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VaMPiRe wrote:
> For those who are interested - I also have another problem. When I am in
> a DOS session - every 20 minutes I will get ejected from my DOS prompt
> and sent back to WIn95. 

Is it possible that your Simpsons screen saver is set to 20 minute
delay?  It MIGHT kick in even if you're doing stuff in DOS.  This is
just a guess, but it's where I'd start.

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Vampire it would that your 95 is not pre-emptively multitasking
quake with other
system things.  Have a look at your performance tags and make sure
you have 
everything turned up full.

Make sure you dont have any dos drivers loaded before 95 as these
will put 95 into
co-operatevely multitask mode.

Derek


VaMPiRe wrote:
> 
> Hi there.
> 
> I am having a problem with Windows 95 and the DOS session. Whenever
I
> play Quake under a DOS session - every 15 minutes or so the
following
> things happens.
> 
> Time Frame              What happens
> ----------              ------------
> 
> 15 minutes              Normal play
> 1 second                pause
> 1 second                normal play
> 1 second                pause
> 1 second                normal play
> 1 second                pause
> 1 second                normal play
> 1 second                pause
> 15 minutes              Normal play     etc etc
> 
> This pattern repeats for the entire time I am playing a game in a
DOS
> session full screen Window. I thought it was just Quake but it
happens
> on all DOS session games.
> 
> For the first 15 minutes everything is fine. Then the screen locks
up
> for a second. This is repeated 4 times in the next few seconds. A
second
> of pause. Then a second of normal play. If I am in the middle of a
> battle - I usually die because I cannot control the action while
this
> intermittent pausing is occuring.
> 
> What is the problem ?
> 
> I have the following system:
>         Pentium 120
>         40 meg ram
>         Ark Logic 2000 video card
>         SMC8000 network card
>         SoundBlaster 32
> The following software is running in the background most of the
time.
>         The Simpsons after dark screen saver
>         SciTech Display Doctor 5.3
> 
> Problem#2
> 
> For those who are interested - I also have another problem. When I
am in
> a DOS session - every 20 minutes I will get ejected from my DOS
prompt
> and sent back to WIn95. This is a good example of what happens.
> 
> 1. I boot up Win95....
> 2. I click on DOS Prompt.
> 3. I leave the computer sitting idle and watch tv
> 4. Sure enough - after 20 minutes - the machine jumps from the DOS
> session back to windows - all by itself!! It is as if someone had
> pressed Alt_Tab to go back to Windows. And yet I had not even
touched
> the machine. The DOS session is still running.
> 
> This is very frustrating when I am playing Internet Quake. I can be
in
> the middle of a battle and my machine will send me back to the
Win95
> screen. I then have to frantically move my move over the the DOS
session
> icon on the taskbar to go back in. Very frustrating. What could be
the
> problem?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> PLEASE PLEASE email a response to my email address.
> Thanks.
> Vampire.
> hornej@citec.qld.gov.au

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from Eltham in Vic, Australia
derekm@tbsa.com.au

> 
> Hi there.
> 
> I am having a problem with Windows 95 and the DOS session. Whenever I
> play Quake under a DOS session - every 15 minutes or so the following
> things happens.
> 
> Time Frame  What happens
> ----------  ------------
> 
> 15 minutes  Normal play
> 1 second  pause
> 1 second  normal play
> 1 second  pause
> 1 second  normal play
> 1 second   pause
> 1 second  normal play
> 1 second  pause
> 15 minutes  Normal play etc etc
> 
> This pattern repeats for the entire time I am playing a game in a DOS
> session full screen Window. I thought it was just Quake but it happens
> on all DOS session games.
> 
> For the first 15 minutes everything is fine. Then the screen locks up
> for a second. This is repeated 4 times in the next few seconds. A second
> of pause. Then a second of normal play. If I am in the middle of a
> battle - I usually die because I cannot control the action while this
> intermittent pausing is occuring.
> 
> What is the problem ?
> 
> I have the following system:
>  Pentium 120 
>  40 meg ram
>  Ark Logic 2000 video card
>  SMC8000 network card
>  SoundBlaster 32
> The following software is running in the background most of the time.
>  The Simpsons after dark screen saver
>  SciTech Display Doctor 5.3
> 
> Problem#2
> 
> For those who are interested - I also have another problem. When I am in
> a DOS session - every 20 minutes I will get ejected from my DOS prompt
> and sent back to WIn95. This is a good example of what happens.
> 
> 1. I boot up Win95.... 
> 2. I click on DOS Prompt.
> 3. I leave the computer sitting idle and watch tv
> 4. Sure enough - after 20 minutes - the machine jumps from the DOS
> session back to windows - all by itself!! It is as if someone had
> pressed Alt_Tab to go back to Windows. And yet I had not even touched
> the machine. The DOS session is still running.
> 
> This is very frustrating when I am playing Internet Quake. I can be in
> the middle of a battle and my machine will send me back to the Win95
> screen. I then have to frantically move my move over the the DOS session
> icon on the taskbar to go back in. Very frustrating. What could be the
> problem?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> PLEASE PLEASE email a response to my email address.
> Thanks.
> Vampire.
> hornej@citec.qld.gov.au


