Author: martin fierz
Date: 16:19:24 09/11/02
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On September 11, 2002 at 12:22:41, John Merlino wrote: >On September 11, 2002 at 09:35:24, David Terry wrote: > >>If the system requirements are low is it possible to run this in the background? >> I'd love to build the tables but I need my system for other tasks as well. I >>know the tbgen that comes with fritz is a horrible resource hog and won't let me >>do anything else. >> >>Thanks, >>Dave > >The system requirements are low, but the CPU usage is high, as would be >expected. There won't be a RAM problem, because FEG doesn't use much at all. But >you might have some trouble doing other CPU-intensive jobs simultaneously. If >all you're talking about is word-processing or net surfing, then you shouldn't >notice too much of a slowdown. > >jm john, under windows a program can set it's priority to slightly below normal. if it does that, it will "go to sleep" when the user does something else, but have full speed as long as the computer is idle. i put that option in my checkers program so that if you want to run a very long analysis, you can still continue working with your computer. it works fine, and it might be a good idea to put that in your db generator. aloha martin
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