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In article <BAMMI.90Feb12234717@dsrgsun.ces.CWRU.Edu> bammi@dsrgsun.ces.CWRU.Edu (Jwahar R. Bammi) writes:

>In article <3561@tahoe.unr.edu> mikew@wheeler (Mike Whitbeck) writes:
>> I also tried dcache (Dijkstra). I believe it only caches read
>> buffers and not write. I would like to cache both read/write
>> operations (floppy and hard disks) and have control over
>> flushing the buffers (e.g. a 'sync' command).

>	Dcache does all of the above. (sync via 'dcache =f' if i remember
>correctly, or via the supplied ACC). It can optionally *not* write
>through.

Correct.

However if you want to use dcache on a floppy
you have to be careful (the manual also warns for this):
- Don't change floppies without 'invalidating' and syncing the cache
  for a floppy.
- Formatting a floppy from the desktop with a cache for the
  floppydrive turned on fails.