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"Soundblaster" was such an 80s/90s name for a computer part. (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I built a config.sys file with a menu that then passed the menu choice on to autoexec.bat so I could choose at boot time between 3 configurations- one with expanded memory for older games that required it, one with extended memory for everyday use and newer games, and one with everything extra (including CD-ROM drivers) stripped away to maximize free conventional RAM for the one or two games that needed that...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How could you have a menu in config.sys?? I wasn’t aware that was even possible.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don't remember at this point... So I googled, this looks familiar: http://smallvoid.com/article/dos-multiple-configurations.html

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

That’s crazy. It’s like some ghetto DOS version of grub.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I know that was a thing and I tried to get it done, but never managed to get it to work properly. So back to manual configuration and rebooting it was.

But I like to think that's how I learned how my PC works and what it does when doing so, which helped me identify the cause of many issues over the years.