Author: Harald Faber
Date: 02:22:14 10/03/99
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On October 02, 1999 at 09:28:14, Ratko V Tomic wrote: >> I don't see the reason. If it does not work properly I should stop. >> But as Hiarcs7 and Rebel are DOS programs I started a last try with >> Shredder2 whose autoplayer is said to work properly. > >Your setup seems much more interesting to pursue the testing >than Ed's, since the problem on your's seems to be easily >reproducable. Now you could vary the system & program setting >to find out why it slows down. For example, it may have to do >with video memory scanning if Rebel (or DOS program) runs in >particular form of access to extended memory mode e.g. is your >Rebel using int 15h type of access, VCPI, EMS, XMS? Your config.sys >and autoexec.bat would be probably of interest to whoever wishes >to get to the bottom of it. By varying these you may find exactly >the component which combines with auto232 to cause such slowdown >and Ed should be able to reproduce it and work around it. With some >debugging tool (e.g. Soft-ICE) one could probably pinpoint it exactly >and directly (unless the driver is rigged to purposefully slow down >DOS programs thus giving advantage to windows programs). > >Also, an easily demonstrable settings where auto232 skews significantly >the game (in favour of Windows programs) ought to catch attention of >SSDF (on their list the Windows programs have jumped ahead, even though >the same basic algorithm, be it in 16 or 32 bit code, would run about 5% >faster at the same hash table size without Windows; Windows is basically >one wasteful CPU hog). I will look at it. The Shredder game looks ok but needs further games to check. At the moment my laptop is busy so I cannot give the information about the config.sys and autoexec.bat at the moment. For Ed solving the problem: I don't think he will do since Rebel CP is next Rebel version and running on Windows so no need to find out the DOS problems. What astonishes me is that there don't seem to be many interested in this topic. Right now I think there are 2 possibilities what causes the programs play strange with auto232: 1) DOS program 2) Nimzo7.32 autoplayer which would let me suspect that the other CB products produce the same behaviour, Fritz5, Junior5, Nimzo99 and Hiarcs7.32. But it will take time to find this out.
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