skank@iastate.edu (Skank George L) (06/15/91)
This is the kind of question that would go in a comp.sys.amiga.system newsgroup if we had one I imagine. Anyway, here goes. Which will improve disk speed more, using one of the several disk cacheing programs, or using addbuffers to add extra buffers to a drive? I have an Amiga 3000 with 4Megs of fastram and would like to create a 1Meg diskbuffer. Additionally, is there a point beyond which it becomes pointless to add more buffers. I realize that that when the size of the buffer is squeezing resources into chip ram, that's bad, however, is there a practical limit in software to the size of the buffer (i.e.: too many buffers means slower access time just because there are so many buffers)? Anyone know? --George -- George L. Skank |Five years ago I couldn't spell engineer. /// Senior, Electrical Engineering |Now I are one. /// Iowa State University, Ames, IA | \\\ /// skank@iastate.edu |Phone: (515) 233-2165 \\X//
jma@reef.cis.ufl.edu (John 'Vlad' Adams) (06/16/91)
Doesn't addbuffers use Chip RAM? Someone please correct me if I'm wrong without flaming me. -- John M. Adams --****-- Professional Student /// Internet: jma@cis.ufl.edu Genie: vlad /// Only the Amiga Sysop of The Beachside, Amiga BBS, Paragon 2.0858 \\V// Makes it Possible Fido Net 1:3612/557. 904-492-2305 (Florida) \X/