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Because I am not a Mac program developer, my needs from the disk cache
may be different than those of many people on the net.  My Mac is mostly
used for terminal emulation, file transfer, games, word processing,
and a little spreadsheet work.  I keep my disk cache at either 256K
or 384K and find that it makes a BIG difference.  For example:

1)  The first launch of Red Ryder 9.2 takes about 10 seconds.  The
	second launch takes about half that and has audibly less
	disk access.

2)  Without the cache, Excel and Word 1.05 have many more small delays
	when I make them use less common or more "compute-heavy"
	features.  With the cache, you get the standard caching effect.
	That is, the first time a new features is used, the disk is
	accessed.  Repeated uses of the feature do not require a disk
	access.

I have no idea why LightSpeed Pascal doesn't show much improvement with
the cache, but I sure like having it.

Ethan Munson
munson@ernie.berkeley.edu
ucbvax!ernie!munson