Subj : Installing 32
To : Minh Van Le
From : Dallas Hinton
Date : Tue May 20 2008 12:53 am
Hi Minh -- on May 19 2008 at 09:36, you wrote:
MVL> That is true. CPU utilisation for DOS programs in multitasking OS's
MVL> like Windows depend on whether the program releases time slices to
MVL> the OS.
MVL> Maximus DOS doesn't do time slicing, and therefore kills the CPU.
Yup!
MVL> BinkleyTerm DOS 2.60 (?) does handle time slicing, so does not hog
MVL> CPU.
I guess I'll have to go back to having a fake binkley as a front end -- it
worked under 98, so I guess I can make it work under xp! :-)
MVL> Maximus/32 is faster than the DOS version of Maximus. E
[...]g.
MVL> use WinFOSSIL or Netserial.
I appreciate that summary - most helpful, thanks!
MVL> I allow all 16 telnet DOS nodes to be spawned on a single PC and
MVL> let performance be the caller's problem. Heh. Besides, these days
MVL> having even 2 genuine simultaneous callers online is wishful
MVL> thinking.
Ain't that the truth!
MVL> I recommend running Maximus in VMware DOS under Windows XP.
