mikew@wheeler (Mike Whitbeck) (02/13/90)
Can someone please recommend some disk caching programs for the 1040ST (1.0 ROMS)? Maybe a comparison of what is available? I tried lcache but found noo doc files. I am not quite sure if I used it correctly or if there is a bug in it. I also tried dcache (Dijkstra). I believe it only caches read buffers and not write. I would like to cache both read/write operations (floppy and hard disks) and have control over flushing the buffers (e.g. a 'sync' command). PD, freeware, shareware, commercial--- all fine. Thanks! ___________________________________________________________ |Mike Whitbeck | | |Desert Research Inst. | mikew@wheeler.wrc.unr.edu | |POB 60220 | | |RENO, NV 89506 | 702-673-7348 | |__________________________|______________________________| Never attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetance. (because incompetance really is so much more common than deliberate malice)- J. Martin in "To Rise Above Principle" ~ ___________________________________________________________ ~ |Mike Whitbeck | mikew@wheeler.wrc.unr.edu | ~ |__________________________|__RENO___NEVADA_______________|
bammi@dsrgsun.ces.CWRU.Edu (Jwahar R. Bammi) (02/13/90)
In article <3561@tahoe.unr.edu> mikew@wheeler (Mike Whitbeck) writes: > I also tried dcache (Dijkstra). I believe it only caches read > buffers and not write. I would like to cache both read/write > operations (floppy and hard disks) and have control over > flushing the buffers (e.g. a 'sync' command). Dcache does all of the above. (sync via 'dcache =f' if i remember correctly, or via the supplied ACC). It can optionally *not* write through. -- bang: {any internet host}!dsrgsun.ces.CWRU.edu!bammi jwahar r. bammi domain: bammi@dsrgsun.ces.CWRU.edu GEnie: J.Bammi
atari@praxis.cs.ruu.nl (Atari-ST Software) (02/14/90)
In article <BAMMI.90Feb12234717@dsrgsun.ces.CWRU.Edu> bammi@dsrgsun.ces.CWRU.Edu (Jwahar R. Bammi) writes: >In article <3561@tahoe.unr.edu> mikew@wheeler (Mike Whitbeck) writes: >> I also tried dcache (Dijkstra). I believe it only caches read >> buffers and not write. I would like to cache both read/write >> operations (floppy and hard disks) and have control over >> flushing the buffers (e.g. a 'sync' command). > Dcache does all of the above. (sync via 'dcache =f' if i remember >correctly, or via the supplied ACC). It can optionally *not* write >through. Correct. However if you want to use dcache on a floppy you have to be careful (the manual also warns for this): - Don't change floppies without 'invalidating' and syncing the cache for a floppy. - Formatting a floppy from the desktop with a cache for the floppydrive turned on fails.