Hi folks, On Sun, 03 Feb 2002 01:19:02 -0700, Gregory J. Feig wrote:
<snip> > 2. Almost ANY addition to Arachne could well make your engine a > "mad" scheme, because it would overload the existing 640KByte space, > and be unusable. Therefore, let us consider using a DPMI engine > for these new features....I know...this will break the existing > full-backward-compatibility of Arachne...usable from newest Pentiums > down to XTs...but...it seems to me that this new functionality may > REQUIRE the DPMI..and, thus breaking backward compatibility may be > inevitable... as we all know, the existing 640kB are almost overloaded in most computers. Do You rember all the tricks to free up some byte more to get Arachne running? And if You look in mime.cfg, most plugins are running in 32bit protected mode already. I guess it's time to have a 32bit core.exe, too. IMHO, this would help to get rid of the xSwap errors and the "Memory Monster", which is still alive in xSwap mem. Old 486 and Pentiums can be bought for a few bucks or saved from dump so I guess it's worth thinking of breaking support for XT's. > This certainly is a worthwhile topic to discuss here...thank you > for tossing such a meaty input into the discussion.. > .....gregy Regards Joerg -- Arachne V1.70, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
