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Re: executor & windows95



Mat Hostetter wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "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 surprised 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 surprised 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

The -oldtimer option helped speed things up some.  The -nosound option 
didn't help though.  And I am running UniVBE 5.1a.  However, things 
still weren't up to DOS speed so I think I'll stick with the hassle of 
exiting windows to go to DOS mode for now.  Hopefully V3.00 (or maybe 
V2.1) will be fully Win95 compatable.

Scott Stegura


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