claim
>otherwise ;-)
>
>But I'm still pretty sure that Hiarcs and CG5DOS cannot utilize large hash
>tables under Windows as the /x switch for Genius and the respective -x option
>for Hiarcs don't work with DOS extenders (... such as the one present in a
>Windows DOS box).

It seems that we are talking about slightly different things.  You are right,
it is not possible to start Hiarcs or cg5dos with bigh hash tables from an
MS-DOS prompt window in W95.  What I was trying to say was that it is possible
to make shortcut icons on the desktop which enables you to start the programs
with maximal hash tables.  You have to edit the config.sys and autoexec.bat
files for the two programs, and of course the computer has to restart in
MS-DOS mode before running the program.

Tord



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