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- >>>>> "Peter" == Peter D Cherry <cherry@clou9.net> writes:
-
- Peter> Dear executor users I have used executor dos under 6.22 and
- Peter> more recently under windows 95 on a 486 PC with 16 meg ram.
- Peter> It is suggested in the FAQ to use an -applzone switch to
- Peter> increase memory, so I have given various amounts 4M, 6M, 8M
- Peter> etc. Although NIH-IMAGE works fine with any of these value
- Peter> and also the default, some important applications like
- Peter> aperion and Mong Pong actually slow down when I allocate
- Peter> more memory. Anybody got a clue?
-
- If Executor runs out of "physical memory" (actual RAM), then it will
- start using some of your hard disk space as extra memory. Since hard
- disks are much slower than RAM, using your hard disk for temporary
- storage can slow Executor down a lot.
-
- When you specify a bigger -applzone, that causes a greater fraction of
- Executor's memory to be temporarily stored on disk at any given time
- (assuming not enough RAM is available to hold it all). That, in turn,
- causes Executor to spend a greater fraction of its time accessing the
- drive, and so it runs more slowly.
-
- I wouldn't expect this to be a problem on a 16M machine though. Win95
- is using some of your RAM, and may not be making all of the remaining
- RAM available to Executor. You may find that adjusting the Win95 DPMI
- settings helps; I'm not sure. "executor -info" may give you some idea
- how much RAM is available to Executor.
-
- Note also that Executor requires memory above and beyond the
- parameters you can specify on the command line.
-
- -Mat
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