Subj : Re: About To Blow A Gaske
To   : DEUCE
From : ROB MCCART
Date : Tue Jun 21 2005 07:41 pm

RM> > Everything I've tested shows the results are accurate.
  > > And it's not just one DOS program. It does it in DOS games
  > > and DOS word processors, etc..  It must just be a reaction
  > > of running 16 bit software through a high end processor..

DE>It's more likely to be a result of running 100% CPU software...
  >on modern OSs, it's inexcusable for your program to eat 100%
  > of the CPU while waiting for input.  In DOS, there was no way
  > not to originally.

But I've run Task Explorer at the same time (the other in a DOS Window)
where I could see what's going on and CPU usage is showing between
0.6% and 1.4% maximum. Even resource checking doesn't show high use
but for some reason it generates a lot of heat..

I figure the processor is bored and decides to throw a BBQ..  B)

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