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From: cae@sdfvm1.vnet.ibm.com ("Cornelius Caesar")
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Subject: Re: TOS 1.4 /auto/ folder stuff
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Date: 12 Mar 91 10:32:36 GMT
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In message <A231020137@thelake.mn.org> steve@thelake.mn.org
   (Steve Yelvington) writes:
>I now have TOS 1.4, and I'm not sure what /auto/ folder programs
>I ought to be using with it. FATSPEED apparently isn't compatible
>or necessary. I have FOLDR200.PRG (probably overkill). I'm running
>DCACHE 1.0f. Is there anything else I really ought to have?

FATSPEED and FOLDRxxx aren't necessary. You might want to check some
of the TOS 1.4 fix programs which can be found in RAINBOW.ARC at the
panarthea archive (binaries/volume8 rainbow). There is also POOLF_CB.PRG
(a slightly enhanced POOLFIX3 from Claus Brod).
In addition to CACHExxx.PRG (recommended if you have enough RAM) I use
a printer spooler, GDOS, a software blitter, VDI_FIX.PRG (which fixes
an error in the virtual device handling) and CONS_FIX.PRG (which allows
using a software blitter like QUICKST or TURBO_ST together with GEMINI
so that they route their output to the console window instead of writing
directly to the screen). The latter two programs are from Karsten Isakovic
and came with my GEMINI 1.2 distribution which I also highly recommend.

   Cornelius                                      cae@sdfvm1.vnet.ibm.com

PS: I forgot my auto-time-setting program and STEPxx.PRG to switch the
    steprate of my 5.25" drive to 6 ms...