::Reto Keiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Now before the new version of Prime95 is released I have
>some suggestions for new function which should not be too
>difficult to add:
Some of these functions exist already in v18 and prior
versions, just not as you might think...
>- A menu item that forces the program to write
> intermediate data to disk. It is useful, when the user
> wants to install a new program or play a game which
> probably forces the computer to crash. So it is
> possible to save data without exiting the program
> before a riskful action.
Prime95 already does this if you use the menu items
TEST | STOP and then TEST | CONTINUE.
>- A function which prvents writing to disk for some
> time. When the user writes a CDr, it sometimes is
> dangerous, when prime95 writes intermediate results
> to disk during that time.
Again, you can either use the procedure above to stop
Prime95 before and start it after CD-R recording, or you
can change the minutes between disk writes under
OPTIONS | PREFERENCES before beginning recording.
>- Extended status information
> -relative speed of the system (e.g. using rolling average)
> -hours in use
Not sure what you're looking for here... Possibly, the same
information Prime95 uses to calculate ECD (estimated
completion dates)??
> -# flops done (calculated)
Hmmm... This seems like it might be a little difficult.
First, Prime95 uses integer code on 486, Cyrix, and
AMD K5 chips when performing factoring. Second, each
iteration of a test involves many calculations. Third,
Prime95 is running as a background (idle process) task.
> -# iterations done (total of all exponents)
> -history: all tested iterations on this machine
Take a look at the RESULTS.TXT file in the directory
with Prime95. It lists the results from all
previous exponents...
> -processor usage (compared with the unused system
Running as a background (idle process) task makes this
unfeasible. You'd be better off using something
like WinTop in Windows95 (found in the Win95 KernelToys)
or something like it for other OSes...
Eric Hahn
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