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The Authors of Masquerade BBS present:
DV 2 WIN
Version 0v05
14/8/91
Ian Harris
Masquerade HQ 3:620/251@FidoNet
Released to the PUBLIC DOMAIN, and may be freely
distributed, if all conditions are adhered to as outlined in
this document, and no file in this package is removed or
modified in any way.
1. Introduction
There are lots of programs around that actually know about
DesqView. They even 'give time away' to other tasks; that
is, they tell DesqView 'Hey, I'm not doing anything, give
the time that would normally be allocated to MY task, to
some other task.' This means, running these DV aware
programs will consume less CPU time, and other tasks will
run faster.
Wouldn't it be great if these programs knew about Windows
3.0, and could give time away to Windows! Unfortunately,
they don't. Of course there is the 'Detect idle time' in the
PIF editor, but that really doesn't make a vast difference.
There is a TSR program around which does a good job and
forcing applications to give time away to multitaskers
(including Windows 3.0, although it doesn't specifically
recognise Windows 3.0) if the application is repeatedly
polling for a keypress, etc. This works well, in most
cases. I wanted to use this program with the popular BBS
mailer, 'FrontDoor'. If I ran this TSR normally with
FrontDoor, great! Time was given away, and all was good in
the world. The only problem was that mail sessions went
somewhat badly, with very very low transmission rates. If I
ran this TSR with an option to not force a task switch if
the application is accessing the serial port, the result was
almost no speed improvement in other tasks! (since all
FrontDoor is doing when it isn't doing anything else is
checking for keypresses, and checking the serial port).
2. This Package
Enter the DV2WIN package. DV2WIN.EXE is a TSR that fools
programs into thinking they are running under DesqView.
Then it traps calls to DesqView to give away time,
and gives time away to Windows 3.0, instead.
3. Setting up
Setting them up is simplicity itself. Just insure that the
DV2WIN.EXE program is run in the task that you wish it to take
effect. I put my copy in the batch file which runs the BBS.
4. Does it work?
In my particular system, with FrontDoor running in one task,
and then running another simple DOS task, in which I run
Norton's SI, usually I come up with a result of 10.0. With
Dv2Win.com in my RUNBBS.BAT (ie they are loaded before
FrontDoor starts up) - SI comes up with a result of 16.1!
Aside from that, everything is noticeably faster, and things
only slow down when a mail session actually starts.
This is exactly as we would want, since FrontDoor, and no
other program, decides exactly when it wants to give away
time. The program in this package simply show FrontDoor and other
applications that know about DesqView *how* to do give away time
to Windows.
5. Disclaimer
This program works extremely well on my system. If it
doesn't work on yours, let me know exactly what you're trying
to do, and I will probably get back to you. Other than the
fact that if you let me know what the problem is, I *might*
come up with a solution, this package comes with no warranty
whatsoever. None. Not a sausage.
6. Usage
If you continue to use this program, and recognise the
improvement in performance it makes, you are required to
adhere to the following conditions. Your use of this package
constitutes agreement to these conditions:
1) Distribute this package and proclaim its great usefulness
2) Send me a post-card, netmail message, smoke signal, or
morse-code simply telling me who you are and where you come
from. That way I can keep track of who has the package and
find out the best way of letting people know about future
releases.
Sounds like a fair deal to me.
7. Masquerade
Masquerade is a fully functional BBS package, developed for
easy integration with FidoNet compatible networks. If your
BBS is the same everytime you log on, or got to read a
message, consider a package with TRUE 100% flexibility.
There is nothing that is not sysop - definable. Masquerade
is based on a script language, that has many powerful but
easy to use commands. It comes with several pre-written scripts
that show the power of the 'language' - these scripts
simulate two popular BBS packages, as well as a mail only
editor front end, that you will instantly recognise.
Furthermore, Masquerade uses less disk space for messages
than any other package (run-time compression is being
developed at this very moment). The main BBS program,
Masqrade.exe can run in as little as *** 85k *** of RAM.
Excellent for multitasking! But remember, Masquerade is far
more powerful than other similar programs, despite the fact
it uses such little memory.
The package includes a FAST! FidoNet compatible mail
processor. All programs in the package are all zone and
point aware. None of this fake-net business (although it can
be used for talking to point-dumb software).
ANSI and AVATAR are fully supported, including real, live
ANSI and AVATAR windows *over the modem* !
Masquerade is in the last stages of Beta testing - and we
need more experienced Sysops to help test such a high power
package. If you are interested, CRASH mail Masquerade HQ,
3:620/251 (FidoNet), with information about your system, and
I will get back to you in due course. Masquerade HQ is
available for continuous mail 24 hrs.
Regards to all,
- Ian Harris -
14/8/91
Snail Mail:
Ian Harris
Po Box 1616,
Woden, 2606,
ACT, Australia.