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From: reintom@rocky2.UUCP (Tom Reingold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: ibmpc ENV size limits
Message-ID: <317@rocky2.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 19-Jan-87 10:50:23 EST
Article-I.D.: rocky2.317
Posted: Mon Jan 19 10:50:23 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 20-Jan-87 19:39:06 EST
References: <828@aluxz.UUCP> <75800015@uiucdcsp> <2354@dalcs.UUCP>
Organization: Rockefeller Univ.,N.Y.C 10021
Lines: 30
Summary: It's paragraphs for DOS 3.1 and bytes for DOS 3.2

In article <2354@dalcs.UUCP>, dalegass@dalcs.UUCP (Dale Gass) writes:
> 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...
> 
> Dale Gass, Dalhousie U., Halifax, N.S., Canada

You are both right (or wrong).  This is an upward-incompatibility between
versions 3.1 and 3.2.  20 would be the number for a config.sys file under
3.1 and 320 would be appropriate for 3.2.

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