Author: Rex
Date: 06:00:09 10/27/01
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On October 27, 2001 at 04:59:13, Slater Wold wrote: >On October 27, 2001 at 03:11:10, Ed Schröder wrote: > >>On October 26, 2001 at 19:20:47, Fernando Villegas wrote: >> >>>I all: >>>A couple of days ago I wrote a list of some programs that does work and those >>>that does not in XP environment. No reply appeared, so I ms asume I left all >>>people in amazement, frozen in awe so nobody could write a word. >>>Well, I like that. Kind of an exercize in humility. So here goes the second one >>>about XP perfomance. I have been using it intensively for 5 days and this is it: >>>Pros: >>>It has not hang at all >>>It has not frozen until now >>>No blue screen >>>My internet connection -by now a simple Dial-Up one- is running two or three >>>times faster. >>>Fritz 6 went from around 390 Knodes to near 500 in the same 500 Mhz AMD-K6 where >>>I runned Windows Me. Maybe I did a bad measurement before? >>>Faster loading of all programs, including itself. >>>Far prettier interface. >>>Cons: >>>It is not very friendly with AMd cards, but, although putting an unhappy face, >>>it has worked with every driver on the integrateded card I use. Until now... >>>Some chess programs definitively does not run: the worst case is century and to >>>my chagrin as it is one of my favourites. >>>Until now is not easy to find an AV program that is compatible. I found one that >>>is more or less so, Panda Platinum, but still give me some reports of >>>malfuntioning. But I have not tested NT AV's. Maybe they fits better. >>>Now, say something... >>>Fernando >> >> >>Fernando, >> >>Please send an email to info@rebel.nl with a description what goes wrong. >>While XP's kernel more or less is Windows 2000 we have noticed that a too >>small swap-file (the virtual memory) may cause a problem at times. So my >>hint would be to increase the size of the swap-file. Windows works best >>if you make the swap-file 2 x the available memory. So if you have 256 Mb >>in your PC make the swap-file 512 Mb. >> >>When it still does not work sue Bill or less stressy let me know and we >>do his job in the form of a patch. >> >>Ed > >No disrespect, but Bill isn't the one who has the problem with updating his >software. > >No disrespect again, but DOS has been "officially" dead for about 8 years now, >and you still have *new* versions of Century running exclusivly in DOS. > >From what I do know about XP, it's going to be no easy task to get Century to >run "happily" with XP. > >Perhaps MS is doing us all a favor killing DOS. Perhaps one day you might >actually be forced to write a Windows GUI for it! > > >Slate I agree Slate. As a consumer ready to buy Century 4.0 I must say now I must hold off. Century is my favorite program and will be disappointed when upgrading to XP(next week) knowing Century will not work. Looks like the XP ship has left the shore and a few decided NOT to jump on-board.
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