The TIMESLICE command in CONFIG.SYS sets the minimum and maximum amount of processor time allocated to processes and programs for both OS/2 and DOS sessions.
The first parameter selects the minimum TIMESLICE value in milliseconds. This value is the minimum amount of time a thread is to be processed before yielding the processor to a thread of the same priority level. This value must be an integer greater than or equal to 32.
The second parameter selects the maximum TIMESLICE value in milliseconds. The value of this parameter is the maximum amount of time a thread can be processed before yielding processor time. This value must be an integer greater than or equal to the minimum value, and less than 65536.
The default is dynamic time slicing, which varies the size of the time slice depending on system load and paging activity. Dynamic time slicing is designed to give the best performance in most situations.