Subj : Windows issues
To   : Mercyful Fate
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Jun 17 2005 06:54 pm

  Re: Windows issues
  By: Mercyful Fate to Mercyful Fate on Fri Jun 17 2005 09:20 am

 >  >  > This doesn't appear to be the case in Synchronet-Win32. NTVDM runs at 
 >  >  > priority 8 ("normal") when run via Synchronet-Win32.
 >  >
 >  > Hmm thats probably currect for gamesrv too, i think normal is default, wa
 >  > wondering if there was a way to set it to low, casue it actually free's u
 >  > resources and gives better performance when running the dos programs...
 >  >
 > 
 > Jus to help give a better picture, i notice this more when say running dos b
 > nodes, or even doors and haveing a second dos program running at the same ti
 > like The Draw,, it could bring the node or door down to a cralw, but once
 > priority for just NTVDM was set to low, everything was running slick and smo
 > again.. mean 2 dos programs running at the same time.. i've noticed this on
 > bbs's when running more then 1 dos door the thing just crawls worse then 240
 > from the cpu lag.. ;)

That's the problem with DOS Programs that consume CPU time-slices needlessly.
Not *all* DOS programs do that, and even those that do can be remidied with
patches or TAME.

                                                  digital man

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