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Article #6604Re: Mac Cache
From: Bart Massey
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1986 04:35
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1986 04:35
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In article <2017@calmasd.CALMA.UUCP> cjn@calmasd.UUCP (Cheryl Nemeth) writes: > Does the cache do an automatic write-through all the time? As near as I can determine, the answer is no. > It seems like > it would be very dangerous to use if it doesn't. Yup, I and others don't ever enable it. It's frightening to think how a non-write-through cache works with novice users, who don't know enough to turn it off... How hard would it really have been for apple to make the write-through *optional*, like the cacheing itself? Bart Massey UUCP: ..tektronix!reed!bart
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!topaz!nike!ucbcad!ucbvax!hplabs!tektronix!reed!bart From: bart@reed.UUCP (Bart Massey) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Re: Mac Cache Message-ID: <3927@reed.UUCP> Date: Tue, 29-Jul-86 00:35:00 EDT Article-I.D.: reed.3927 Posted: Tue Jul 29 00:35:00 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 29-Jul-86 21:39:10 EDT References: <932@hounx.UUCP> <842@wang.UUCP> <2017@calmasd.CALMA.UUCP> Reply-To: bart@reed.UUCP (Bart Massey) Organization: Reed College, Portland, Oregon Lines: 16