Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 23:06:29 04/24/98
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On April 25, 1998 at 00:06:01, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>On April 24, 1998 at 19:24:56, Stuart Cracraft wrote:
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>>I do this all the time on a PC running Windows 95. Generally
>>you don't want to have thinking on the opponent's time set
>>anyway, so not having true multi-tasking for DOS programs
>>is not an issue if one of the programs is DOS. Likewise, if
>>one of the them is Windows, by giving up thinking on opponent's
>>time you prevent the program generally from seizing control and
>>not giving back the cpu for other programs to get cycles, which
>>any good computer chess program should naturally do. :-)
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>this isn't always safe... ie it is possible that a program computes like
>mad when it is its turn, and then spins like mad waiting on console I/O
>when it is not its turn... there are some of those around and they are
>problems for "well behaved" windows programs...
Seems that Genius5 for Windows steals a lot of CPU time even when not
thinking. Fortunately, Genius5 for DOS is provided on the same CD. You
can prevent the DOS version from stealing resources by changing the
program's properties under W95.
Christophe
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>>On April 24, 1998 at 13:59:04, William Dozier wrote:
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>>>Good Day everone: In response to the question, can you play two programs
>>>on the same computer. The answer is yes if you happen to own a Mac. I
>>>can play two chess games on the Mac, a little bit of a slow/down, But im
>>>able to test most Mac chess programs, and the system does not freeze, or
>>>lock/up or shutdown. That is the Mac for you. A great macine for playing
>>>two games of chess on one computer; and i have been doing for some time
>>>with no problem.
>>>
>>> Respectfully/William Dozier
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