In addition values for a 386 class machine: FDISK uncompressed 72,912 bytes
- started from HD: 1.10s - started from floppy: 8.74s FDISK UPX-compressed 39,862 bytes - started from HD: 1.48s - started from floppy: 6.59s So, 386+ class machine combined with slow storage (floppy) -> UPX wins... > Am 22.07.2026 um 23:36 schrieb Bernd Boeckmann via Freedos-devel > <[email protected]>: > > > >> Am 22.07.2026 um 23:06 schrieb Jim Hall via Freedos-devel >> <[email protected]>: >> >> Maybe that's not a big deal for a larger "desktop" app like a >> spreadsheet or editor or word processor, but is UPX "worth it" for >> common tools that you run all the time? > > Here are values from an emulated 8088 @ 4.7 MHz where I measured the runtime > of a FDISK /info command under FreeDOS kernel 2043 (FAT16-only): > > FDISK uncompressed 72,912 bytes > > - started from HD: 7.75s > - started from floppy: 15.39s > > FDISK UPX-compressed 39,862 bytes > -started from HD: 10.77s > - started from floppy: 16.76s > > So, yes. On slow machines it has a significant performance impact. Should not > make much of a difference on 386+ machines I guess... > > Bernd > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
