Subj : Re: cpu usage
To   : T.j. Mcmillen
From : Andy Alt
Date : Tue Aug 31 2004 02:56 am

-=> T.J. MCMILLEN wrote to ANDY ALT <=-

 AA> You need to find a good fix for why BRE is
 AA> hogging your CPU. Like I said, when I use start /low BRE FULL it never
 AA> runs, seems like a com port issue. That's why I tried getting wcserver.exe
 AA> to start high. I just wonder if netmodem32 in conjunction with start /low
 AA> BRE  would be a fix.

 TM> I ajusted my settings from "auto" in the resouce.dat file to "WinNT"
 TM> (if using XP) and it seemed to help a bunch, BUT it still eats the CPU
 TM> WAY too much.

The Sysop there is using Windows 2000. It does spawn ntvdm.exe so it 
sounds like I should either suggest changing to WinNT or plug 
it in myself and try it. I have tried setting it to Multitasker
NONE and WINDOWS

He's running Wildcat Server, and my temporary fix was to start 
wcserver.exe on high priority at bootup via a registry "hack" and a batch 
file. It's helped a great deal up to this point, but I still consider it a 
temporary fix.

I spoke with the sysop of Sanitarium BBS today. He's running Wildcat and 
10 + InterBBS SRgames. I started calling his board about a month ago and 
never noticed a slow down when users were playing the games. Originally I 
was under the impression that it was an OS-specific problem where the OS 
wasn't handling the 16-bit dos programs as well as it might, however Randy 
of Sanitarium said that 512K RAM made all the difference when running
16-bit dos games as doors. The BBS I'm working on/helping with has 256K.

I haven't confirmed first-hand that this will work, but the sysop ordered 
more RAM for his BBS computer, so we shall see. :)

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