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From: mlord@bwdls58.bnr.ca (Mark Lord)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: Dynamic Cache?
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Date: 16 Dec 90 13:22:32 GMT
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In article <sbNyRbu00WBMM2ilU1@andrew.cmu.edu> jm9t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Josh Brian Mastronarde) writes:
<Does anyone know of a good cache program that will automatically give up
<space?  I have a system with 4 megs of memory, and use QEMM-386 to
<convert it to expanded memory.  Since I am usually using less than 2

Two products come immediately to mind:

	1. HYPER DISK (HYPERDSK) -- shareware disk cache with incredible
	features and performance.  It works just like the SMARTDRV.SYS,
	in that it can give memory back to WINDOWS3, AS WELL AS DESQVIEW!
	However, for other programs this is not truly automatic (yet).

	2. The brand new Super PC-Kwik disk cache.  This is an excellent
	commercial product, and consistantly is chosen as the BEST cache
	by nearly anyone who does product reviews.  It is pretty quick,
	and the NEW version (just being released NOW) has the feature you
	want:  When it starts up, it allocates ALL memory for itself, and
	then dishes it back out anytime *any* application wants to "borrow"
	some for a while (or permanently).  Compatible with QEMM, 386MAX,
	WINDOWS, and DESQVIEW.. and lots of other applications that use
	EMS (XMS also?? I dunno.. haven't got it yet).
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