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Re: autoexec.bat, config.sys files

#7971
From: cgeary
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 1996 00:00
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In Article<327c0bc6.30527896@news.superlink.net>, <Eclipse@intac.com> writes:
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> From: Eclipse@intac.com (Arnold Layne)
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.misc,alt.msdos.programmer,alt.msdos.batch,alt.msdos,abg.ms-dos
> Subject: Re: autoexec.bat, config.sys files
> Date: Sun, 03 Nov 1996 03:07:02 GMT
> Organization: SuperNet Inc. (908) 828-8988
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> cgeary@epix.net wrote:
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> >In Article<326FAA89.17C@sympatico.ca>, <dtwo@sympatico.ca> writes:
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> >> From: Dean Dancey <dtwo@sympatico.ca>
> >> Newsgroups: abg.ms-dos,alt.msdos,alt.msdos.batch,alt.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.programmer
> >> Subject: Re: autoexec.bat, config.sys files
> >> Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 10:42:33 -0700
> >> Organization: Sympatico
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> >> Message-ID: <326FAA89.17C@sympatico.ca>
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> >> 
> >> Dean Dancey wrote:
> >> > 
> >> > paul j. martinez wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > Can anyone direct me to a really good reference for learning how to
> >> > > create autoexec.bat and config.sys files from scratch?     
> >> 
> >>          I have always found the DOS FOR DUMMIES books to have excellent 
> >> referneces on tweaking and creating these files.  This is a duplicate 
> >> post because the *&^%% Windoze browser I use is such crap.<BG>
> >>   -Dean Dancey
> >
> >Does the book, DOS FOR DUMMIES, also cover DOS 6.3?
> >
> 
> I think Peter Nortons book on DOS 6.22 will help you understand a
> little better what everything does.  This book is for begginers -
> advanced users.  At Barns and Noble, the book runs for approx $30 US
> dollars and has much more information than the $16 Dollar Dos for
> Dummies book.

Thanks for the information; I appreciate it very much.
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From: cgeary@epix.net
Subject: Re: autoexec.bat, config.sys files
Date: 1996/11/04
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