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- From: dfh@dwroll.att.com (D461-David_F_Haertig(Dave)83040)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
- Subject: Re: Is Microsoft's SMARTDRV worthwhile.
- Message-ID: <22867@drutx.ATT.COM>
- Date: 15 Dec 92 16:32:39 GMT
- References: <1992Dec15.055246.21191@netcom.com>
- Sender: news@drutx.ATT.COM
- Reply-To: dfh@dwroll.att.com
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- Originator: dfh@dwroll
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- From article <1992Dec15.055246.21191@netcom.com>, by timbol@netcom.com (Mike Timbol):
- > In article <22861@drutx.ATT.COM> dfh@dwroll.att.com writes:
- > ....
- >>I had to keep referring to my autoexec.bat to see if Smartdrv was
- >>running or not. This was a surprize to me, so I specifically
- >>tried loading large-ish Excel spreadsheets with and without
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >>Smartdrv since I figured this would generate a bit of disk
- >>access. Any differences were not evident to me.
-
- > My apologies if you already know this, but this would only make a
- > difference the *second* or later time that you do it.
-
- Of course I knew this, I was just testing you .... ;-)
-
- I guess my original post is what results when the brain is writing
- to the null pointer with all interrupts trapped. I have now reset
- my interrupts, and I will try to core dump in my own private directory
- rather than a public forum from now on.
-
- "Nothing can ever be idiot-proof, because us idiots are too damn ingenious!"
-
- Thanks for pointing out my error,
- Dave Haertig
- haertig@att.com
-