asmac@acad2.alaska.edu (04/22/91)
Hello fellow Windroids! I have a couple of questions that have been nagging me, and would like help in solving them! Please reply to me directly, and I will summerise for the net... 1) Is using SMARTDRIVE the way to go? Or would PCCACHE or another cache program the way to go? 2) I use some applications that seem to "run out of memory" (WINNAV), when searching the drives, but ABOUT WINDOWS says I have 968K free. I have a 286, with HIMEM.SYS and use SMARTDRV.SYS 768 512. Any Answers? Thanks! Marc Casillo ASMAC@ALASKA.BITNET ASMAC@ACAD2.ALASKA.EDU
cms2839@isc.rit.edu (a.stranger) (04/23/91)
In article <1991Apr21.192343.1@acad2.alaska.edu> asmac@acad2.alaska.edu writes: >Hello fellow Windroids! > >I have a couple of questions that have been nagging me, and would like help in >solving them! Please reply to me directly, and I will summerise for the net... > >1) Is using SMARTDRIVE the way to go? Or would PCCACHE or another cache program >the way to go? don't use PC Cache . it can't shrink itself like SmartDrive can ( i.e. reduce its memory bite when entering windows ) . if you want a cache with staged writes ( an option on PC cache that significantly improves performance , *especially* under windows ) , try HyperDisk , which is available shareware and can shrink itself . you'll find , however , that if you use all the memory above 640 KB outside of windows but allow over one meg free inside of windows , you'll have to use the /S switch to WIN in order to coax standard mode . hyperdisk apparently doesn't tell windows that the memory is available yet like smartdrive does , so windows will default to real mode because it thinks you don't have enough memory . you *do* get it back , though . -- @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @ "Imagination keeps the shadows away - Xymox @ @~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~@ @ a.stranger - CMS2839@ritvax.isc.rit.edu @