Strange problem

[kony]

OK, I got to one of the machines that is known for doing this when CPU
gets maxed out. Its the oldest one, a 75MHz pentium.

IMO, a Pentium 75 is just too slow for a realistic use for
two reasons. The lack of CPU muscle and that most boards of
the era didn't support UDMA for drive access.

I looked at winamp
2.79's priority and it was set to normal, and played fine. Max it out -
which is very easy - and it stutters. Now I know its gone into looping
at times, producing exactly the symptoms the OP mentioned, and I could
swear it was set to a higher priority at the time... but that priority
bit is only from memory.

My best guess is that the win9x somehow got it set to wrong priority at
times. I do know for sure it has exhibited this lock and loop behaviour
several times, but it wouldnt do it now when I checked. Not sure what
else to say, am not getting as clear a picture as I'd expected to see

There might be another player that is better able to handle
insufficient processors, but it's been so long since I've
tried to use a Pentium 1 to play audio that I don't recall
any titles.

 

[meow2222]

On 29 Aug 2006 12:21:36 -0700, (e-mail address removed) wrote:

IMO, a Pentium 75 is just too slow for a realistic use for
two reasons. The lack of CPU muscle and that most boards of
the era didn't support UDMA for drive access.

Well, it gets used now and then and is upto the tasks demanded, mostly
word processing / database, plus very rarely net access, which it
manages at decent speed if other apps are closed. I'd kill myself if I
had to use it day in day out as a main machine, but its fine for what
it does.

There might be another player that is better able to handle
insufficient processors, but it's been so long since I've
tried to use a Pentium 1 to play audio that I don't recall
any titles.

indeed, but its not something I wish to put time into. It isnt used
much, and it works. Surprisingly well considering how little it has to
work with.


NT