Sounds to me like system agent may be waking up and doing some stuff - try 
disabling it.

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This may not be the answer to your problem,
but if you're playing any game through DOS-prompt,
especially Quake, why the hell do you have a 
screensaver running in the background???
TURN IT OFF.  
(If you've tried that, just ignore me, I'll go away eventually.)
Turn off EVERYTHING that you can.
(Of course it's OK to leave SciTech Display Doctor on.)
But kill EVERYTHING else.
Also, regarding Quake - if you have and audio CD in the
drive, the game will stutter when it switches songs.
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VaMPiRe <hornej@citec.qld.gov.au> wrote in article
<329CF601.4567@citec.qld.gov.au>...
> Hi there.
> 
> I am having a problem with Windows 95 and the DOS session. Whenever I
> play Quake under a DOS session - every 15 minutes or so the following
> things happens.
> 
> Time Frame		What happens
> ----------		------------
> 
> 15 minutes		Normal play
> 1 second		pause
> 1 second		normal play
> 1 second		pause
> 1 second		normal play
> 1 second 		pause
> 1 second		normal play
> 1 second		pause
> 15 minutes		Normal play	etc etc
> 
> This pattern repeats for the entire time I am playing a game in a DOS
> session full screen Window. I thought it was just Quake but it happens
> on all DOS session games.

----------+CHOP+-----------

> The following software is running in the background most of the time.
> 	The Simpsons after dark screen saver
> 	SciTech Display Doctor 5.3
> 
> Problem#2
> 
> For those who are interested - I also have another problem. When I am in
> a DOS session - every 20 minutes I will get ejected from my DOS prompt
> and sent back to WIn95. This is a good example of what happens.
> 
> 1. I boot up Win95.... 
> 2. I click on DOS Prompt.
> 3. I leave the computer sitting idle and watch tv
> 4. Sure enough - after 20 minutes - the machine jumps from the DOS
> session back to windows - all by itself!! It is as if someone had
> pressed Alt_Tab to go back to Windows. And yet I had not even touched
> the machine. The DOS session is still running.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> PLEASE PLEASE email a response to my email address.
> Thanks.
> Vampire.
> hornej@citec.qld.gov.au
> 

In article <329CF601.4567@citec.qld.gov.au>, hornej@citec.qld.gov.au 
says...
> Hi there.
> 
> I am having a problem with Windows 95 and the DOS session. Whenever I
> play Quake under a DOS session - every 15 minutes or so the following
> things happens.
> 
> Time Frame		What happens
> ----------		------------
> 
> 15 minutes		Normal play
> 1 second		pause
> 1 second		normal play
> 1 second		pause
> 1 second		normal play
> 1 second 		pause
> 1 second		normal play
> 1 second		pause
> 15 minutes		Normal play	etc etc
> 
> This pattern repeats for the entire time I am playing a game in a DOS
> session full screen Window. I thought it was just Quake but it happens
> on all DOS session games.
> 
> For the first 15 minutes everything is fine. Then the screen locks up
> for a second. This is repeated 4 times in the next few seconds. A second
> of pause. Then a second of normal play. If I am in the middle of a
> battle - I usually die because I cannot control the action while this
> intermittent pausing is occuring.

I bet you have Plus! installed -and its doing a hard drive space check 
every 15mins.  This is scheduled by default whenever you install Plus!
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