Hi, On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 1:01 PM ZB <zbigniew2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've got a feeling that IDLEHALT setting doesn't work at all.
IIRC, trying IDLEHALT under virtual machine (MetaDOS) showed noticeable improvement, at least sitting at the prompt doing nothing (Win7 Task Manager). But of course any app (e.g. text editor) polling incessantly wouldn't take advantage (although even there some can handle themselves, e.g. TDE using DPMI idle or whatever, I forget the details). Yes, that was using FreeCOM 0.84-pre2 XMS_Swap and FD kernel 2041 (with very minor, unrelated, patches). I assume you're using kernel 2042? I doubt it's a regression or difference, just trying to be exact. Not sure exactly what Volkov Commander and 4DOS are doing "better" than FreeCOM. Keep in mind that an AthlonXP-based setup (P3 clone) is quite different compared to newer machines. It's quite a convoluted mess trying to support so much hardware over decades. I still sympathize, but I really don't know what to tell you. I suspect FDAPM just doesn't have accurate stats. With what other methods would you know if it was working (conserving) or not? Just the fan ramping up? _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
