Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 15:50:07 10/27/01
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On October 27, 2001 at 18:26:48, Slater Wold wrote: >On October 27, 2001 at 17:53:31, Christophe Theron wrote: > >>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 >> >> >> >>You are just assuming that Rebel will not run in a DOS box under Windows XP, and >>I'm almost certain that this assumption is wrong. > >Not at all. There is a good chance it will. I said, "happily". > >> >>Rumours of the death of DOS are greatly exagerated. > >They are not rumors. MS has been trying to kill DOS for over 10 years, it's >only a matter of time before they succeed. Slate, your statement is wrong. The skin of XP is Win2000 and Rebel runs perfectly well under Win2000. The fact a few users aren't able to run Century under XP does not mean all Century users have this problem, ok? Furthermore I had no single plan to release Century 4, DOS is also dead for me but I changed my mind after the numerous requests I got. You know there are still many people left who just love the Rebel interface and don't care at all it is a DOS program. For them is Century 4. Last, there is some good news, it is found on: http://www.rebel.nl/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000332.html Ed PS, the MS statement made in 1995/96 "DOS is dead" was a joke. Windows 2000 still has full DOS support and I expect the same for XP. The reason is obvious as there are too many DOS applications that in reality hide under a Windows skin. For computer chess Winboard is a good example. MS can not kill DOS yet.
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