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Article #1386Re: INCREDIBLY SLOOOOOOOW PRINTING IN WINDOWS 3.1
From: Greg Cook|xxxxxx
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 05:01
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 05:01
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From article <C0p3ys.DMC@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, by ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib):
> In article <1iceg0INNbpk@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> gcook@horus.cem.msu.EDU (Greg Cook|xxxxxx) writes:
>>From article <1icbvqINNf6b@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>, by gcook@horus.cem.msu.EDU (Greg Cook|xxxxxx):
>
>>1. Make sure you have SET TEMP=c:\<your temp directory> in your
>> autoexec.bat. Don't use a RAM disk for your temp directory.
>> Temp directory should have at least 6 Meg free.
>
> Hmmmm... why not use a RAM disk if you have RAM to spare? Size
> limitations might be one problem, but I have heard of someone
> using Stacker on a RAMdisk and getting incredible speed increases
Actually, I quoted that from the magazine article. You can use a RAM
disk if you've got ram to spare. The author of the article merely
suggested that you keep your ram free for your other applications.
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