Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!news.iastate.edu!du248-07.cc.iastate.edu!michaelv From: michaelv@iastate.edu (Vanloon Michael Lee) Subject: Re: Caches Message-ID: Keywords: pc-kwik norton hyperdisk pc-cache smartdriv Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA References: <1991Jun27.162344.14301@iitmax.iit.edu> <1991Jun27.173511.1675@cis.ohio-state.edu> <1991Jun27.194934.28284@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> Distribution: usa Date: Mon, 1 Jul 1991 02:10:06 GMT Lines: 17 In <1991Jun27.194934.28284@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> jpollard@silver.ucs.indiana.edu writes: >Through laborous trial and error processes, I have tried to find a single >caching system that will work with both DESQ and WIN3 enh. PC-KWIK V2.1, >Norton 5 F cache, Hyperdisk V4.11, and PC-CACHE V4.0 have all failed. >Smartdriv does work but is too slow and offers no write caching. I >would like a single configuration that performs write caching and can >dynamically give RAM back to the system if necessary. An added restriction >is that I have SCSI (Future Domain controlled) and MFM drives in a single >system. This rules out the shareware version of Hyperdisk since it >currently does not properly interface with Future Domain SCSI controller. >I will compile all of the suggestions (hopefully the solution) and post them >to the net. Thanks in advance. PC-CACHE version 6 (now vers. 7).