Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!mcsun!cernvax!chx400!ugun2b!ugsc2a!fisher From: fisher@sc2a.unige.ch Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps Subject: Re: WP5.1 and Ramdrive Message-ID: <1991May17.093743.432@sc2a.unige.ch> Date: 17 May 91 07:37:43 GMT References: <1991May15.110650.21582@fs7.ece.cmu.edu> Organization: University of Geneva, Switzerland Lines: 33 In article <1991May15.110650.21582@fs7.ece.cmu.edu>, winstead@faraday.ece.cmu.edu (Charles Holden Winstead) writes: > > [...] However, I now create a 3 Meg Ramdrive, copy all > the relevant WP programs to it, and print from there. It works orders of > magnitude faster, doesn't chew up my disk drive, and makes editing and pre- > viewing much more bearable. [...] This works, of course, but you might want to try the following: - Use an Extended Memory Manager to convert, say, 2Mb of your extended memory to expanded memory. WP will be using it for workspace, you can even ask WP to load his main overlay into memory with the /r switch. - Use the remaining extended memory to create a Ramdrive (you might also create a Ramdrive in expanded memory, check your manual). You don't really need to *copy* WP's files there, as you only want WP to use it for his temporary files. This is obtained by the /d- command-line switch (e.g. wp /d-D:\). I stayed with WP 4.2 until I had enough memory for the beast. If you can't give it some 500kb of conventional and about 1Mb of expanded memory, you'll pay the extra features with lots of time... One last thing about printing: whenever you print the current document, WP creates a formatted copy of it in his temporary directory (the message "WP is using ..." in the start-up screen, which you can select with the /d switch). If this directory is not a fast disk (the worse being a diskette), you'd better save your documents as formatted and print from disk. Even then, it's a good idea to unload any documents to release as much memory as possible. The moral: avoid memory swapping; if you can't, have a fast swapping area. Good luck, Markus G. Fischer, Dept of Anthropology, Geneva CH (fisher@sc2a.unige.ch)