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In article <sZcJ41w164w@halcyon.uucp> halcyon!ralphs@seattleu.edu (Ralph Sims) writes:
>nyet@nntp-server.caltech.edu (n liu) writes:
>
>> >BUFFERS=4
>
>> I assume that by setting the buffers,fcbs, and stack vars so small you can
>> save a couple of K. How low is "safe" for most uses (windows, mathematica,
>> etc. etc.). Do i just set 'em all real tiny and wait for an app to bitch abou
>> not having enough? or is that inviting problems?
>
>We had set up low DOS buffers to allow maximum efficiency in a cache.
>Most of our applications use dBASE III+, which DEMANDS (it appears)
>at least 8 DOS buffers.  For some strange reason, even allocating more
>buffers via LOADHI didn't work.  We were plagued with scrambled databases,
>which required major surgery to resuscitate.  Since setting BUFFERS=10
>and sacrificing a tad in cache performance, I don't have to spend a lot
>of time playing with the tape backup.

III+ was written about a million years ago. dBASE IV 1.1 includes its
own cache now, and only requires a 450K footprint (compared to 516K
for dBASE IV 1.0).

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