Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 16:15:53 +0200 (IST) From: Eli Zaretskii X-Sender: eliz AT is To: Nathan Jerpe cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: running DJGPP under DOS In-Reply-To: <39f6d452$1@rpc1284.daytonoh.ncr.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: djgpp AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk On Wed, 25 Oct 2000, Nathan Jerpe wrote: > I've tried everything listed in the FAQ to speed up my compilation (I'm > using a spare dinosaur computer as my build machine...AMD 133MHz with 36 MB > RAM). Unfortunately, up to this point my compilation times are only about > 200 LOC / second and I'd like to tweak it further. 200 lines/second? That's terribly slow for a 133-MHz machine. I'd expect about 800. > I was thinking if I ran > RHIDE under straight DOS instead of Win95 I could get an environment more > conducive to fast compilation. I doubt if you could get a much faster compilation, unless the Windows setup is somehow misconfigured. > Question #1: How do I get RHIDE to run under pure DOS (not a DOS box in > Windows?) When I try I am told there is no DPMI. Is there some freely > available DPMI anyone can suggest that does not require the use of Windows? Get csdpmi5b.zip from the v2misc directory on any DJGPP site. > Question #2: Do ya think this could speed up my compilation? I figured I > should be getting at least 500-600 LOC / second. As I told, I don't understand why do you see such a slow speed. It should be much higher.