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Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 17:03:07 -0500
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
From: Peter Palotas <blizzar AT hem1 DOT passagen DOT se>
Subject: Re: FYI: speed of Allegro/DJGPP
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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>8MB is a borderline case.  The FAQ says to not use RAM drive for
>machines with 5-8MB, but for those with more than 8MB it suggests a
>2MB RAM disk.  With careful setup, a 8MB machine could well afford a
>small RAM drive and get a performance boost.

What should one put on the RAMDrive in this case? I mean what will give you
the largest performance boost? Putting GCC, CC1PLUS and those .exe files
there, or using it as the TMPDIR?


-- Peter Palotas alias Blizzar -- blizzar AT hem1 DOT passagen DOT se --

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