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Article #13791Desqview disk access - ansi.com increases access time: how?
From: Jeff Racine
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 1991 21:47
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 1991 21:47
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I have a 386 with 4MB of RAM. I run Desqview386 and use PCKWIK's disk cache program. Recently I uploaded PCMAG's ansi.com (replacement for ansi.sys) to try out. However, when I ran it in a Desqview window, the strangest thing happened: my disk access went through the roof. I ran the benchmark program that came with PCKWIK, and disk access was a fast in the window (nearly) as it was without Desqview. I double checked and tried it on another system and the same thing happened. I am not complaining :-) but am at a loss to explain. My primary beef regarding Desqview was disk access within windows, and this (apparently unrelated) simple program corrects the problem. Two questions: 1) Why does this occur 2) Has anybody else noticed this? Thanks for your time and effort. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Racine racine@nexus.yorku.ca racine@yunexus.UUCP
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!torsqnt!lethe!yunexus!racine From: racine@yunexus.yorku.ca (Jeff Racine) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Desqview disk access - ansi.com increases access time: how? Summary: DV and ANSI.COM appear to significantly increase access time Keywords: DV, ANSI.COM, disk access, significant speedup Message-ID: <22197@yunexus.YorkU.CA> Date: 1 Apr 91 21:47:44 GMT Article-I.D.: yunexus.22197 References: <6329@bwdls58.bnr.ca> Sender: news@yunexus.YorkU.CA Organization: York University, Toronto, Ont. Lines: 24