Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!mhres!hst
From: hst@mh_co2.mh.nl (Klaas Hemstra)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Bad memory caching ? (Win 3.0 memory requirements)
Message-ID: <5573@mhres.mh.nl>
Date: 15 Oct 90 16:56:20 GMT
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I have a 386sx noname clone with 1 Meg RAM.
I installed Windows 3 in 386 enhanced mode.
It reeeeeeaaaaaaaal slooooooooooow.
I only have 200K memory free when I start a Dos shell (windowed)
When I installed Windows 3 on a 386 (20 Mhz) with 2 Meg Ram it performed
acceptable.

The 1 Meg really should not be a problem.
If you have virtual memory there should be some kind of intelligent algorithm
which determines which pages aren't used recently and can be swapped out.
When I start a simple program only (like solitaire), the disk is being used
almost constantly, each mouse click will result in disk access etc.
This is rediculous.

Is Windows that stupid it swaps in entire applications or areas or something ?
It can't use all of my 1 Meg when I run a solitaire game, so what is it doing ?

Can somebody give any comments ?

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