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- From: paul@seer.demon.co.uk (Paul Lynch)
- Subject: Re: nbuf=64/128 theory
- Message-ID: <1992Nov8.220956.491@seer.demon.co.uk>
- Sender: paul@seer.demon.co.uk
- Organization: P & L Systems
- References: <1992Nov8.130418.19237@wam.umd.edu>
- Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 22:09:56 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov8.130418.19237@wam.umd.edu> gaia@wam.umd.edu (L.
- Anathea Brooks) writes:
- >
- > I've changed my boot params using nbuf=128 or rather
- > nbu=128 because of 12 character limit.
- >
- > Now, I know this will speed up long compilations, perhaps
- > various sorts of number crunching. BUT is there any advantage
- > or speed gain in workaday world? I notice none, and wonder if
- > the memory used by the buffer might be better used as just
- > plain old memory.
-
- Are you running 3.0? If so, you should see a noticeable speed
- improvement, particularly when scrolling text windows (such as in Edit)
-
- Also, are you sure that you typed it in correctly. If so, the first
- messages in a verbose boot should confirm the number of buffers in use.
- The only indication that you get of an incorrect parmeter is that the
- number of buffers reported is 16.
-
- Paul
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