2011/3/13, Mateusz Viste:
> Maybe. But it's still nice to lower the temperature of the chip, to make it
> last longer, and not warm up components that are around it. Plus, it's
> always
> a little more electricity saved. Running FDAPM costs nothing, and provides
> cool advantages. There's no reaso
Hi!
>> Yes! The good news is that newer FreeDOS kernels even have a simple
>> version built into the kernel itself. [..]
>
> Good news! Well, I should have googling for "FreeDOS idle CPU",
> instead of "DOS idle CPU". ;)
:-)
>> However, the normal way to let the CPU idle while DOS is idle is
On Sunday 13 of March 2011 at 10:20:51, Robert Riebisch wrote:
> It's very unlikely that a 386SX will overheat ever. No need to play
> around with IDLEHALT or FDAPM.
Maybe. But it's still nice to lower the temperature of the chip, to make it
last longer, and not warm up components that are around
2011/3/13, Robert Riebisch:
> It's very unlikely that a 386SX will overheat ever.
Yes, I'm aware, that it probably won't overheat - still: by keeping
CPU cool, we'll let it live longer. If it breaks - no chance to
replace.
I can recall similar problem many years ago, with broken 286/12 (not
sure,
Zbigniew B. wrote:
> I want to replace a DOS installation on quite old computer - it is
> 386SX25 - which I'm keeping around just because it's s.c. "booksize
> PC". It has no ACPI, not even APM. I understand, that the FDAPM is
> most recommended method, but - from the other side - using this very
2011/3/12, Eric Auer:
>> I'm wondering, whether this misfeature has been fixed in FreeDOS?
>
> Yes! The good news is that newer FreeDOS kernels even have a simple
> version built into the kernel itself. [..]
Good news! Well, I should have googling for "FreeDOS idle CPU",
instead of "DOS idle CPU"
Hi!
On 12.03.2011 21:44, Zbigniew B. wrote:
> I read, that the source of CPU (over)heating problems under original
> MS/PC-DOS was the fact, that its "waiting for key"-loop (or however it
> is called) didn't set CPU idle, when user (or application) was idle.
You need a driver for that, it is not
