Date: Thu, 26 Mar 92 14:58:49 EST
From: 99clifto AT lab DOT cc DOT wmich DOT edu
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: caches and shells
Status: O

I though I would respond to both of these questions in one reply. First of all my set-up:

	486/33 Gateway 200M IDE + 80M slave
	Phoenix BIOS
	8M RAM 

	DOS  v5 + QEMM v6
	NCACHE - 1.5M write-through cache
	2M Ramdrive for temp files/swapping
	4DOS shell

I have never had a problem compiling with the Norton Cache although occasionaly I
get a read error (Drive not ready, close door---on a hard drive???!!!), which I believe is a
conflict with some other TSR although I've yet to resolve the problem. I used to use Super  
PC Kwik, but I didn't like the "all or none" (ie., your'e supposed to use all their products in  
some great scheme to speed up your computer) philosophy of the product --to use the  
spooler or keyboard programs,  for instance, their disk cache must also be loaded.

As far as the shell goes run, don't walk to replace braindead command.com. 4DOS  
supports command seperators and I've used similar system calls without problem. I do  
have a copy of ms_sh (164) which I use occasionaly for shell scripts, rarely as an  
interface. Also I've heard some good things about the products from MKS. I as final note, I  
do use ndmake, and have no problems with the set-up described above.

Hope this helps.

	-d.clifton [99clifto AT lab DOT cc DOT wmich DOT edu]