You might try making it a low priority thread? (below normal) alternately, (and this works pretty well) set up a virtual machine (virtual pc, vmware, whatever) and run a win98. Run DP in the win98. Chris > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:34:41 -0300 > Subject: [Dataperf] CPU usage under DOS > > Hi, > > In recent months I had massive amounts of corrupted files in my > portable computer (IBM ThinkPad). > > It turned out to be a faulty cooler fan but, before knowing that, > I wrote to the FreeDOS discussion group, and an interesting > discussion ensued. That was just a few days ago. > > The conclusion was that, in portables running any DOS, we should > always run a program such as FreeDOS FDAPM (or MS-Power), to halt > the CPU when not in use. > > I tried it, and the reduction in heat generation by the CPU is > really dramatic. > > However, this will work only with softwares written to take > advantage of the method. > > So I set out to test the softwares I use most. With many text > editors and file managers, CPU load goes down to 1% (!) when we > are not typing anything, and about 50% even if we are typing. > But, alas, not so with DataPerfect: the CPU seems to be at 100% > power all the time. > > I have read about using Tame to control the CPU usage, but I > suppose this is only for Windows users. There was also a post by > Ralph back in 2005 (".. run DP with no noticeable CPU usage when > idle"), but this was for people running DP under Linux + DosEmu. > I haven't found anything for DOS users. > > Since I have been using DP on portables a lot in recent months, > and I maintain a DP network working 12 hours a day, both under pure > DOS, I'd like to ask: > > (1) whether there is currently any way of making it use the CPU > less intensively when running under pure DOS, and > > (2) whether it would be possible to make DP idle-aware (i.e., > have a new version of it); it seems the required changes are small. > > > Regards, > > Marcos > > > > -------------------------------------- > Marcos Favero Florence de Barros > Campinas, Brazil > [email protected] email > > _______________________________________________ > Dataperf mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf
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