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- From: dww2@po.CWRU.Edu (David W. Woodward)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
- Subject: NDW and PC-Kwik
- Date: 5 Sep 1992 03:10:51 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- Reply-To: dww2@po.CWRU.Edu (David W. Woodward)
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- A friend of mine told me something that I don't quite believe. I would
- like to bounce it off of all of you and see what ideas I get back in
- return.
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- The basic question: is it possible for a program (Windows programs
- specifically) to interact directly with a cache, and cause performance
- differences?
-
- This friend had PC-Kwik installed, along with NDW 2.0. He used NDW's SI,
- and it told him the cache was SmartDrv. So, he uninstalled NDW, and
- noticed a huge speedup. He thinks that Windows links with the cache, and
- somehow plain-vanilla Windows can talk to PC-Kwik, while NDW would not be
- able to.
-
- Takers?
-
- My ideas--NDW DOES slow things down--in certain circumstances. I am
- willing to pay that price for the incredible increases in ease of use and
- inherant power it offers.
-
- Another idea--plain vanilla Windows should not do a better job
- "interacting" with a cache--if anything, it should be worse! As much as I
- know, the only thing it KNOWS how to deal with is SmartDrv.
-
- What do you think? Do any of you know anything about this?
-
- Just curious! Thanks!
-
- Dave
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