How do I install 3.12 patch? (AREV Specific)
At 24 JUN 2002 09:48:25PM p shute wrote:
I'm running arev 3.1, and want to install the upgrade to 3.12. I've downloaded AR312UPD.ZIP but there's no instructions in it. I have 3 questions.
1. I want to install this because I heard it will allow me to set a "yield time to windows flag". Is that true?
2. How do you install it?
3. Can I expect any problems?
At 25 JUN 2002 10:06AM Warren wrote:
Unzip the contents and copy contents of each disk folder to a floppy (or you can unzip each of the disk folder directly to a separate floppy).
Put disk1 in floppy drive.
Make sure all ARev users are out of ARev.
Login in to AREV as user INSTALL (ie. AREV INSTALL /x /m4096)
Pick "Install/Upgrade" from menu. Feed floppies as requested.
After it's done, log out and back into INSTALL and run "Upgrade Application" from the menu. Do this for each application/account on your system.
"Yield time to Windows" settings will be under Hardware - Workstation settings.
At 25 JUN 2002 07:22PM [url=http://www.sprezzatura.com]The Sprezzatura Group[/url] wrote:
If you receive an "invalid opcode 70" error, or similar, simply re-perform the installation a second time. This is the only potential glitch, and it has probably been fixed by now. Before upgrade, do three things - backup, backup and backup.
Apart from the "Yield time to Windows" feature, the release is far more stable, and the limitation on TCL command length has been lifted.
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At 26 JUN 2002 04:12AM p shute wrote:
OK, I've successfully installed 3.12, and I've set "yield time to windows" to Yes. Thanks for your help everyone.
It had the immediate effect of dropping cpu usage from 100% to about 80%. This still seems a bit high for an application sitting there waiting for input. Is this all the improvement I can expect?
At 26 JUN 2002 04:31AM [url=http://www.sprezzatura.com]The Sprezzatura Group[/url] wrote:
Regretfully without acquiring our CPUPLUS product, probably. Fine tuning may knock it down a bit more but to get down to the single figures you'll need CPUPLUS.
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At 26 JUN 2002 06:38PM p shute wrote:
What exactly is CPUPLUS, and how does it work?
Incidentally, although the upgrade went without any problems (like the invalid opcode 70 error you mentioned), I doubt the upgrade has been fixed. All of the files in it are dated 1995.
At 27 JUN 2002 03:54AM [url=http://www.sprezzatura.com]The Sprezzatura Group[/url] wrote:
CPU Plus is a plug in program for AREV that replaces certain system routines with ones that yield time to Windows in a more effective manner thus drastically reducing CPU usage. Details may be found at http://www.sprezzatura.com under Products and Services. You may get a time-expiring evaluation copy.
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At 27 JUN 2002 09:59AM [url=http://www.sprezzatura.com]The Sprezzatura Group[/url] wrote:
The files are dates March 12, 1995 since that was the date ARev 3.12 was released.
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