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From: I78BC@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Michael Polymenakos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Is AT mainboard RAM useful above 1M?
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Date: 14 Nov 88 03:37:52 GMT
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 I've found Ramdisks to be of little use in a real-life environment (unless
is is a *BIG* ramdisk ).

Steve Elias mentions:
>
>        the application and the cache program you use will affect
>        your results, too...  if you do as much disk writing as you
>        do reading (linking), you may actually get slower performance
>        by using an extended memory cache..

A disk-cache is the best thing to use this memory for. Even though
a cashe may slower the machine in some occasions, in real life this is
rarely the case, and the gains overweight the loses.

If you own MS Windows I suggest you use the SMARTDRV utility that comes
with it. Fast and compatible with anything i've used it with. Most
well-written caches will also improve performance.

What? Got a fast hard disk? Doing lotsa disk writes? A print-spooler
might be a better use for it...

One question. Can extended RAM be used as expanded? Sounds unlikely,
i know...