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From: jim@applix.UUCP (Jim Morton)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Compaq/XENIX Disk slow
Summary: slow xenix...
Keywords: Compaq XENIX Seagate Disk
Message-ID: <987@applix.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jun 89 14:05:49 GMT
References: <297@sda.atexnet.UUCP>
Organization: APPLiX Inc., Westboro MA
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In article <297@sda.atexnet.UUCP>, sda@atexnet.UUCP (Stephen Ayers) writes:
> I have a Compaq 386 Deskpro model 40 that appears to run dog slow.
> mem: total = 1024k, reserved = 4k, kernel = 636k, user = 384k
               ^^^^^
               |||||
	No wonder! you've only got 1 meg of memory!! The MINIMUM you
	want to run Xenix 2.3 with is 2 megs.

> You will notice %disk entry does not list anything in the DMA column.

	Standard HD/FD controllers use DMA only for the floppy
	portion of the controller.
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Jim Morton, APPLiX Inc., Westboro, MA
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