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- Tame Upgrade History
-
- Version 2.3
-
- Support was added for OmniView, VM/386, and TopView compatible
- multi-taskers. New options were added to specify which multitasker is in
- use in case Tame cannot correctly determine which it is.
-
- New /NoKeyPoll option allows keyboard polls to be ignored. This allows
- switching to be based only on the date poll.
-
- The Tame status report now indicates how many times Tame forced the task to
- run only in the foreground.
-
- Compatibility problem with Taming Prodoor 3.1 in DESQview was solved.
-
- The /FGOnly option now has a synonym /NoBackGround due to nomenclature
- changes in DESQview. Also, /NoFGOnly has a synonym of /BackGround.
-
- /KeyIdle is no longer the default key-idle option.
-
- Version 2.2
-
- This version has many new options, making Tame even more effective at
- reducing Multi-tasking overhead.
-
- New -FGonly:N option forces the task to not run (at all) in the background
- during the periods that it is polling the keyboard. An optional "N" numeric
- argument allows activating this only after N successive forced task
- switches. This works only in DESQview, and is not recommended for all
- applications. However, when it may be used, it is extremely effective. See
- the DOC file for more details.
-
- The -KeyIdle option now allows specifying the poll threshold to use after an
- idle interrupt is detected. With version 2.0 and 2.1, /KeyIdle defaulted to
- being on with a fixed threshold of 0. The default now has /KeyIdle off, and
- if turned on, its default value is 2.
-
- New -Frequency:n,m option may be used in place of -MAX, and will switch
- tasks only if that many polls come in one timer tick (18.2 ticks per
- second). This requires individual tuning, but it gives Tame the best
- indicator of how much the task is really working. A nominal value for "n"
- is suggested by Tame if you specify /Frequency with no value.
-
- New -CLONE:filename option will make a new TAME-RES with the current
- parameters as its defaults. Must be run as the only Tame option on the
- command line. This feature is available only to registered users.
-
- Some general cleanup of DESQview handling was done based on information in
- the DESQview API manual
-
- Tame now uses DESQview to make sure DOS is not busy. This is more effective
- than the previously used method when using DESQview.
-
- An incompatibility with the DX shareware utility was corrected. The problem
- may have affected other programs.
-
- Version 2.1
-
- A problem with Tame locking up some machines has been fixed.
-
- New -INT15 option added to use version 2.0 INT15 handling
-
- Registered users may now easily register new releases of Tame.
-
- Version 2.0
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- Tame is now a TSR, and it uses less than 1K of memory.
-
- The function of the previous -Key_Idle option has been removed. A new
- option has been added with the same name, but a completely different
- meaning.
-
- The following options are no longer supported:
-
- 1 -CALLS
-
- 2 -DESQVIEW
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- 3 -IDLE
-
- 4 -POLL
-
- The following options have been added:
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- 1 -GETALL
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- 2 -HALTSWITCH
-
- 3 -OFF
-
- 4 -ON
-
- 5 -SERIAL
-
- 6 -STATUS
-
- 7 -UNINSTALL
-
- The following options have been renamed
-
- 1 -KEY is now -KEYSWITCH
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- 2 -TIME is now -TIMEPOLL
-
- 3 -TOTALS is now -STATUS
-