From:	DigitalFx <digitalfx AT sprynet DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Speed up DJGPP on a 386?
Date:	Wed, 24 Sep 1997 22:20:20 -0400
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> I just a got 386/20,6/80 B&W laptop from a friend &

386/20? Painfully slow, especially the SX models.

> I've been using DJGPP on my P120,16/850 desktop so I
> want to use DJGPP on my new laptop but it is painfully
> slow.  I have it currently set up like this:
> mouse & smartdrv in hi/umb mem
> 617K free conv mem
> 45K free hi/umb mem
> 1MB smartdrv disk cache

Is write-behind caching enabled?

> 4MB EMS

Don't bother with EMS

> When I compile a simple hello world program
> like this one w/ -09 -s -m386(I use these
> gcc options for all programs) it takes about
> 20x's longer than my P120(10 secs as compared
> to 3+mins):

Take out the -O optimization and it'll help a little. But a 386 is 20x 
slower than a Pentium 120, and the Pentium has much faster memory, disk, 
and everything else.

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