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From: efowler@milton.u.washington.edu (Eric Fowler)
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>Well as for running [ToolBook] on a 1 Meg 10 Mhz 286, ITS UNUSABLE!!!  IT is
>slow on this configuration.  I get the feeling that the performance
>might significantly be improved with more memory.  The reason I beleive
>this is that the hard disk activity light is on almost all the time.
>Maybe this is because the DLLs can't all fit in memory at the same time.
>Can somebody comment on using
>it on a 386 with some more memory???
>Note: I just ran the demo that came with my Windows 3.0 update!
>>-Dean Wallwey



Dean: You are running with the minimum hardware, which really eats into
performance.  Adding EXTENDED(not expanded) memory will help a lot,
especially as you go from about 1 meg up to about 3 megs.  I expect you
would get at least twice the speed with 2 more megs.  Also, the sample
apps which ship with Win3 are not really tuned for speed, so they don't
speak well for the whole product.  Daybook is an especially noticable
case.  While ToolBook is not famous for speed, it performs better than
you would think after watching Daybook run on your hardware.  I have a
33 mHz 386, and it goes like a bat(naturally).  Certain video drivers
can also drag it down-Email for details.  
=Eric 

(Incedentally, I'm from Boulder myself....)
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