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Hard Drive caches

#11813
From: pv9955
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 19:15
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I am running HyperDisk on my computer, and Smartdrv 4.0 on my mother's 
computer.  I also have NCache with Norton Utils 6.01.
I have never seen a report on software drive caches, so I do not know how 
these three caches compare to each other.
I really cannot compare how Smartdrv and HyperDisk perform, because the hard
drive in my mom's computer is considerably better than mine.
And when I try to compare Smartdrv with HyperDisk on my computer, I really
cannot "feel" any major differences.
However, I like the HyperDisk interface better.
Does anybody know which of these three is "supposedly" the "best" or fastest
drive cache ?  How compatible are they with most software ?
(I know that HyperDisk does not like QEMM386, but I am not running that, so
I do not care).
I would eventually like to get Stacker 3.0 (or DOS 6.0) and I would like to
know how any of these caches will work with Stacker.
And before I get Stacker, should I keep using HyperDisk, of is NCache or
Smartdrv actually "better" ?

Any opinions would be appreciated.  Please EMail responses.

Thanks,
Peter Volpe
PV9955@albnyvms.bitnet
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Subject: Hard Drive caches
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