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From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
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To: "Curtis Wensley" <eto AT globalserve DOT net>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 10:01:49 +0000
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Subject: Re: RHIDE: CPU working at full capacity
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"Curtis Wensley" <eto AT globalserve DOT net>
> >I'm running Rhide under Win95 with 48 MB RAM and a
> >Pentium 133. Everything works fine, but after booting Rhide the CPU is
> >working non-stop at full capacity. I tried to change the way Win95
> >starts MS-DOS programs but it did not help. I also found no hint in
> >the FAQ.
> >
> >This state even keeps on after closing RHIDE when loaded from
> >a MS-DOS window. I have to close the MS-DOS to make the
> >CPU-usage come back to nomal.
> 
> 
> With win95, this is the same with ANY DOS-based program.. What you can try
> is setting the IDLE SENSITIVITY to HIGH in the MISC tab in the dos box's
> properties.. this may help free up CPU time when rhide is running and is
> idle.
> 
Hmmm... I'm running W95 OSR2 over a Pentium II right now and I installed my 
editor (djgpp code) in the machine and used Norton System Doctor to meassure de 
CPU usage and I got it:

1) If I let a DOS task a lot of time idle the CPU usage drops to 0%, otherwise 
any DOS program eats 100% of the CPU.
2) The W95 command.com doesn't use CPU.
3) My editor (calls __dpmi_idle) doesn't use CPU if I doesn't use the program 
(the CPU is released in 1 second or less and normal operation doesn't take the 
100%).

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