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- From: Jacques Pannetier <ZAZOU@delphi.com>
- Subject: Executor/DOS 1.99F -- system clock running too fast?
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- Hello!
-
- I try Executor/Dos 1.99F. It does seems to run faster, and is a lot more
- solid than previous versions.
-
- I have noticed something weird, though:
-
- I start Executor without any parameter, then I run any application (say
- 1000 miles, Binhex, Compact Pro), then immediately quit this application
- and then exit Executor. From there, (back at the DOS prompt), type
- TIME at regular interval, or run any DOS application that display the
- current time of day. It will show that the system clock is now running
- 4 times FASTER than it should!!!
-
- However, starting E/DOS 1.99F with -noclock, will not show this behavior,
- after Executor has ended. It seems that for some reasons, when Executor
- is trying to emulate the clock of a real Mac, when Executor ends, it looks
- like it's not able to reset the computer's timer back to its previous speed.
-
- These tests were done on a 486DX/2 clone, with 4 Meg, with a clean DOS 5.00
- (except for the mouse driver, nothing else was loaded in memory, in order
- to cut down possible interactions between Executor and resident programs).
-
- Am I the only one to have a clock that run 4 times faster, after Executor
- has ended?
-
- Overall, E/DOS 1.99F is a definite improvement over previous versions and
- the results are *impressive*!
-
- -Jacques Pannetier
- zazou@delphi.com
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