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- From: Deon.Strydom@p16.f1.n7104.z5.fidonet.org (Deon Strydom)
- Sender: ufgate@catpe.alt.za (newsout1.26)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
- Subject: Re: Windows Enhanced Mode + UMB's is it possible?
- Message-ID: <2016.2AA50535@catpe.alt.za>
- Date: Wed, 02 Sep 92 06:42:34 GMT
- Organization: FidoNet node 5:7104/1.16 - The Catalyst BBS 1, Port Elizabeth
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- In a message of <Sep 01 21:07>, Fuzzy Fox (5:7104/2) wrote to All:
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- FF> From: fox@rei.com (Fuzzy Fox)
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- >The docs of UMB_DRVR clearly states that it doesn't work with Windows.
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- FF> The docs should be amended to say that it does not work too well
- FF> with Windows 3.0. I run Windows 3.1 with UMB_DRVR all the time, and
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- Interesting Fuzzy. BTW, I ran a few tests on memory speed the other day, and it makes intersting reading, for me anyway ;-)
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- BTW, PC Magazine Benchmarks ver 6.0 was used.
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- Test machine was a 16Mhz 386SX with 4Mb Ram on the motherboard. All Ram except
- the first 640k is extended that's then converted to expanded, etc.
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- All results are in kilobytes per second.
- MS-DOS 5.0 DOS 5.0 +
- TESTS + EMM386 UMB_DRVR DRDOS
- Conventional memory read 1495.61 1381.11 1426.46
- Conventional memory write 1495.61 1381.11 1419.40
- Expanded memory Read 488.08 11.77 183.67
- Expanded memory Write 490.89 11.77 184.67
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- Groetnis (=cheers)
- Deon
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