Keith, at 16:15 on Thu, Dec 08 1994, you wrote to Paul Edwards ...

PE> I've set it up with a 4 meg disk cache.  I've also got a 4 meg FAT 
PE> cache and a 2 meg CDROM cache and a 1 meg VDISK, so total extravagence 
PE> = 4+4+2+1 = 11 meg, out of 20 meg, leaving 9 meg for programs + OS.  
PE> That should be enough.

KR> there is something fundamentally weird about using more memory 
KR> for cache than actual use.

I can almost understand the 4Mb HPFS cache, but 4Mb for FAT ??  Even IBM
themselves recommend no more than 512Kb for the FAT cache (Paul must still
have fond memories of the inefficient smartdrv, I think).  And a RAM disk
under OS/2 (which has no 640Kb limit) ??   Now I've heard everything!  |-)

Regards, Bill

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