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From: george@shumv1.ncsu.edu (George Browning)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Hyperdisk -- the Smartdrive replacement
Message-ID: <1990Jul30.203704.13570@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>
Date: 30 Jul 90 20:37:04 GMT
Reply-To: george@shumv1.ncsu.edu (George Browning)
Organization: NCSU Computing Center
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Has anyone tried Hyperdisk -- the new shareware Smartdrive replacement?

I downloaded a benchmarks file from Compuserve and it looks like
Hyperdisk is a much better product.  Hyperdisk can use an optional write
cache (Smartdrive doesn't have this) which speeds up disk access
considerably.

The benchmarks were done by Frank Reidelberger (CIS: 73230,650).

The PC Mag Benchmark Version 5.1 tests had the following summary
for small and large records (SD=Smartdrive 3.03, HD=Hyperdisk 4.01):

Cache used:     	  none	   SD     SD    HD     HD     HD    HD
Cache size (kb):          0        1024   2048  1024   2048   1024  2048
DOS memory used (kb):     0        14     16    21     23     21    23
Write cache:              n/a      n/a    n/a   no     no     yes   yes

Overall results:          87.45    47.73  48.01 49.48  49.38  6.97  7.14
                                                              ^^^^^^^^^^
                                                                WOW!!!

Has anyone tried this program out?  How does it work with Windows 3.0?
Is it available via ftp?

george
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| George Browning                  North Carolina State University  |
| george@shumv1.ncsu.edu                               Raleigh, NC  |
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