Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!spdcc!eli
From: eli@spdcc.COM (Steve Elias)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: PC Cache programs
Message-ID: <1304@spdcc.COM>
Date: 14 Jun 88 10:55:48 GMT
Reply-To: eli@spdcc.UUCP (Steve Elias)
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i've benchmarked the Compaq disk cache on my 10 MHz ALR at and
the results seem to stink...  i'm using 384k of extended memory 
as cache...  the result is that using the cache actually slows the
machine down.  the disk drive is not fast, either:  40 ms st251...

i believe that this can be accounted for by the bios calls necessary
to switch into and out of protected mode.  the overhead must be slowing
the cache access down...  any comments ??