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From: dj@ctron.com (DJ Delorie)
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Subject: Re: What disk caches work with djgcc?
Message-ID: <1506@balrog.ctron.com>
Date: 17 May 91 15:40:22 GMT
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In article <1991May17.113928.27055@syd.dit.CSIRO.AU>, evans@syd.dit.CSIRO.AU (Bruce.Evans) writes:
> 
> In article <1502@balrog.ctron.com> dj@ctron.com writes:
> >I use Super PC-Kwik for a disk cache, but I've used SmartDrive.  You
> >just have to tell them to not use all the extended memory.  I find
> 
> My mistake was attempting to use the smartdrv.sys that came with windows
> instead of the one with DOS 4. The windows one requires himem.sys or some
> other extended or expanded memory driver. himem.sys is not compatible with
> djgcc.

djgcc *is* compatible with himem.sys, as long as you have the XMS
version of himem.sys, and tell smartdrive not to use all of the XMS
memory!  You might have an old (pre-XMS) version of djgcc also.

BTW: I changed the name to "djgpp" to indicate that it has C++ in it
as well.

DJ
dj@ctron.com