Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!dasys1!tneff
From: tneff@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Neff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: MKS Toolkit Question
Keywords: Turbo Pascal 4.0 under the MKS shell
Message-ID: <7674@dasys1.UUCP>
Date: 14 Nov 88 23:32:31 GMT
References: <167@ssp2.idca.tds.philips.nl> <545@mks.UUCP> <7635@dasys1.UUCP>
Reply-To: tneff@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Neff)
Organization: Independent Users Guild
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This might be a good time to remind MKS Toolkit users of one of my
favorite tips.  If you have ANY trouble loading TSRs under init.exe
but you still want to convenience of the full "configuration 4" MKS
setup, do this: Set SHELL=COMMAND.COM in your CONFIG.SYS, and create
an AUTOEXEC.BAT that loads all your TSRs.  Then let the last line in
AUTOEXEC.BAT be "\bin\init.exe".  This will pick up smoothly with
the MKS load process; your /etc/rc file doesn't contain any TSR
loads under this scheme, only one-shot commands (which you can also
move to AUTOEXEC if you want, like "MODE COM1:9600" etc) and the
important "respawn login" line.

The penalty for keeping that resident COMMAND.COM copy around is
only a few K.  The benefits are trouble free TSR operation and no
lame explanations when you call a vendor's tech support line ("Uh,
no, actually, I'm not running COMMAND.COM at all, see... :-)").
-- 
Tom Neff			UUCP: ...!cmcl2!phri!dasys1!tneff
	"None of your toys	CIS: 76556,2536	       MCI: TNEFF
	 will function..."	GEnie: TOMNEFF	       BIX: t.neff (no kidding)