[comp.windows.ms] Should DOS apps run slower under Windows?

rlk20269@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Richard Leon Kapusta) (06/21/91)

Yes, it's me again!  I have another question not letting
me sleep at night.  Should DOS apps run slower when launched
from Windows even when the pif file says to run it full screen
exclusively?  How much slower?  I would tend to think that
if the pif says "exclusive", then Windows should become 
transparent (I know that is too much to ask for).  How much
slower should things run?  For example, let's take Wing Commander.
This game uses expanded memory to play if you have it, so I
figured, I would let Windows manage my memory for me.  However,
the game runs to slow to play (BTW I have a 386 33Mhz).

Thanks for the input.

Rich Kapusta
University of Illinois