Disk caching programs

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From: Brian Smith
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1987 19:01

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	I'm interested in getting a disk caching program (Lightning, Flash,
Vcache, et al) for my PC.  I've tried EMMCACHE, which was posted on Usenet,
but the speed improvement I've experienced has been slight.  Therefore, I
would like to hear about some of the commercial packages available.  The
major points I'm interested in are:
		- Is the program reliable?
		- Does it speed up access to both hard and floppy disks?
		- Does it use EMS (Aboveboard) memory?
		- Does it do full-track buffering?
		- How much conventional memory does it gobble up?
		- Does it have any bells or whistles?

	Please send any respones directly to me.  (You should be able to
find the appropriate path in the UUCP-supplied header of this message.)  
Given more than one or two responses, I will post a summary.

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Subject: Disk caching programs
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Date: Sat, 10-Jan-87 14:01:35 EST
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