wignall@latcs1.lat.oz.au (Chris) (05/30/91)
Keywords:286, configuration,help Organization: Comp Sci, La Trobe Uni, Australia Date: Thu, 30 May 1991 07:52:00 GMT I have a 12 Meg 286 with 2Mb of memory. I use Windows mainly with WFW, with ATM in the background. I am interested in what people think is the best configuration for the best performance. That is what disk cache to use, how a big a disk cache to use, size of ATM font cache etc. I am asking this because I am not really happy with the general performance.. ie scrolling speed, screen updates etc... Also do people think that 2Mb is enough on a 286 .. I sometimes uses programs such as designer in conjunction with word. thanks Chris Wignall wignall@latcs1.lat.oz.au
ggreenbe@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Gerald Greenberg) (05/31/91)
In article <1991May30.075200.15058@latcs1.lat.oz.au> wignall@latcs1.lat.oz.au (Chris) writes: >I have a 12 Meg 286 with 2Mb of memory. I use Windows mainly with WFW, with ATM >in the background. I am interested in what people think is the best >configuration for the best performance. That is what disk cache to use, how >a big a disk cache to use, size of ATM font cache etc. I am asking this because >I am not really happy with the general performance.. ie scrolling speed, screen >updates etc... > >Also do people think that 2Mb is enough on a 286 .. I sometimes uses programs >such as designer in conjunction with word. > > thanks Chris Wignall > wignall@latcs1.lat.oz.au > I tried to post this to the net earlier in regard to a similar question, but messed up. Here it is again: There's an interesting article in the April 1991 issue of PCComputing called "Make Windows Soar on a 286". It is written by Doug Van Kirk and is pretty interesting. For example, he says as a rule of thumb, you shouldn't give more than one third of your memory to a cache, but you should retain 1.5 MB for Windows and Windows programs. He gives benchmarks for various setups, too. I think it is worth checking out. --Gerry ggreenbe@rodan.acs.syr.edu