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From: jmcn@castle.ed.ac.uk (J McNicol)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: HYDK and WIN
Message-ID: <10791@castle.ed.ac.uk>
Date: 4 Jun 91 08:54:03 GMT
References: <009497AF.ED46FAE0@cgevs3.cem.msu.edu> <25206@well.sf.ca.us>
Organization: Scottish Crop Research Institute
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In article <25206@well.sf.ca.us> al@well.sf.ca.us (Alfred Fontes) writes:
>>From my colleage's and my experience, HYPERDISK is orders of magnitude better
>>than SmartDrive.
>
>I have to agree.  I cache the writes, and have had no problems, although
>I do sometimes force a write when I feel that I'm entering dangerous ground.

I would also agree, especially since I'm using a comparitatively slow
machine (386SX, 40MB disc) and having 2MB of RAM cache makes a big difference.
I have had no trouble attributable to to Hyperdisk.
>
>By the way, I think that the Hyperdisk nag screens are terribly rude and
>hostile.  My reaction was, "why should I send any money to these jerks?"
>And in fact, I delayed registering for quite a long time for that
>reason.  I was tempted to never register and keep downloading new versions,
>but my Catholic guilt got the best of me.

Now there I would disagree.  I registered BECAUSE of the nag screens, I'm
afraid to say. Without at least an opening nag screen, there's not much
incentive to register; annoying though they are, they seem quite justified.

Julian Smart
Scottish Crop Research Institute
jmcn@castle.ed.ac.uk