100% Processor Usage

[ka6uup]

I have a 16 bit utility that I really like. (All The Time)
When it is running, System Performance shows 100% processor usage.
Is there a way to get around this?
Thanks

 

[Alec S.]

I have a 16 bit utility that I really like. (All The Time)
When it is running, System Performance shows 100% processor usage.
Is there a way to get around this?

Get a copy of DOSIdle, or other similar program and run it before running the program.

DOS programs and their ilk (including old Windows programs) do not put the CPU in idle mode when not in use. As a result, the CPU
is under constant use and will be heated more than necessary. TSRs such as DOSIdle, remain in the background and send HLT commands
to the CPU in a continuous loop, so that whenever the main program is not using the CPU, the CPU receives a HLT command which tells
it to rest. They are not 100%, but they do the trick.

 

[ka6uup]

Get a copy of DOSIdle, or other similar program and run it before running the program.

DOS programs and their ilk (including old Windows programs) do not put the CPU in idle mode when not in use. As a result, the CPU
is under constant use and will be heated more than necessary. TSRs such as DOSIdle, remain in the background and send HLT commands
to the CPU in a continuous loop, so that whenever the main program is not using the CPU, the CPU receives a HLT command which tells
it to rest. They are not 100%, but they do the trick.

Thanks Alec.
I'll do so.