🚀 go-pugleaf

I would like to know if anyone can provide me with config.sys and autoexec.bat files
designed to optimise my computers performance under different running conditions.

I know that I can use MENUITEM to create configuration blocks in my config.sys to give
myself a range of options, but I am unsure of the best formats. I assume that I need to take
advantage of EMS and XMS to optimise game-play, but I don't know enough about DOS to
be able to do this myself.

I would like to be able to have the following choices:
[1] optimised for Windows.
[2] optimised for hard disk-only DOS games (eg. DOOM, Heretic, DN3D demo).
[3] optimised for DOS games that run mostly from the CD-ROM (eg. Tie Fighter, The Dig,
Dark Forces).

Are there any other formats I should consider including?

My computer is a 486-DX2-66 with 8Mb RAM, running DOS 6.20 and WFW 3.11. I have a
SoundBlaster CD16, a double-speed CD-ROM drive, a microsoft mouse and a Flightstick
joystick.

What command lines are responsible for loading each of the following;
(a) keyboard?
(b) mouse?
(c) joystick?
(d) sound card?
Can a command line be ommitted if that item is not required? (eg for Tie Fighter, I need
keyboard and Joystick only, and don't need the mouse. For the Dig, it was mouse and
keyboard only). Where should these command lines go?

Finally, can anyone tell me if there is a way to actually measure the change in the machine's
performance as a result of altering the config.sys and/or autoexec.bat files?

Thanks for your help.


Gavin.