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From: sharp@fsd.cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Maurice Sharp)
Subject: Re: IIci cache cards - is bigger better?
Message-ID: <1991Apr1.222131.1696@cpsc.ucalgary.ca>
Keywords: mac, ram cache
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Organization: U. of Calgary Computer Science
References: <25351@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 91 22:21:31 GMT

In article <25351@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt4586c@prism.gatech.EDU (WILLETT,THOMAS CARTER) writes:
>We IIci owners now have available a reasonable selection of cache cards.
>They come in three basic sizes:  32K (apple), 64K (daystar), and 128K (micron).
>So the big question must be:  is more static ram better?  has anybody seen
>any comparisons between various cache cards?
>
Hiya,

    No, bigger is NOT better. Studies have shown that 32K is all you
need. There is no significant difference between 32K, 64K or 128K
cache cards.

	maurice

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