Subj : TSRs
To   : Digital Man
From : The Millionaire
Date : Sun Oct 16 2005 16:53:00

  Re: TSRs
  By: Digital Man to Tegularius on Sun Oct 16 2005 03:29 pm

 >   Re: TSRs
 >   By: Tegularius to All on Sat Oct 15 2005 02:58 pm
 > 
 >  > I'm curious about what Win 95 and up (esp. XP) does with TSR programs.
 >  >
 >  > If started up in a command-prompt or DOS window, do they go away as soon
 >  > as the window is closed, or do they remain available?
 > 
 > TSRs are only resident for the DOS window in which they were run and when th
 > window is closed, they go away.
 > 
 >  > Do they screw up the system?
 > 
 > No, but 16-bit DOS TSRs are mostly obsolete today.
 > 
 >  > I've never been a great fan of these programs, and Windows has made many 
 >  > them obsolete.  Maybe the best answer is "Try it and see what happens", b
 >  > I'm afraid of doing some kind of damage.
 > 
 > No, no damage. I wouldn't start any TSRs in your autoexec.nt due to the
 > possibiltiy of it slowing down any DOS programs, but if you need the TSR, gi
 > it a shot.
 > 
 >                                                   digital man
 > 
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Ahhhh 16-bit Dos. Now those were the simple and easy days.
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