Re: Problems with Clipper/Blinker 3.30 driven app

[Jan Kandziora <jjj@gmx.de>]

Am Dienstag, 3. April 2007 15:53 schrieb Alain M.:
> >> Update on at least 1.3.3, better 1.3.4. I use Clipper apps and can
> >> compile on apps with Clipper/Blinker without Problems.
> >
> > It works with dosemu 1.3.4. Great!
>
> News about Locks+Dosemu+FreeDOS+Clipper?
>
I think not. It's a hotel reception database and the hotels I administer are 
small enough to have only one instance of the application running.

Are there any precautions if I want to run various instances of dosemu+this 
application on the same (locally stored) files? 


> > Now I come up with an related question. The application does a busy-loop
> > so the processor load is always 1. I know I can nice dosemu, but that has
> > effects only to the responsiveness of my system.
> >
> > I'd like to assign only a part of the processor to dosemu so I can make
> > use of power saving features. Is it possible to slow down the looping of
> > moronic DOS apps?
> >
> > $_hogthreshold = (1) doesn't seem to have any effect at all.
>
> What happens is that *idle* time is eaten up 100% by dosemu. It (usualy)
> dosen't affect the machine performance. If you want to check it: you
> just run any other cpu consuming app and see that dosemu gracefully
> reduces it's cpu use.
>
Yes. I know that.


> But it will keep energy saving form working. There is a program DOSIDLE
> that halts the cpu when needed and there is a new one SLEEPVM that I
> never tested. Google for "site:vmware.com dosidle"
>
Ah. Thanks.


> You will have an extra problem: this doesn't apply to clipper. There are
> some other tricks for that, if you make it work, *please let us know*.
>
I'll try it out.


> And there is an added benefit exclusive on dosemu: you can configure it
> so that it *stops* when it looses focus. It's a good alternative.
>
Ah, found the option. Thanks!

Kind regards

	Jan
-- 
I will never trust someone called GATES that sells WINDOWS.