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- Date: Wed, 20 Jul 94 18:43 MET DST
- From: knarf@nasim.cube.net (Frank Bartels)
- To: mint@atari.archive.umich.edu
- Subject: Re: Cache buffers for MiNT
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- In article <9407201013.AA22393@math.uni-muenster.de> you wrote:
-
- > Most unixes use the currently not used memory as a cache for the
- > file systems. So, I would like it very much if MiNT would have something
- > similar, as it would increase the disk performance dramatically.
-
- > [...]
-
- > Any opinions?
-
- Hmm, I assume the usual configuration of a MiNT machine is 4 MB. If
- you only run one compiler, you can be happy if you can execute 'ls'.
-
- I think it's worth implementing it, if we have any sort of virtual
- memory. But until then its more effort than real use. Remember the
- momory fragmentation problem.
-
- Bye,
- Knarf
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