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From: simon@hpspwr.enet.dec.com (Curiosier and curiosier...)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: QEMM 5.0 Slo-o-o-o-ws system DMA
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Date: 30 Jun 90 19:46:13 GMT
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In article <11250141@hpldola.HP.COM>, ppa@hpldola.HP.COM (Paul Austgen) writes...
>> / hpldola:comp.sys.ibm.pc / shim@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Sam Shim) / 11:51 am  Jun 26, 1990 /
>> First, you should not set the forground to 99 ticks and the backgroud
>> 3 tics since you are multitasking with a ratio of about 5 seconds to
>> 1/6 of a second.  I hope you were doing that only for testing.  I keep
>> my ratio at 1:1.
>  
>  I am doing this because I am not really that interested in
>multi-tasking.  I am interested primarily in the performance of
>the foreground task.  In this case, I am running Microsoft Word,
>and the mouse sprite seems a little jerky with the recommended
>ratio of 9 to 3.  

If you do not need multitasking, you may want to set "Runs in the 
background" option to NO for each program that you have in your list 
(see Advanced Options in Change/Add Program).  In this case the 
application that you open but do not use (e.g., you do not need Word 
Perfect runnign in the background) will freeze and will not affect the 
application that you are using.

The comm programs are exceptions, you do want background file 
downloading.  For them use Rearrange/Freeze option of the main menu when 
you do not need up/downloading.


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Leo Simon			simon@pwrvax.enet.dec.com

Who is not liberal when young, does not have a heart.
Who is not conservative when old, does not have a brain.

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