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From: mikew@charm.LCS.MIT.EDU (Michael B. Williams)
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Subject: Re: Severe performance degradation with 386 enhanced mode, any tips?
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Date: 18 Jan 91 18:29:42 GMT
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In article <14639@milton.u.washington.edu>, iho@cac.washington.edu (Il Oh) writes:
|> mikew@charm.LCS.MIT.EDU (Michael B. Williams) writes:
|> 
|> [complaint about bad performance in 386 enhanced mode deleted]
|> 
|> Turn to p. 522 of your Windows manual (that's the page in my manual and yours
|> may be different) and follow the instructions for setting up a permanent swap
|> file.  While the performance is still lousy, it's noticeably better with the
|> permanent swap file.

Although I haven't used a permanent swapfile--I have 6MB of RAM and have so
far never run out--I have tried turning off the temporary swap file (primarily to save
disk space), with no significant change in speed.  Is it possible that just the act of
setting up a permanent swapfile could improve performance of DOS programs?  I
wouldn't think that there would be a connection, but at this point, anything is worth
a try.
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