Chapter 16 Notes on the Operating Environment
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16.2.4 Environment Settings
Before using this series Cross-Assembler, verify or change the following two files.

CONFIG.SIS

If FILES and BUFFER specifications do not already exist in CONFIG.SYS, you must add them. If
they do already exist, check their settings and change them if necessary.
NOTE: Be sure to make these settings. If the assembler is started without them, the
error message "bad tmpboss(w)" will be output and processing will stop. This
means that the number of files, that can be opened, simultaneously is
insufficient.
Terminology: CONFIG.SYS
This is the file that sets the MS-DOS operating environment. FILES specifies
the number of files that can be read and written simultaneously.
BUFFERS specifies the size of memory used for reading/writing disks.

AUTOEXEC BAT

To be able to run the software simply by typing in its name, include its directory in the path search list
given by the environment variable PATH.
Under MS-DOS, adding the directory in which the software is installed to the PATH variable and
activating the new value for PATH allows you to run the programs in this system simply by entering
their names.
NOTE: Ending a directory specification in the PATH environment variable with a
backslash results in errors. The following are examples of incorrect PATH
settings.
Example) SET PATH=A:\
SET PATH=A:\usr\local\bin
FILES=20
BUFFERS=20
SET PATH=A:\usr\local\bin