On Monday, 16 November 1998,
     MIKE RUSKAI wrote to IVAN TODOROSKI about PM drawing priorities...

 IT>> Because the higher priority process (dragging the window) is eating
 IT>> all the cycles, the ping process only runs in short bursts
 IT>> (caused by the starvation boost) one second apart, and that's the
 IT>> reason why it registers the packets as returning 1 second after
 IT>> sending.

 MR> I would suspect your video driver, first off.

  It is only part of the problem.

 MR> The window update doesn't have a higher priority, as far as I can
 MR> tell. It may get a temporary boost because of the activity.  What
 MR> processor speed, and what graphics adapter do you have?

   Processor: 486/100
   Card: Chips & Technologies 64300 Wingine
   Driver: SLOOOW! :)

  Read my previous messages, I already explained all of this...

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