IMHO, Something must be very wrong with your config.
On this P150 from "switch-on" to "autoexec done" is 36 seconds.
(that's right.... 36sec)
The last line of autoexec runs arr.bat which....
1) sets-up a 64mb RamDisk (this machine has 80mb of Ram)
2) unzips Arachne to the RamDisk
3) starts Arachne
4) dials and connects
5) downloads eMail
6) exits Arachne
7) copies eMail over to HDD
Total time for 1, 2, 3 and 4..... 24sec
#5 depends upon total byte count of inbox (usually about 70kb)
[so this takes about 20sec]
#6 and 7 take about 1sec
So, from "switch-on" to "mail-done" is usually 1min 21sec.
--- config.sys ---
rem OPENDOS 7.01
DEVICE=C:\QEMM\QEMM386.SYS RAM SH:N ARAM=CB80-CBFF R:1 ST:M S=FF00-FFFF
UR=1M:80M
device=c:\qemm\dos-up.sys @c:\qemm\dos-up.dat
DOS=HIGH,UMB
SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM C:\ /E:1024 /P
BREAK=ON
BUFFERS=30
FILES=50
FCBS=4,4
LASTDRIVE=L
HISTORY=ON,256,ON
SET ARA=ON
__________________
--- autoexec.bat ---
:OpenDOSBEG
@echo off
PROMPT [OPENDOS 7.01] $P$G
SET
PATH=\;C:\1BATCH;C:\1COMMON;C:\;C:\OPENDOS;C:\1ZIP;C:\QEMM;c:\borlandc\bin;c:\nde
SET TEMP=C:\TEMP
IF NOT DIREXIST %TEMP% MD %TEMP%
SET OPENDOSCFG=C:\OPENDOS
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D3 T4
c:\aztpnp.exe /a:on
c:\1common\comports.com
c:\opendos\drmouse.com /R22
c:\opendos\nwcache.exe 7670 1024 /lend=on /delay=on
c:\1common\spindown.exe d 1
if exist c:\wc3\swapfile.* del c:\wc3\swapfile.*
C:\1BATCH\ARR.BAT 170 pop3://:110 /y
:OpenDOSEND
__________________________________
--- arr.bat ---
@echo off
IF "%ARA%"=="" GOTO ARANO
if "%1"=="" goto err
GOTO ARAYES
:ARANO
CD\1RECON
!ARA.BAT
:ARAYES
C:
CD\
\EMSDSK\XMSDSK 64000 l: /c1 %3
copy c:\command.com l:\
IF NOT EXIST l:\command.com goto delmail
set comspec=l:\command.com
md l:\temp
set temp=l:\temp
IF NOT EXIST l:\ARACHNE\ARACHNE.BAT PKUNZIP -d e:\ARACHNE\!AR%1.ZIP l:\
PKUNZIP -d -o e:\ARACHNE\MAIL\!AR!MDIR.ZIP l:\
if "%1"=="mail" PKUNZIP -d -o E:\ARACHNE\MAIL\!AR!MAIL.ZIP l:\
l:
CD \ARACHNE
md c:\arachne
md c:\arachne\mail
xcopy c:\arachne\mail\*.* l:\arachne\mail\ /s
IF EXIST PPP.LOG CALL ARACHNE.BAT -r %2
IF NOT EXIST PPP.LOG CALL ARACHNE.BAT %2
C:
:delmail
if not "%3"=="/y" goto confirm
del l:\arachne\!*.*
xdel /drsn c:\arachne\mail
goto xc
:confirm
? del l:\arachne\!*.*
xdel /drs c:\arachne\mail
:xc
xcopy l:\arachne\mail\*.* c:\arachne\mail\ /s
C:
set comspec=c:\command.com
set temp=c:\temp
goto end
:err
echo To run !ar150b2.zip --- arrm 150b2(enter)
pause
dir e:\arachne\!ar*.zip /p
pause
:end
menu.bat
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On Wed, 14 Feb 2001 16:49:37 -0500, L.D. Best wrote:
> Think about it ....
> When I ran my bookkeeping business using a Texas Instruments 16-bit
> Professional Computer with 256K memory & dual 320K FDDs, I could sit
> down, place a diskette in the A drive, turn on the computer, and before
> I could light a cigarette [which wasn't a mortal sin back then], the
> non-compiled BASIC program was waiting for me to provide input. In
> those days no one mentioned MHz ... you simply used the computer.
> Today, with a Pentium 233MHz boasting 128Mb SDRAM and using a Fast SCSI
> HDD with track-to-track scan times too fast to measure in any meaningful
> way, I can stop to turn the computer on as I head for the kitchen, pour
> myself a huge mug of coffee, refill the water in the coffee pot, get
> some milk to make the coffee bearable, take the coffee back to my desk
> and sit down and *wait* for the first screen of config.sys to appear on
> the monitor.
> I was looking at a Dell office machine with 100/10 NIC and 700MHz ...
> all for less than $650, less still without windozeU, and I'm VERY
> heartily tempted. But then I realized that if the pattern continues and
> I got the new machine, I'd have to turn it on the night before so I
> could use it in the morning!!
> Think about it ...
> l.d.
--
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