Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!batcomputer!munnari.oz.au!diemen!probitas!u855203 From: u855203@probitas.cs.utas.edu.au (Michael Harlow) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: PC-Cache (from PC Tools) and SMARTDRV.SYS Message-ID: Date: 13 Apr 91 04:29:43 GMT References: <1991Apr11.013231.27119@hellgate.utah.edu> Sender: news@diemen.utas.edu.au Lines: 24 In vcl@mimas.UUCP (Victor C. Limary) writes: >cyang%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Cheng Yang) writes: >> HI! Does anyone know how good PC-Cache (from PC Tools v6.0) is? >> >> Is it better than the SMARTDRV.SYS (for MS-DOS and windows)? >> >> Does Windows 3.0 work with PC-Cache? >I think that PC-Cache is better, since you can use expanded memory >instead of extended. Smartdrive messes comm programs since it access >extended memory, and you start losing characters because it has to reset >the processor (I think). And PC-Cache seems to work just fine with >Windows. It also works well with Desqview. SmartDrv.sys (From windows 3.0) can use EMS, if you add /a to the config line. (Load your EMS driver first of course) -- | Michael Harlow | u855203@probitas.cs.utas.edu.au | GPO Box 1201, | | Hobart, 7001 | Computer Science Department | Tasmania, Australia | University Of Tasmania