> -----Original Message----- > From: Benjamin J. Weiss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I think that they're still selling DR DOS, if you need DOS > and can't buy it from M$
If you need something dos-ish, try free-dos. It's a dos without the need to pay anyone if you just like to use it. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 9:51 AM > Subject: RE: use_KeyPress as global setting > > > > Use a dual processor if you need to use DOS box a lot. DOS is not > > prementive or well behaved. Once ran a DOS program under NT (could > > not get DOS lincense any more. Had to have dual processors... DOS > > window took 100% of 1 CPU. So one for NT and one for DOS. > > > > > > On 12 Jun 2003 at 15:40, Barry Zubel wrote: > > > > > I've noticed that using a DOS prompt in *ANY* remote > software (VNC, > > > pcAnywhere, RDS, etc) is extremely slow, which I have > attributed to > > > the 'host' machine spending more clock cycles on it. > > > > > > If you open Task Mangler and view the processor usage > before and while > > > you open a dos prompt, you will probably see the usage > increase quite > > > a lot. > > > > > > Whether this is connected to the slow typing, I have no idea. > > > > > > > > > > > > Barry Zubel > > > IT Manager > > > Able Packaging Designs Ltd > > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > > > ** *** This email may contain confidential information and/or > > > copyright material. This email is intended for the use of the > > > addressee only. Any unauthorised use may be unlawful. If > you receive > > > this email by mistake, please advise the sender > immediately by using > > > the reply facility in your email software. Thank you for your > > > cooperation. > > > > > > Please note that any opinions expressed in this e-mail > are those of > > > the author personally and are not necessarily those of > the Company or > > > any of its subsidiary companies, none of whom accept > responsibility > > > for the contents of the message. This footnote also > confirms that this > > > email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. > > > > ********************************************************************** > > > ** *** > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of Jon Sent: 12 June 2003 15:30 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: use_KeyPress as global setting > > > > > > I've got the "keypress update problem" described here: > > http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/2003-January/037069.html > > > > Updating on typing is slow (and it annoys me!) > > > > I fixed it completely for notepad by setting use_KeyPress to 1 in its > > Application_Prefs key. However, there was no cmd.exe there and even if > > I > > > > add it and all the keys i couldnt get it working. > > > > In my case > > > > - Changing the server update handling properties to "Poll Foreground > > Window" and "Poll on Event Recieved only" instead of "Poll Console > > Window only" > > > > helps somewhat, but notepad is still much more responsive than > > cmd.exe. > > > > So can use_KeyPress work with cmd.exe? > > > > client WinXP pro > > server win2k pro > > > > WinVNC 3.3.7 > > _______________________________________________ > > VNC-List mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To remove yourself from the list visit: > > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > > _______________________________________________ > > VNC-List mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To remove yourself from the list visit: > > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
