Re: ibmpc ENV size limits

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From: Dale Gass
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1987 15:58

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In article <75800015@uiucdcsp>, vanzandt@uiucdcsp.UUCP writes:
> 
> 
> 	Try using the following:
> 
> 		in config.sys, shell=c:\command.com /p/e:{nn}
> 
> 		where nn = number of paragraphs and 160 is default and
> 			the minimum. I found 320 was sufficient.

This works, but it should be noted that the numbers 160 and 320 mentioned will
be the resulting env. sizes in BYTES from nn=10 and nn=20 (default nn=10.)

That is, to get 320 bytes for environment, you should use nn=(320/16)=20...


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From: dalegass@dalcs.UUCP (Dale Gass)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: ibmpc ENV size limits
Message-ID: <2354@dalcs.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 15-Jan-87 10:58:22 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 15 10:58:22 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 16-Jan-87 01:13:44 EST
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Organization: Dept. of Math., Stats & C.S., Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., Canada
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Summary: nn is paragraph count, not byte count

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