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- From: kayser@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (Susan E. Kayser NSSDC/STX (301)513-1673)
- Subject: Re: Help: MacIIci Cache Card
- Message-ID: <17NOV199210371648@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov>
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 15:37:00 GMT
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- In article <wf1xmKO00WA102YYAZ@andrew.cmu.edu>, jk5x+@andrew.cmu.edu (John O. Kim) writes...
- > I was just wondering what the difference ,if any, the size of the cache
- >card (32K, 64K, or 128K) and if there are any compatibility problems any
- >of them. Also I was wondering what the price differences were and if
- >cache cards from some other companies and better than others
-
- A review last year didn't find any performance improvement going to a 128K
- cache over a 64K; I think the 64K was marginally better than the 32K. No
- compatibility problems were found. Price was not particularly related to
- performance; some of it is due to brand name recognizability. The only thing
- you might look for to distinguish cards is the software (i.e., is there a
- control panel, so you can turn the cache off, if you want), but this isn't too
- important for most people, because why would you want to turn it off?
-
- Susan Kayser NCF::KAYSER or kayser@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov
- Hughes/STX at NASA/GSFC/NSSDC
- Greenbelt, MD
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