Re: .SYS Files

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From: Andy Toy
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 1990 14:49

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In article <90184.125712JXS118@psuvm.psu.edu> JXS118@psuvm.psu.edu (Jeff Siegel, Op from Atherton Hall) writes:
>in Dos versions 3.X on up. I bet doing:
>
>Shell=prog1
>Shell=prog2
>Shell=command.com ...
>
>will work (as long as prog1 and prog2 terminate normally, but I can't swear
>to it.) If it does work, Its a lot simpler than some other things mentioned.

Nope, this will not invoke prog1 or prog2.  I have lots of ``shell=''
lines in my config.sys and only the last one is used.  I move them
around when I want to boot with a different shell.
-- 
Andy Toy, Mortice Kern Systems Inc.,       Internet: andy@mks.com
  35 King Street North, Waterloo,       UUCP: uunet!watmath!mks!andy
      Ontario, CANADA N2J 2W9      Phone: 519-884-2251  FAX: 519-884-8861

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From: andy@mks.com (Andy Toy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Subject: Re: .SYS Files
Message-ID: <1990Jul4.144938.6736@mks.com>
Date: 4 Jul 90 14:49:38 GMT
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