Msg: Re: speed of vdosplus

With some software, earlier versions seem to disappear / be withdrawn, and just finding them (for comparison testing, etc.) becomes a major chore. In other cases, there will be some repository where they remain available, along with detailed version numbers and dates, and a changelog. Needless to say, I find the second scenario to be much preferable.

Jordan

From: John Paines
To: "xywrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2016 7:55 AM
Subject: Re: speed of vdosplus

Wengier,

I tried removing these more or less recently added config.txt settings --

KEYMODE=1
KEYDELAY=175
KEYINTER=16
EVENSIZE=OFF
TOPWIN=ON
SPEAKER=OFF
AUHIDEMS = ON
padding=0,-1
usedrvs=on

but there's little or no change. Is there a link to the first vdos-lfn version based on the latest vdos build? I recall that version tested faster than any previous one but, alas, I didn't retain it. The earliest vdos-lfn.exe I have is dated August 14, and that performs the same as the current version.

Not an urgent matter in any case, it goes more to operational satisfaction than a question of actual productivity.... Anyway, thanks.

From: Wengier W
To: "xywrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2016 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: speed of vdosplus

Hi John,

I think you really should retain an older version of vDosPlus (vDos-lfn) for comparison. This way it will be much clearer if something has indeed happened to the speed and responsiveness to the more recent versions, and I will probably be able to sort things out very quickly. Without this I cannot currently really think of a particular change in recent versions that will negatively affect is speed or responsiveness (and in fact this can not be confirmed at all for now), but most likely it is simply because of some settings in your config.txt. If you are able to compare the current version with an older version of vDosPlus (vDos-lfn), it will be much easier to find out what exactly has happened.

Wengier

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On Friday, September 23, 2016 8:36 AM, John Paines wrote:

Wengier,

Hate to sound thankless, but I think something has happened to the speed and responsiveness
of the most recent vdos-lfn/vdosplus versions, June 2016 vdos build. Unfortunately, I can't date it to a particular recent version.

The only older version I've retained for comparison is vdosxy3. The easiest test is paging backwards through a long document, holding down the "previous page" command, so that its repeats. The difference likely won't ruin anyone's life, but vdosxy3 is at least twice as fast (with xy3). Could be I'm mistaken, but I don't believe this was always the case(?)