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Zhaohui Yang writes:

>Sorry if this is a FAQ.  I am not a programmer or a guru.  Recentely I install
>the emtex for my PC, and there are a lot of enovirment varibles to define
>in autoexec.bat.  The computer kept sayiout of enovirment space.  
>
>How can I increase the envoirment space?  I was considering install C compiler
>on my PC but there are more varibles to define... ;-(

Among the many things documented in your DOS manual (which you wouldn't have
if your DOS is pirated, i.e., stolen, of course), you'll find this is
clearly documented.  You need to explicitly define your operating shell,
with a command similar to the following:

SHELL=C:\Command.Com /E:1024 /P

I say 'similar' because the version of DOS you have will impact the format
of the command, as well as the number you use after the /E: parameter.  Most
versions of DOS use bytes to specify, however there was, I believe, one
release that used 256K paragraphs.  Likewise, you might very well have
additional parameters, such as in DOS v5.0, which might look like this:

SHELL = C:\DOS\Command.Com C:\DOS /E:1024 /P

Good luck.  And read the manual.  It's a quick read, and very informative.


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In article <4947@wet.UUCP> rick@wet.UUCP (Rick Rutledge) writes:
>Among the many things documented in your DOS manual (which you wouldn't have
>if your DOS is pirated, i.e., stolen, of course)....

FYI, Microsoft does not always include a manual when an MS-DOS license
is purchased. For example, purchasing a "license pack" gives the purchasee
the legal right to put a copy of MS-DOS on a computer and a coupon to send
in if you want to arrange purchase of a manual. This is designed for large
corporate environments.

Also, Microsoft does not require OEM [Original Equipment Manufacturers] 
licensees [for example, Compaq, ZDS, Dell, Gateway] to include manuals
and/or disks when they sell MS-DOS to their customers. Most of them do,
but many of them want the option.  This is partly because MS-DOS has
been around 10 years and a lot of buyers *now* either feel that they 
"know enough" they don't need the manual, or they have another book
on MS-DOS, or their company has 3 other MS-DOS manuals, or whatever.

If you walk into a store and pick up a copy of the MS-DOS 5 Upgrade, 
it'll have a manual. But if you buy a new machine, you may have to
ask for it [and probably pay for it too].

The following is to the best of my knowledge as a member (or,
corporate drone/dweeb) in the MS-DOS product group and former
MS-DOS/Windows support dweeb. But I ain't officially speaking for
microsoft and if they changed this policy last Tuesday I wasn't
notified <grin>. And this certainly doesn't say anything about 
other OS manufacturer's policies.

-jen

> 
> HOw can I increase the envoirment space ?  I was considering install C compil
> on my PC but there are more varibles to define... ;-(
> 
In your CONFIG.SYS, insert the following line:
SHELL=x:\COMMAND.COM /e:640 /p

Where x is the drive from which you normally boot your system (Drive C: 
probably). Please note that if a copy of COMMAND.COM cannot be found in 
the root of the drive you specify, you will need a boot disk for your 
first floppy drive to correct your error. 8-)
Also note that the /e: parameter can be set to numbers higher or lower 
than I specified in my sample. 
If you haven't heard of 4DOS, you might want to take a closer look at 
some of the tricks it does with the environment. 

Hope this helps....

Dave

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