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From: mss2@quads.uchicago.edu (Michael S. Schiffer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Device Driver or TSR?
Message-ID: <1991May7.163424.20942@midway.uchicago.edu>
Date: 7 May 91 16:34:24 GMT
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Many device driver and similar programs seem to come in two forms:
A TSR .com file and a .sys device driver to be placed in config.sys.
I was wondering if someone would explain to me why they come in two
flavors, and which is preferable.  (Or if one is preferable for one use,
and one for another, please elaborate.)

And as long as I'm asking Naive Beginner Questions (tm), do people
generally define their hard drives as many, few, or one logical drive,
and why?

Mike
-- 
Michael S. Schiffer, LHN	"Well, _I_ believe in solipsism--
aq578@cleveland.freenet.edu	 but that's just one man's
Mike_Schiffer@ub.cc.umich.edu	 opinion."  -- Craig Neumeier, LHN
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