Date:	Mon, 24 Nov 1997 13:12:58 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	Thomas Knudsen <tk AT geb DOT gfy DOT ku DOT dk>
cc:	Ed Leiby <eiby AT frontiernet DOT net>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Intermittent Run-Time of DJGPP App under Win95
In-Reply-To:	<Pine.SGI.3.95.971124083316.29936A-100000@geb.gfy.ku.dk>
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On Mon, 24 Nov 1997, Thomas Knudsen wrote:

> I have had the same experience with a GRX2.2+DJGPP based graphics program,
> running in a DOS box under Win95. The symptoms are quite hard to describe
> consistently (as they are quite inconsistent ;-), but at least *most* of
> the time, the program tends to run slow, when running by itself, i.e. 
> only sharing the processor power with the Win95 MegaKludge (TM). However,
> if I open *another* DOS box, and have it sitting idle in the background,
> suddenly the program runs at more than double speed.

Do I understand correctly that your experience is limited to Windows 95?
The original message seemed to imply that it also happens on plain DOS.

Windows 95 might change its scheduling policies depending on several 
factors.  I'm not sure that I know enough about this, but you might try 
to play with the related settings in the DOS box property sheet.

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