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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!wupost!csus.edu!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Subject: Re: V86 mode Message-ID: <hastyCBDCAp.4AL@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <107725@hydra.gatech.EDU> <23tqbk$3tt@europa.eng.gtefsd.com> Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1993 02:59:13 GMT Lines: 19 In article <23tqbk$3tt@europa.eng.gtefsd.com> niemidc@oasis.gtefsd.com writes: >The V86-mode emulators I have seen tend to suck about 10% of the CPU each (on a 386). >Is this inherent in V86 mode, or is it a deficiency of the implementation? >In other words, have you gotten around this problem? My 2 cents: In dealing with S3 cards for the last year or so, it is a whole lot easier to initialize the vga cards via BIOS rather than coding for all the little variant s3 cards. Amancio -- This message brought to you by the letters X and S and the number 3 Amancio Hasty | Home: (415) 495-3046 | ftp-site depository of all my work: e-mail hasty@netcom.com | sunvis.rtpnc.epa.gov:/pub/386bsd/incoming