From: jig1@crux3.cit.cornell.edu (Julian Gorfajn)
Subject: Re: Some OS/2 Related Questions...
Organization: Cornell Information Technologies
Date: 10 Nov 92 05:59:10 GMT

umnoor@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Nasir Ahmed Noor) writes:

>1. I have 386DX/40 with 8Meg RAM. Is it enough horse power, or does it need
>   more?

I have a 386-25 w/ 8meg RAM, No probs here.  You may find that HD space could
be a problem.  This is not the case with for I have a large enough HD.  One
nice thing about OS/2 is that increasing Ram will increase performace more
than upgrading the processor (those are IBM's words).

>2. I used automigration of autoexec and config.sys. Now someone tells me I
>   shouldn't have done it. How do I fix it and, if left un-"fixed", what are
>   the 'consequences'?

OS/2 Doesn't really know what to do with the dos config.sys and autoexec.bat
files.  I wouldn't worry about it.  Fact is that the you will modify your
autoexec.bat file later so that you will have everything set up the way you
like it when you get completely set up.

>3. My HD size is 105MB and I dont have windows installed. I have noticed that
>   when I boot up the system (I dont have any partition done on my HD and there
>   are only two DOS apps on my desktop besides standard OS/2 icons), the HD
>   really really works HARD for a few minutes. It worries me. Is it a noraml
>   thing at OS/2 startup time or something is wrong here?

Again, don't worry about it.  Although I think that OS/2 works better  if it
is in a HPFS partition verses FAT.  Also, the 256 char filenames are much
cooler than the 8+3 that we are used to in DOS.  I am sorry by unix exposed
me to filenames longer than  8+3 and now I can't go back.

>4. Since I have 8Meg RAM, I have video and system shadow RAM enabeled and have
>   allowed the video BIOS the use of cache memory too [motherboard guide
>   says it will boost performance of computer]. Is it ok?, if not, why?

Unless you have any problems, don't touch a thing.

>5. Lastly and most importantly, how do I check the free RAM or amount of RAM
>   used by all programs?

You can use pulse for a nice graphic representation, but you must remember,
since OS/2 swaps to disk apps that are not active, it will seem that you have
more memory than you really do.

>6. For people with comparable setup (no windows apps), what is the optimal
>   number of apps open at one time? (I use Paradox and Telix most of the time)

Number of apps open is determined by the amount of free HD space that OS/2 can
use to swap the stuff.  For all practical purposes - it is infinite.

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