On Wed, 02 Aug 2000 08:02:45 -000, Mike Millen wrote:
> Hi Clarence,
> CV>On my P90 at home, it takes A166 *26* seconds to load either:
> CV>Options | Preferences or Conf_PPP.htm (arachne:pppsetup) from cache.
> CV>It seems like she gets the information from Arachne.cfg one byte at a
> CV>time.
> I just tried that on my setup: 586/133 (Evergreen in a Dell 486/33),
> 28MB ram, Smartdrive, MS-DOS 5.0, no virtual screens, v1.66 running
> from C: drive.
> I went to Options, selected Preferences (loaded in 1 - 2 secs), hit
> H for hotlist, then clicked the Backward and Forward arrows. 1 or 2 secs
> to reload every time.
> Did I miss something or should we have had the same results?
> Would you like me to try anything else?
Yes, Mike. The problem is only PARTLY A166. It is MOSTLY DOS 6.2.
On a 133Mhz '586 you should be doing that in about 3/4 sec with
DOS 5.0. So roughly speaking, it's taking about 3 times as long
as version 1.62 would probably take on your hardware. I think.
- Clarence Verge
- Using Arachne V1.62 for a change....
