PF>    - HPFS386 is probably slower for local use.  (This is not new
PF>      either, and I have known it all along,  but people still say
RE>they
PF>      want it included in base OS/2 because it will be faster -- it
PF>      isn't).

[snip]

RE>In conclusion, I firmly believe that HPFS386 improves the performance
RE>under most circumstances.  Using my system, a high volume I/O bound
RE>systems improvements are even higher (30-35%).  However, this seems to
RE>be a resonable benchmark and I consider 17% significant enough to
RE>worry about.  The difference is obviously larger on longer compiles.

Same here but with a big caveat. You have a bus master controller and so do
I. The results always seem marginal on IDE/PIO systems that I have tested.
I have not tested PIO SCSI so I don't really know about them. It could be
that the skeptics are all using PIO or a much smaller cache.

--Lynn

 * SLMR 2.1a * I don't want to play, coack, we're losing........

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