markh@milton.u.washington.edu (Mark Hirayama) (04/14/91)
D D I was just wondering if anyone out there in the network world could send me some information about how I can take full advantage of my new system. I just bought a 386-33MHz, and it's really nice and everything, but someone told me I would need certain utilities and perhaps modify some of my applications in order to fully utilize all this power. How do I tap into this system? I guess my main questions are: 1) How can I take full advantage of my Cache memory? (I think there's 64K in here) 2) How can I make use of the 4 MB RAM we had configured in this computer. When I run my compiler, it accesses the hard drive so much I'm afraid I'm going to wear it out. I want to install a chunk of the compiler into memory so it could just access it from there, if that's possible You can either post responses on the network, or e-mail me directly at: markh@milton.u.washington.edu Thanks in advance! --markh .
vanmick@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com (Van Der Beek Michael-Leo) (04/17/91)
Hi, Try using Hyperdisk. It is a disk caching program which does the same as ramdrive but does not have the problem of a cold boot. It will warn you and write the files before it allows you to reboot. Use QEMM 5.11 or greater and you have more control over all your memory. I am using a 386-33Mhz system. Also slowly (painfully ;-) trying to tweak the system for optimum performance. I recommend the above two programs. Use it and maybe you can get some of the power you were talking about. Also, the above will work with Windows and most other software. Even using compress from PC-TOOLs with the disk cache installed. Well, I hope the above helps. Regards, Michael