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From: v105mahs@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Peter P Donohue)
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Subject: problems with SMARTDRV and PKZIP
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Date: 12 Jan 91 15:11:47 GMT
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   This question isn't about Windows per se, but about a few of the drivers
that came with MS Windows 3.0.  The problem I am having is with SMARTDRV 
(which came with Windows) and PKZIP (the archive program by Phil Katz).
   I was going through trying to improve the performance of my machine by
installing the disk cache program that came with Windows.  I installed it as:
	DEVICE=C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.SYS 2048 512
   When I add that line to my CONFIG.SYS and leave everything else the same,
it causes PKZIP to freeze.  Everything else seems to run fine, even PKUNZIP.
I have tried using a fresh copy of PKZIP, but to no avail.  I have also 
tried allocating smaller cache sizes for SMARTDRV. 
   My machine is a 386 with 4 meg of memory (high memory is extended, not 
EMS).  The only drivers and TSRs that I install are DMDRVR.BIN (the driver
that comes with Segate disk controllers), HIMEM.SYS (comes with Windows), and
my mouse driver.
   Any ideas?  I would really like to be able to use a disk cache program.  
Please reply by mail.  I will post a summary if people desire it.  Thanks 
in advance for any info.

						Pete

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