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Re: executor & windows95
Mat Hostetter wrote:
>
> >>>>> "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 surprised 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 surprised 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
The -oldtimer option helped speed things up some. The -nosound option
didn't help though. And I am running UniVBE 5.1a. However, things
still weren't up to DOS speed so I think I'll stick with the hassle of
exiting windows to go to DOS mode for now. Hopefully V3.00 (or maybe
V2.1) will be fully Win95 compatable.
Scott Stegura
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