Re: CA/95 3.1.2 Is it stable?

[lgoodbar@xxxxxxxxxxx (lg - Loyd Goodbar)]

On Fri, 2 May 1997 10:22:59 -0400, Paul Tykodi <pault@praim.com> wrote:

>Items started in Win 95 Autoexec.bat are loaded before the Windows portion of 
>Win 95 is started. Items loaded in Winstart.bat are loaded as part of the 
>Windows initialization process. There are certain DOS TSR programs (TSR - 
>Terminate and Stay Resident) that will force Win 95 into 16 bit compatibility 
>mode if they are loaded in the Autoexec.bat. 
>
>Many twinax adapter handlers will cause Win 95 to go into 16 bit compatibility 
>mode when they are loaded in the Autoexec.bat. This is why you will now find 
>so many references in AS/400 Win 95 publications to loading adapter handlers 
>in the Winstart.bat. 
>
>If you get the message that you are running in 16 bit compatibility mode 
>instead of the native 32 bit mode, it means you are giving up a lot of 
>operating system performance.

I never received any 16-bit compatibility mode messages. CONNAH and
NSTWINAX just did not appear in the memory listing when loaded under
WINSTART. They DO appear when loaded under AUTOEXEC. I've experienced NO
problems since loading these programs under AUTOEXEC. They're even happy
when loaded into upper memory, so I have about 580K-600K conventional
memory. Upper memory's crammed, but that's why it's there.

But what's the advantage of loading under WINSTART versus AUTOEXEC?
Especially when it can cause these conflicts?

Thanks,

 - lg -

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