Author: Pete Galati
Date: 07:48:09 03/02/00
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On March 02, 2000 at 10:22:12, Jari Huikari wrote: >On March 02, 2000 at 08:28:19, Gerald Grimsley wrote: > >>Hello, >>I seem to always have some problems when I try to run my DOS chess programs >>(Hiacts 7.01, MCP8, Rebel 10 etc) from my windows 98 PC. I have a 133 pentium >>with 64 Meg RAM. The programs run slowly or sometimes freeze up. Any >>suggestions as to how I can get the most from my computer to run these programs? >>At present I run from the DOS prompt icon. Thanks in advance >> >>Gerald > >When you start your computer is it possible to select 'Command prompt >only'-mode? (I remember that win95 had this feature. f6 or f8 or some >functionkey was pressed and it gave a menu to choose different modes.) > > Jari It's F8 on Windows95, but they might have changed it for 98 because I couldn't get it to work on my neighbor's computer, 98 also gives up 95's dual booting option, but that booting menu might actually still be there. But, I do know that you can go to shut down Windows98, and instead restart it in Dos, but, again on my neighbors 98, if you restart in Win98, it will save this setting, so you'll have to reset it to "shut down the computer" or it'll again restart in Dos. So, anyhow, not as good as having never started Windows at all, but better than running a Dos program in a Windows Dos Box. The Dos version of Comet uses approximatly 5mb hashtable more if I run in all the way in Dos than it does if I run it in a Windows Dos Box, so you can tell that Windows is sucking the life out of the Dos programs. Pete
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