Re: PC-Cache (from PC Tools) and SMARTDRV.SYS

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From: Michael Harlow
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1991 04:29

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In <X8V0Z4w163w@mimas.UUCP> vcl@mimas.UUCP (Victor C. Limary) writes:

>cyang%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Cheng Yang) writes:

>> HI! Does anyone know how good PC-Cache (from PC Tools v6.0) is?
>> 
>> Is it better than the SMARTDRV.SYS (for MS-DOS and windows)?
>> 
>> Does Windows 3.0 work with PC-Cache?

>I think that PC-Cache is better, since you can use expanded memory 
>instead of extended.  Smartdrive messes comm programs since it access 
>extended memory, and you start losing characters because it has to reset 
>the processor (I think).   And PC-Cache seems to work just fine with 
>Windows.  It also works well with Desqview.

SmartDrv.sys (From windows 3.0) can use EMS, if you add /a to the config line.
(Load your EMS driver first of course)

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