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- From: rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari)
- Subject: Re: OS/2 bigot meets NT....
- Message-ID: <1992Dec26.145826.21639@wam.umd.edu>
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- References: <1992Dec25.180324.15834@donau.et.tudelft.nl> <1992Dec25.202426.19125@wam.umd.edu> <1992Dec25.232450.19632@actrix.gen.nz>
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 14:58:26 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec25.232450.19632@actrix.gen.nz> Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
- >In article <1992Dec25.202426.19125@wam.umd.edu> rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari) writes:
- >> In article <1992Dec25.180324.15834@donau.et.tudelft.nl> linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl (Erik van Linstee) writes:
- >
- >> No, but the normal cache setting for OS/2 is
- >> a poor choice for anyone with 8 megs or more.
- >>
- >> We can assume that either NT is the same (and the original
- >> user, with 16 megs, has adjusted it) or that it auto-adjusts.
- >> If the later, then my argument is eliminated.
- >
- >Do you know NT auto-adjusts anything? As I said in an earlier follow-up, the
- >NT I am using was originally installed on an 8 meg system......so if it
- >auto-adjusts upwards....it should auto-adjust downwords too....right?
-
-
- Nope--rethink. Even if NT doesn't auto-adjust, you can bet
- that Mr. 16-meg-previous-owner adjusted it for his
- 16 meg system.
-
- Get it yet? It's not that hard.
-
-
- >> I do not know whether it does or not. But I am *certain*
- >> that if it does not, the previous owner would have fixed it
- >> for his 16 meg system.
- >
- >I can assure you that he did not.
-
-
- Are you sure of that? C'mon.
-
-
- >> You're thinking like a dos user. It is not a bad idea to have
- >> the system auto-adjust and *allow* the user to fix it when you're
- >> talking about something that's suposed to be user friendly.
- >
- >OS/2 ignores cache setting amount higher that 2048K.....
-
-
-
- That's because it's stupid. IBM should fix it, but they
- have no intention of doing so.
-
-
-
- >> >Let me see now. Having OS/2 installed on a 6 megger and then
- >> >adjusting the memory settings of the 16 meg system would
- >> >result in the exact same setup right?
- >>
- >> ...only if you then took *that* setup (the one optimized for
- >> 16) and moved it *back* to a 6 megger w/o *any* change.
- >
- >This simply wasn't the case....the NT Iam using was installed on 8 megs....ad
- >is running on 8 megs.....
-
-
-
- Fine. Let's modify it.
-
- 1. Install OS/2 in 4 megs.
- 2. Add four megs, make necessary adjustments (i.e. you can
- run HPFS now, boost cache sizes)
- 3. Remove 4 megs,post FUD to the net about how bad the
- system is.
-
-
-
- --
- "If you can't eat sand, why the hell are you living in a desert?"
-
- Equality is a delusion, suffering is a fairy tale and God is a fantasy.
- Blaming society for inequality is like blaming the sky for rain.
-