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Re: executor & windows95



>>>>> "Scott" == Scott Stegura <scottuf@grove.ufl.edu> writes:

    Scott> Well, as an experiment I tried running Executor under
    Scott> MS-DOS Mode and I was suprised because it ran almost twice
    Scott> as fast!!!  The video was a lot faster and the CPU jumped
    Scott> from a 6 to a 12 on my 486DX2-66.  Well, I guess from now
    Scott> on I'll run directly under Dos instead of Win95.  I'm
    Scott> really suprised at how much of a drain Win95 is on my
    Scott> system.

That's interesting.

Video should be faster (if you've got UniVBE) because we can directly
access the linear frame buffer under DOS.  Still, I wouldn't think
that the CPU number should slow down.

Can you try:

executor -nosound -oldtimer

and see how fast it is under Win95?  Thanks!

-Mat


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