Welcome
Welcome to Cacheman 2.5

The biggest fault of  Windows 95 is the disk cache management

strategy. It takes up almost all of the available physical memory.

When the system runs out of RAM Windows 95 starts to use virtual

memory instead of flushing the disk caches.

To change this behavior you have to edit the SYSTEM.INI file.

Cacheman is a GUI based tool used to optimize the cache settings

and change the mentioned INI file. The result is a much better system

performance on most systems, due to the reduced use of the swap file.

Cacheman is now Giftware !

Please do the decent thing and send me a gift.

This could be anything from a postcard to a registered version of a

shareware program written by you.

For more cool software visit my homepage:

http://ultimatum.home.pages.de

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Permission to use, copy and distribute this software and its

documentation for non-commercial purpose is hereby granted,

provided that it is not modified.


What's new in Cacheman 2.x

2.5

♦  2 new optimization methods have been added

♦  Notes added to the reboot information dialog

♦  Improved Help file

2.0

♦  Free memory display

♦  different optimization methods

♦  Remove capability has been implemented

♦  Program status changed to Giftware


Disclaimer Agreement

Users of Cacheman must accept this disclaimer of warranty:

" Cacheman is supplied as is. The author disclaims all warranties,

expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties

of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The author assumes

no liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may result

from the use of Cacheman."


Customer Support

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any Cacheman-related questions or problems that are not answered in this guide or in the online help. I would also be pleased to hear from you if you have ideas, experiences, suggestions or special requests and even complaints regarding Cacheman.

You may contact me in any of the following ways:

Email:	Shark@Flix.de

WWW:	http://ultimatum.home.pages.de

Snail Mail:	Thomas Reimann

Muehlgasse 10

96450 Coburg

Germany

When reporting a difficulty, please include any information that might help me diagnose the problem. The following details are often the most helpful:

♦  Your version of Windows 95/98 (Build)

♦  The circumstances and the steps that led to the problem

♦  The text of any error messages that appeared.

♦  A list of other Windows software that you are currently

    running such as virus checking software.


edit
You can manually set the virtual cache size settings by typing in the values in these Edit-boxes


slider
You can change the slider position to manually set the disk cache size. The new values are reflected in the corresponding edit-boxes


update
This box continuously updates and displays the Available and the Free Physical memory.


opti_m
Click on any of the menu-items for a brief explanation


remove
With this command the disk cache size will be handled by Windows, the limits imposed by Cacheman will be removed.


power
This optimization method is devised for the

power user who runs several big applications

at the same time.


standard
This optimization method is suitable for most

users. The disk cache will be bigger than

with the other 2 methods and the minimum

and maximum settings will differ.


title
Title bar displays Copyright information of Cacheman


exit
The exit command is used to exit from the program.

If any changes has been made Cacheman asks whether

to save them or not.


saveexit
The save & exit command tells Cacheman to exit the

program after the disk cache size has been saved.


save
The Save command is used to write the disk cache size

to the SYSTEM.INI file located in the windows directory.


file_m
Click on any of the menu-items for a brief explanation


User interface Explained

Click on anywhere on the image for a brief explanation


Quake II
This setting may help stop pauses in Quake 2 on some 16 and 32mb systems according to some users.


Lower Memory Systems
This setting is recommended if you find on launching Cacheman that the free memory is less than 1 Mb .


cdwriter
This optimization method is right for systems with a CD Writer.

The minimum and maximum settings do not differ, so that Windows

does not waste CPU time to permanently calculate the disk cache size.


How to use Cacheman 2.x

1. If Cacheman is not running now then launch Cacheman 2.x

    by clicking on the [image] button.

2. Click on the Optimise Disk Cache menu and

    select the optimisation method.

3. To make the settings permanent use the Save command,

    located in the File menu.

4. Exit the program and reboot your system to activate the

    new disk cache adjustments.

♦  Note:

You can change the 2 slide bars or the edit

fields to manually set the disk cache size.

Use the Save command to write out the settings.


What Users have to say about Cacheman

From Bjorns 3d-World News , 20 March 1998

http://www.bjorn3d.com/3dnews.html :

Cacheman

Thanks to RacerX for this tip.

" This nice utility called 'Cacheman' configures the Win95 vcache for optimal settings which stops wasted memory usage and causes much less Swap file usage. On my 64meg system I save an average of 8-16 megs of memory after installing this utility !! A lot of the "pauses" in Quake2 and other games literally go away !!

Best of all, it's freeware. By the way, this is NOT a compression utility, so there's no speed penalty or anything to worry about. "

♦   Note: Cacheman status has changed to Giftware

After a review Cacheman has been awarded

     The Showcase Star - Best Of Class

http://www.ultranet.com/~ss4/cacheman.htm


About the Author

Linkman was designed and written by Thomas Reimann.

"I'm a programmer and I live in Coburg/Germany.Coburg lies in Bavaria - about 300 km to the north from Munich. I'm 22 years old and have been using computers for about 13 years."

To see photos from Coburg just click on the following link:

http://www.fh-coburg.de/coburg/bb/bb_uk.html


Low Memory Systems
This optimisation method is to be used on those systems where no free memory is left after booting to the Windows 95 GUI.


Installation

Cacheman needs no installation. Just unzip the file which you've

downloaded into a directory and run Cacheman.It's that simple!


Credits

Program: Thomas Reimann

Documentation: Thomas Reimann, Abhijeet Premkumar