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Re: executor & windows95
>>>>> "Scott" == Scott Stegura <scottuf@grove.ufl.edu> writes:
Scott> Well, as an experiment I tried running Executor under
Scott> MS-DOS Mode and I was suprised because it ran almost twice
Scott> as fast!!! The video was a lot faster and the CPU jumped
Scott> from a 6 to a 12 on my 486DX2-66. Well, I guess from now
Scott> on I'll run directly under Dos instead of Win95. I'm
Scott> really suprised at how much of a drain Win95 is on my
Scott> system.
That's interesting.
Video should be faster (if you've got UniVBE) because we can directly
access the linear frame buffer under DOS. Still, I wouldn't think
that the CPU number should slow down.
Can you try:
executor -nosound -oldtimer
and see how fast it is under Win95? Thanks!
-Mat
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