On Wed, 02 Aug 2000 21:27:10 -000, Mike Millen wrote:
> Hi Clarence,
> CV>> CV>On my P90 at home, it takes A166 *26* seconds to load either:
> CV>> CV>Options | Preferences or Conf_PPP.htm (arachne:pppsetup) from
> CV>cache.
> CV>MM> I just tried that on my setup: 586/133 (Evergreen in a Dell 486/33),
> CV>MM> 28MB ram, Smartdrive, MS-DOS 5.0, no virtual screens, v1.66 running
> CV>MM> from C: drive.
> CV>Yes, Mike. The problem is only PARTLY A166. It is MOSTLY DOS 6.2.
> CV>On a 133Mhz '586 you should be doing that in about 3/4 sec with
> CV>DOS 5.0. So roughly speaking, it's taking about 3 times as long
> CV>as version 1.62 would probably take on your hardware. I think.
> OK, I've now changed (temporarily) to MS-DOS 6.22, otherwise identical
> setup, and tried Options|Preferences from cache again... no discernable
> difference.
Damn.
I HATE it when this happens !
Ok, the only thing I have left that's different between the 1.62 n 1.66
installs is the directory name. (at least I think that's all |-()
I'm gonna swap cores and see what changes.
> (BTW, the Smartdrive, EMM386 and Himem I use are from 6.22,
> even when running MS-DOS 5.0.)
> Mike
- Clarence Verge
- Using Arachne V1.62 for a change....
