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From: mdcg7180@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Michael David Carr)
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Subject: Re: DOS5 slow down the system...
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Date: 29 Jun 91 15:02:36 GMT
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cng@ics.uci.edu (Connie NG) writes:

>    1. Norton Utilities' SI shows that the system's performance got a
>serious kick. When I was running DOS 4.01, SI gave me the following:
>Computing Index  :  41.1
>Disk Index       :  27.7
>Performance Index:  35.2

>After DOS-5 installed and use of the Upper Memory Area, SI shows:
>Computing Index  :  39.0
>Disk Index       :  16.6
>Performance Index:  31.5

>I know that Norton Utilties's SI is not all that accurate but these
>figures do show a drastic change. Could someone explain me what
>happened?

>    2. The switch to DOS-5 also slowed down the process of opening
>application and windows under Windows 3.0. It took a great deal of
>time to redraw the windows. What could have affected this?

>    3. DOS window under Windows 3.0 does not show anything in Upper
>Memory Area, using mem /c. TSR's shifted in the UMA do not work
>either.


RTFM:  Ch.12, pg. 321 for answer to (3).

As for (1) and (2), I've installed DOS 5.0 on several machines, loading DOS=HIGH
on all, and TSR's and stuff into HMA on some, and conventional on others.
I've seen NO difference in speed (using Norton SI ver. 4.5 and Landmark
ver. 3.33).  As a guess, try loading all of your TSR's and .SYS's into
conventional.

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