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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 11:54:15 PDT7
From: "Info 4 SYNass" <Info@SYNass.NET >
Reply-To: scoug-help@scoug.com
To: scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject: SCOUG-Help: HDD cache size choice with OS/2

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Hi Steve
I do fully agree with you ;-)

My intention is to find out if there are any / some (technical)
restrictions =

OS/2 cannot deal with because it's too influenced by a monopoly
playground ;-(

If 8MB cache works with OS/2 then I do not hesitate to choose but =

I would choose 2MB cache if I know 8MB cache works with M$ only !!

Thanks for your comment.
Regards, svobi
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scarter@vcnet.com on 02.06.2003 19:31:17
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Subject: SCOUG-Help: HDD cache size choice with OS/2

subj. was: SCOUG-Help: HDD choice & settings with OS/2 !?

Hello Svobi: =

I, too, am considering a new, larger hard drive. =

Memory prices have dropped so much that HD manufacturers =

are now including larger caches on their high-end offerings. =

Soon, 8MB caches will be standard. =

=

As file sizes increase, larger caches become more useful. I'm =

considering an IBM 120GB drive for my wife's win98 machine. =

Today, the difference between a 2MB and 8MB cache is around =

$12 on PriceWatch -- a small price to pay for obsolescence =

protection and the (small) potential performance increase. =

It's not clear to me that there is significant operating system =

influence on the HD hardware caches size choice, save that the =

largest possible HPFS software cache is 2MB -- small by today's =

standards. [HPFS 386 does allow up to 64MB I've read]. =

Cache requirements continue to increase, so bigger _IS_ better. =

I'm (trying to) plan for the future. =

--Steve =

=

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On 6/2/03, Albert M. Svoboda wrote, in part:
>
>Hello everbody
>
>How does a HDD cache of either 2MB or 8BM affect OS/2 ???
>
>Does one need to choose the 2MB only or is the bigger cache =

>a(n intelligent) choice too ??
>
>Thanks in advance for your advice ;-)
>
>svobi

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