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4-6 ROM-DOS Internal Commands
BUFFERS
CONFIG.SYS Command
ROM-DOS has internal buffers to temporarily hold data read from the
disk. Increasing the number of internal buffers speeds system
performance.
Syntax
BUFFERS = number
Remarks
Each buffer used by ROM-DOS requires 512 bytes of RAM. The
BUFFERS command increases or decreases the amount of RAM used by
the operating system.
The minimum
number
of buffers is two, and the maximum number is 40.
When the number is less than two, the number of BUFFERS is set to two.
When the number is larger than 40, then BUFFERS is set to 40. The
default number of buffers is calculated using a scale. The ratio is 15 to
640KB. Consequently, a system having 640KB of conventional memory
will have 15 buffers. If the calculated number is less than two, then two
buffers are used.
Example
BUFFERS = 10
This command tells ROM-DOS to create ten buffers. These ten buffers
use 5120 bytes of RAM.