User Guide Desktop PC Equity 386SX/16 PLUS

Chapter 4

Enhancing System Operations

This chapter tells you how to use the following procedures to

enhance the operation of your computer:

Using AUTOEXEC.BAT and other batch files

Changing the processor speed

Using expanded memory beyond 640KB

Using the VGA utilities.

Using AUTOEXEC.BAT and Other Batch Files

As you get used to using MS-DOS and your application

programs, you may find that there are commands you need

to run frequently. You can automate the execution of these

commands by listing them in a special file called a batch file.

When you type the name of the batch file and press Enter,

MS-DOS executes the commands in the file just as if you had

typed each command from the keyboard.

If you have a word processing program that can save a file as

a text-only file (sometimes called an ASCII file), you can use

it to create a batch file. You can also use the MS-DOS COPY

or EDLIN command, or a text editor, to create the file.

One batch file that you may find particularly useful is called

AUTOEXEC.BAT. Every time you turn on your computer,

MS-DOS looks for the AUTOEXEC.BAT file and automatically

executes each of the commands.

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