> I have a memory problem.I booted FreeDOS into my flashdrive,which > is 8 gigabytes.But when I ran MEM,it reported that I have under 1 > megabyte of free memory.If I run Visual Basic 1.0,it reports that I > am out of memory.Any help for this?I have absolutely no clue,to be > honest.I can't even shell anything.
even a clueless moron like you could a) change the subject of the thread b) include the information from MEM to make the question even remotely answerable Tom > On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 1:54 PM, Mateusz Viste <[email protected]> wrote: > On 22/06/2015 18:50, Rugxulo wrote: >> Really naive suggestion: did you try IDLEHALT (in FDCONFIG.SYS)? :-) > > Yes, I did, although my understanding is that IDLEHALT is a HLT > implementation inside the kernel, so it's probably (?) redundant with > what FDAPM achieves, when the latter is loaded. > > Without IDLEHALT, FDAPM reports ~50% of idle time. > > With IDLHALT=1, the result is seemingly worse, because FDAPM reports > only ~40% of idle time (but this migh be a wrong perception of FDAPM, > since it sees the kernel giving away less time exactly because of > kernel-issued HLTs...) > > I'd be curious to know if I am alone with this problem - do you have > 'good' idle results on your PC when the system only blinks at a command > prompt? > > The test is as simple as this: > > FDAPM APMDOS > FDAPM ZAPSTATS > (here wait for 30s or so) > FDAPM STATS > > > I never really payed attention to this, and assumed that's just how > things are, but when testing DOSMid I was surprized to see that DOSMid > achieves 95% and more of idle time when playing MIDI files, while > FreeCOM is apparently doing something 50% of the time, when it should do > literally nothing. So now it's cheaper (power-wise) for me to play MIDI > files all day long on my PC rather than leave it "idle" at the DOS prompt :) > > Mateusz > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Monitor 25 network devices or servers for free with OpManager! > OpManager is web-based network management software that monitors > network devices and physical & virtual servers, alerts via email & sms > for fault. Monitor 25 devices for free with no restriction. Download now > http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/292181274;119417398;o > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Kind regards Tom Ehlert +49-241-79886 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor 25 network devices or servers for free with OpManager! OpManager is web-based network management software that monitors network devices and physical & virtual servers, alerts via email & sms for fault. Monitor 25 devices for free with no restriction. Download now http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/292181274;119417398;o _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
