Date: Sun, 3 Dec 1995 09:10:09 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Orlando Andico <oandico AT gollum DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph>
Cc: DJGPP Mailing List <djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu>
Subject: Re: decreasing program loadup time


On Sat, 2 Dec 1995, Orlando Andico wrote:

> I am using a DJGPP-compiled program under Win3.1 in a dos box <ugh> in an 
> HTTPD script. Other than the usual Windows gripes, this system is *very* 
> slow. When somebody requests the daemon, it spawns the DOS box and runs 

What are the PIF settings of the minimum and maximum EMS and XMS memories 
for the DOS box on your system?  If you use the default values as they 
come with Windows, chances are your application uses virtual memory and 
pages to disk, which will indeed make it painfully slow.  To check if 
this is the problem, make the minimum settings at least 2048K (4096K 
recommended), and set the maximum to -1.