basic programs running slow under XP

[Reise Jacobs]

I have purchased Power Basic but have not yet used it because
I use many sub routines and the work required to convert to
PB seems to difficult.

When running quick basic routines under XP,applications run
maybe 5-10 times slower than under windows98 or DOS.
Will I have the same problem in power basic?

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[Barry Erick]

Well, XP does not have DOS in it. It has a console that mimiks DOS
and PB for DOS will run in that also. However, it will generally run faster
than QB simply because it is faster.

To run true 32 bit programs in the XP Console window, PBCC is the tool for that.
PBCC brings all the DOS commands to Windows without the mess of
Windows programming. The major change from DOS to Windows is that everything
is within Functions or Subs with at least ONE main function. And the change
to PB Win from the console is very easy.

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[JAMES GILLEM]

Some time ago I had the same issue running DOS .exe (pb) programs
under XP and W2k

Thanks to this forum I found a utility called TAME (do a search)
that actually eliminated the multi slice problem and really did
speed thinge up.

Good luck

Jim


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[Michael Torrie]

http://www.tamedos.com/

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