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From: reisert@mast.enet.dec.com (Jim Reisert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: MSDOS 4.01 bug ??
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Date: 5 Apr 91 19:14:40 GMT
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In article <1991Apr3.161103.10405@fwi.uva.nl>
	(Onno van der Linden) writes:

>rem buffers in expanded memory
>buffers=20/x
>rem cache in expanded memory
>device=\system\smartdrv.sys /a

I think I remember reading in Quarterdecks's DESQview documentation that
even though you *can* have the buffers in expanded memory, they don't
recommend it.  I have had my buffers in conventional memory since that first
day and haven't had any problems.

Buffers is really a poor man's disk cache.  If you are running a real disk
cache like SMARTDRV, they also recommend lowering BUFFERS to 8 (I use 4 with
Super PC-Kwik and my performance is just fine).

Hope this helps.

- Jim

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