Re: Refresh rates (XyDos in XP Window)

["Robert Holmgren" holmgren@xxxxxxxx]

** Reply to message from michael.norman@xxxxxxxx on Sun, 02 Mar 2003 11:46:36
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> At 3/2/2003 11:04 AM +0100, John Negus wrote:

>> The jerkiness in a dos box might come as much from inadequate total time
>> as from inadequate numbers of slices of time or inadequate
>> average length of slice .. The answer probably lies in altering
>> the values the OS uses in its allocations.

> And can you suggest where we might look for solutions?

Open Task Manager==>Processes, find the VDM that XyWrite is running in, RMB on
it, and Set Priority to a higher (also try lower) level. But I don't hold much
hope that this will solve your problem. My gut instinct tells me that all such
solutions are too "broad brush". If it was simply a matter of priority, then
why is operation smooth when running full screen? I think it has to do with
the way apps which were designed to be run full screen and to grab the video
are emulated in a desktop window. My hunch is, there's something wrong in the
guts of that routine.

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Robert Holmgren
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