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- From: menchett@pyramid.unr.edu (Peter J Menchetti)
- Subject: Speeding up your computer
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- Organization: University of Nevada, Reno Department of Computer Science
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 09:59:11 GMT
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- I don't fully understand what having more memory or more speed (mhz) does
- for your computer's performance. I just changed my config.sys file a little
- bit, adding "RAM 2800" after my device=emm386.exe command. This changed a
- lot of stuff, less disk access (I understand that part) and in Ultima
- Underworld, for example, there was more animation here and there- like when
- you click the chain to see your stats, instead of just flipping over, the
- page actually animated turning. When I walked around, it seemed to be a
- little smoother also.
-
- Anyways, I'm interested in improving this even more. If I need hardware, what
- do I need? A clock doubling chip? More memory? Different memory drivers?
- Disk cache programs?
-
- BTW, I have a 386-40 with 4MB ram. My config.sys looks like this:
- device=c:\dos\himem.sys
- DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE RAM 2800
- DOS=HIGH,UMB
- FILES=30
- BUFFERS=20
-
- and my autoexec.bat looks like this:
- @ECHO OFF
- C:
- PATH C:\;C:\WINDOWS;C:\DOS;C:\STUDYCAL;C:\PKZIP;C:\TP;C:\PKZIP\PKFILES
- PROMPT $p$g
- rem SET COMSPEC=C:\COMMAND.COM
- LOADHIGH C:\GIMOUSE.COM
- SET SOUND=C:\SB
-
- PS- what does the set compspec... command do?
- Should I stick my loadhigh..gimouse... into my config.sys as an install=...?
-
- Much Thanks
- Pete
-
-