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From: george@mnetor.UUCP (George Hart)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: More than one device driver?
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Date: Wed, 1-May-85 10:09:47 EDT
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Posted: Wed May  1 10:09:47 1985
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> I just bought my first IBM-PC compatible, so forgive me for a neophyte
> question....
> 
> Is there any way to install more than one device driver at a time under
> MS-DOS 2.11? I am assuming, of course, that both are not drivers for the
> same device.
> 
> I would really like to install ansi.sys (for terminal emulation) and
> something like a ramdisk or driver for a brain-damaged printer at the same
> time.
> 
> Please respond to wherever you deem appropriate. Thanks in advance.
> 
> 
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Admittedly, I use 2.00 but this should work. On boot, DOS looks for a
file called "CONFIG.SYS" which it expects contains the names of user written
device drivers. It will then load them in (they have to be on your boot disk).
This is run before the AUOTEXEC.BAT file is executed.  In the 2.00 manual,
ther is a sizeable appendix dealing with user written device drivers.
Perhaps there is one in the 2.11 manual also.

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Regards,

George Hart, Computer X Canada Ltd.
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