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Re:The 640K memory limit of MS-DOS by gerdesj on Saturday June 09, 2018 @06:35PM (#17275397)
"Actually, I think MS-DOS 6.0 added CONFIG.SYS"

No, config.sys was a thing from day 1. Getting the bloody memory setup on MS stuff right was a nightmare and wasted a lot of time.

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Re:The 640K memory limit of MS-DOS by akavel on Saturday June 09, 2018 @06:39PM (#17275405)
"...added config.sys boot menus", is what the parent comment says
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Re:The 640K memory limit of MS-DOS by gerdesj on Saturday June 09, 2018 @06:45PM (#17275433)
I have an idea about what I'm on about:

https://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tools/14053.html

(I'm Jon)

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Re:The 640K memory limit of MS-DOS by jackfraser on Saturday June 09, 2018 @07:07PM (#17275494)
Yeah no I'm sure you do, but you didn't read the comment, he's talking about the native INI-style syntax for boot menus baked into the DOS 6.0 kernel that allows you to specify multiple different CONFIG.SYS sections, and lets you pass an option to your AUTOEXEC.BAT containing the config name so it can finish the job off.

A must for anyone who ran a different config for different scenarios. I often ran without CD-ROM drivers to get a couple K more memory for the pickiest programs.

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Re:The 640K memory limit of MS-DOS by ChrisClark on Saturday June 09, 2018 @08:52PM (#17275837)
But not in this case, the menu system was not there on day 1.
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