Win 3.1 and SMARTDRV

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From: luis basto
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1992 06:12

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I tested a Windows 3.1 installation with the typical mix of applications -
WFW, Excel, Quattro Pro, Dos Shell, Microsoft's assortment of Windows games,
and everything seem to work quite nicely.

Windows 3.1 replaced the old SMARTDRV.SYS with SMARTDRV.EXE which seems
to have more control on setting up a disk cache. However, when I run
CORETEST v2.8, the read/write speed is almost an order of magnitude slower
than when using the simpler SMARTDRV.SYS, almost to the point of having no 
disk cache. What gives? Is CORETEST no longer valid for this new driver?

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Luis Basto
Usenet: cs.utexas.edu!mavrick!luis
        basto@cactus.org

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From: luis@mavrick.UUCP (luis basto)
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Subject: Win 3.1 and SMARTDRV
Keywords: windows 3.1 smartdrv
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Date: 8 Apr 92 06:12:57 GMT
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