egisin@mks.UUCP (Eric Gisin) (02/02/89)
I read the review of disk caches in PC magazine, but it did not mention if they tested them under DOS 4.0. I'm looking for a cache that will: 1. run under PC DOS 4 (and work with large partitions), 2. use extended memory, 3. co-exist with vdisk in extended memory. Since the way vdisk allocates extended memory changed between DOS 3.3 and DOS 4, I suspect some caches will no longer run under DOS 4. Can anyone recommend a cache that they have used with the above configuration? I have a few caches already, but none are satifactory. PC magazine's dcache will not run in extended memory. If you are looking for it, you can FTP it from simtel20.arpa (under pd1:<msdos.dskutl>). The MS SmartDrive I have will not run under DOS 4. DisCache, which I am using, has a few problems. I can't use it with vdisk, it doesn't save writes in the cache, and I think it is crashing my machine.
Eric.Thav@f7.n369.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Eric Thav) (02/12/89)
Eric,
A good disk cache is PC-CACHE that comes with PC-TOOLS. Make
sure to get PC Tools Deluxe 5.0 or above (5.1 is the latest). With
PC-CACHE you can install it in Extended memory and it will like VDISK.
I use it with VDISK and in Extended memory. It will run under DOS 4
because the whole PC Tools package will. Here is the syntax I use:
PC-CACHE /SIZEXT=64K <--- SIZEXT is EXTENDED MEMORY SIZE IN
Kilobytes. The whole PC Tools Deluxe program is really wonderful so it
is worth it. It can be found mail order for $36-$40. For that price,
you get a Disk Cache, a DOS Shell (better than DOS 4.0), a Disk
Defragger, a Desktop program that competes with SideKick Plus, and
more. Try it.
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