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From: macman@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Dennis H Lippert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: RAM cache
Message-ID: <115506@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Date: 15 Apr 91 14:37:11 GMT
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Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Computing & Information Services
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Hi, this is my first post to .system, and I have a question...

  In the recent discussions about memory and System 7.0, everyone (it seems)
has mentioned the size of their RAM cache.  Further, one metioned how much 
faster a 128k cache was over a 32k cache.
  What does the RAM cache do?
  What would the benefits be on a 2Mb Classic? If any.

   I've been scared away from caches by working in a public lab full of Pluses
(1Mb) on Appleshare, which give lots of "Out of Memory" errors when running a 
cache.

Just curious...

Dennis Lippert-  macman@unix.cis.pitt.edu

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