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Brian Massey wrote:
> 3. TS is a 16 bit app running in an operating system designed for 32 bit
> apps. I don't experience this with any other 32 app under NT or theone
> other 16 bit app I run in NT. The amount of time which TS remains "stuck"
> has varied from a few seconds to a little more than a minute. Mark's
> observation that it doesn't appear in Win95 seems to point to either that TS
> may be optimized for 95 since this was the primary targeted platform and/or
> Win95 is optimtimized for 16 bt apps, unlike NT, so handles TS's
> implmentation better. This problem has always cleared itself up and hasn't
> impacted performance or increased the number of GPF's I get in NT (zero).
>
> 4. You should also consider what type of disk format you're using-- FAT or
> NTFS? I run NTFS with IDE hardrive which may not be optimal since NTFS
> works better with SCSI. I've been told it's actually slower with IDE. I
> havn't tried running TS in NT using FAT. This may clear the problem.
I run TS 4 build 21 on NT 4 with Service Pack 3 and a SCSI hard disk
system with NTFS. I have never (yet) experienced a stuck cursor in
any application. Perhaps it is related to the graphics adapter
and its driver.
Rod
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