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- From: ewong@ucs.ubc.ca (Eldon Wong)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
- Subject: Re: A2286 + Qpro = SLOWWW
- Date: 23 Dec 1992 17:23:35 GMT
- Organization: University Computing Services, UBC, Canada
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- In article <Rick_Lang.00s7@amusers.UUCP> Rick_Lang@amusers.UUCP (Rick Lang) writes:
- >CDC> From: Carl-D@cup.portal.com (Carl Thomas Demelo)
- >
- >CDC> I just added a brand new A2286 to my A2000 today. I set up a 10MB
- >CDC> Problem is that, it is ridiculously slow, it takes minutes just to get
- >
- >Simply specify somewhere in user-startup "Addbuffers AT: 300" for a 10
- >meg virtual drive and your notice speed will improve (where AT is the
- >partition for your virtual PC drive).
-
- If you have more memory add as many buffers as you can afford. I set mine
- to 1000 and it is amazing the difference in speed.
-
- >Your virtual drive should be in its own partition to work best; the
- >addbuffers command will ensure that all the file pointers are in memory;
- >if it's too small, you end up thrashing your hard disk as it tries to
- >locate all the directory extents.
-
- I completely agree.
-
- >
- > * Q-Blue v0.7 [NR] *
- >
- >-- Via DlgQWK v0.65a(UnReg)
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