At first I'd say this is completely normal but I guess I should ask just *how* slow is it running on the 486 ? Does it take a minute to load or does it take seeral minutes? How long does it take to load on the Pentium? There's a huge difference in speeds between a 486 and a Pentium 200 so I would expect a big difference in the app speed.

Other factors to consider are: The executable may be 1.6 but the Foxpro runtimes and other dlls you might be using can take up to several more MB's. Mine apps usually take no less than 6 MB of actual memory. So, make sure you're running your 486 with lots of memory. I'm assuming your running Win95 on the Pentium too? If not, then there's also a difference in operating systems speeds.

- A Hilton


>Hi everyone,
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>I have tried a compiled VFP 6.0 standalone(.EXE) application on an Intel 486 clone running Win95 and it is desperately slow (even when it is loading). The program is 1.6 MB in size. Is this a normal situation or can execution be optimized ? There is such a huge difference when running the same program in a Pentium 200 Mhz PC.
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>Thanks