Author: Howard Exner
Date: 07:42:12 11/08/97
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On November 08, 1997 at 05:05:24, Komputer Korner wrote: > >If I try to run Rebel from one of the PIFs It won't let me load the 60 >Mb >of hash. If I try to run it with the Rebel.exe in Windows, I get the >slowdown. I have tried it in DOS mode in WIN 95 on the Tecra and >everything is okay . BUT See the following: >Running Rebel 9 with level at 10 ply with a 4 Mb hash table and no >opening >books loaded, it took: > >Running on Toshiba machine which has 144Mb RAM and is 166Mhz. >In Win 95 from the Rebel.exe - 3 minutes 18 seconds >Booting up in DOS - 2 minutes and 7 seconds >In DOS mode from Win 95 desktop - 1 minute and 38 seconds As you've observed the Dos mode from Win95 desktop looks right. I replicated your test to see if I get such an extreme difference using just 64 megs. Through Win95 I get 0:38 and through my Dos mode icon I get 0:37 (Rebel 8 on a k6-200). -Does Rebel 8 give you the same same wide variance? -Have you removed some ram from the Toshiba to see how 64 Megs works? -When you first boot into Win95 run System Monitor and note how free memory you have. -Anything running in the background in the Win95 session? Things like disk cache resizing or Cd-rom activity(the Win95 default is to continually check for CD-rom inserts but can be disabled)? > >Running Rebel on my other laptop, a 133 Mhz Magitronic with 40Mb. Ram . >I used the same settings including 4 Mb hash table , > >In Win 95 from the Rebel.exe - 4:05 >Booting up in DOS - 5:07 >In DOS mode from the Win 95 desktop - 3:33
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