Re: overcoming the XP lag

[Michael Norman michael.norman@xxxxxxxx]

At 11/5/2004 03:48 AM -0500, Robert Holmgren wrote:

> Have you got a lot of concurrent processes running? Just a glance at
> Taskman indicates about 30 or 40 on my machines, maybe more. Any big apps
> running? (In 9x there were very few.) I just tried raising XyWrite's
> priority, and the cursor seemed almost ahead of my fingers, it was so fast.
> Not that XyWrite isn't stealing most of the CPU in any case! But I'd try
> raising the priority of the VDM in which XyWrite is running -- don't go higher
> than "high", or use a DOS tool to raise it about 20% (that's a lot). (Do you
> know how to set the priority of a process? One way is via Taskman, goto View
> ==> Options first, Select enough Columns to make the display meaningless, i.e.
> at least grab CPU time, base priority, that sort of thing. Then highlight
> XyWrite's NTVDM, right-click on it for a context menu, and Set Priority.)

Thanks. I'll try this. Any third party utilities you suggest, besides the
native Taskman?
 
> Two things occur to me: 1) are you sure that it is KS, or the 0,0
> values of KS, that are achieving this improvement? Could it be the incurring
> of an *error* that is doing it? Something in the operating system may be
> interfering with Editor in a way that was never
> contemplated/anticipated/prepared for by Editor, and consequently something isbeing destabilized. Or maybe the keyboard module in Editor is
> reinitialized in
> defensive response to the error. What happens if you manually LOAD MY.KBD
> (whatever MY should be)? Or you use the old LDKBD command instead of LOAD?
> Or, you try to LOAD a non-existent KBD file?

This seems on the right track to me. If, in fact, we are reinitializing the
keyboard, that explains why this works only after bootup; i.e. doing it
after the VDM has been established, as if we can take back control of the
hardware at that point -- sort of like hitting the engine with a hammer
(Had a friend with an old Alpha Romeo that ran rough until one day his
mechanic advised, "After she starts, hita-da carburator wi-da hammer."
Worked like a charm. In another view, I wonder what MS did in SP2 to
improve the VDM? Is there an answer there? Meanwhile, let me try what you
suggest above and get back here.
 
> Have you tried starting XyWrite in FullScreen, and then Alt-Enter into a
> window?

This too I'll try. Thanks again for your time. BTW your other post on full
screen was great. Good to have precis.
Michael Norman