Mail Archives: djgpp/1994/09/15/07:22:09
> On Wed, 14 Sep 1994, Francesc Guasch-Ortiz wrote:
>
> > I've been testing djgpp in two computers : a 486 DX 50 and a 486 DX 25, both
> > with 4 Megs of RAM, and both give veeeery slow compilation times.
>
> > I'd like to know if the Ram is the main reason for the slow times.
>
> Depends, if it seems like its swaping a lot to disk, most likely, Yes.
>
> > If it is what is the next step ?
>
> A) Go through all that your loading in config.sys and autoexec.bat.
> Strip it down do the bare minimum. i.e. unload SmartDrv, etc. I
> wouldn't worry about loading things high since the amount of
> conventional ram doesn't make that much of a difference.
>
> B) Get more ram.
>
>
> > Will it go faster with 6 Megs, 8 , or maybe i gotta upgrade to 16 ?
>
> Most likely, Yes. I had 4 and it swaped a fair amount, after upgrading
> to 8, it hardly ever hit the disk.
>
> > (with other compilers the same program goes very quick)
>
> That's because they're not "special". :)))
>
Well, we have faced this problem, but its solution is simple. Just run
DOS memmaker and change application use expanded memory to yes. You will
have a dramatic fast compilation.
--Mahmoud
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