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From: ong@d.cs.okstate.edu (ONG ENG TENG)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: Will WP 5.1 use a co-processor?
Message-ID: <1991May14.222929.14260@d.cs.okstate.edu>
Date: 14 May 91 22:29:29 GMT
References: <s64421.674226743@zeus>
Organization: Oklahoma State University
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From article <s64421.674226743@zeus>, by s64421@zeus.usq.EDU.AU (house ron):
> s64421@zeus.usq.EDU.AU (house ron) writes:
> BTW, the single most important factor in getting WP to speed up is
> having extra memory.  A suitably-configured EMS or RAM disk has a
> greater effect than processor speed.  If cost is a factor, this point
> might be worth investigating.  (WP slushes to disk a lot on large files.)
> 
> My 25MHz PC took 4 secs to get through a 160K file, but with the EMS
> disabled, it took about 12 secs per page.

You bet yours...
If you edit large files (like 0.5meg with "images on disk") and
have some extended memory to spare, use the VDISK.SYS program that
comes with the DOS (ver 3.3) as

in CONFIG.SYS:
c:\dos\vdisk.sys e=1024

which will give you 1meg of ram disk.  If you have two (logical) 
hard drives (C: and D: drives), then your ram disk should be E: drive.
To make the ram disk work for you in WP5.1, execute WP with the
following parameter:

WP /d-E:\

This will cause the temporary buffer files to go into the ram disk,
causing very fast editing.  


> 
> --
> Regards,
> 
> Ron House.   (s64421@zeus.usq.edu.au)
> (By post: Info Tech, U.C.S.Q. Toowoomba. Australia. 4350)