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- From: gcook@horus.cem.msu.EDU (Greg Cook|xxxxxx)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
- Subject: Re: INCREDIBLY SLOOOOOOOW PRINTING IN WINDOWS 3.1
- Date: 12 Jan 1993 05:01:21 GMT
- Organization: Michigan State University
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- From article <C0p3ys.DMC@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, by ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib):
- > In article <1iceg0INNbpk@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> gcook@horus.cem.msu.EDU (Greg Cook|xxxxxx) writes:
- >>From article <1icbvqINNf6b@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>, by gcook@horus.cem.msu.EDU (Greg Cook|xxxxxx):
- >
- >>1. Make sure you have SET TEMP=c:\<your temp directory> in your
- >> autoexec.bat. Don't use a RAM disk for your temp directory.
- >> Temp directory should have at least 6 Meg free.
- >
- > Hmmmm... why not use a RAM disk if you have RAM to spare? Size
- > limitations might be one problem, but I have heard of someone
- > using Stacker on a RAMdisk and getting incredible speed increases
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- Actually, I quoted that from the magazine article. You can use a RAM
- disk if you've got ram to spare. The author of the article merely
- suggested that you keep your ram free for your other applications.
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