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From: Barry@nexthire.demon.co.uk (Barry Pickles)
Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!pipex!demon!nexthire.demon.co.uk!Barry
Subject: Re: cd-rom cache
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In article <3175mt$51u@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
           al885@cleveland.Freenet.Edu "Gerard Pinzone" writes:

>
>In a previous article, corona@aludra.usc.edu (Genaro Corona) says:
>
>>       Greetings:    I posted a question a while back about cd-rom
>>       accelerators.  What I wanted to know is accually if anyone 
>>       could inform me about cd-rom cache programs.
>>
>DOS 6.2's SmartDrive works like a charm.  Just as good or better than anything
>else out there.  MAke sure MSCDEX comes before Smartdrv.exe in your
>AUTOEXEC.BAT!
>
Yes, but not always. Tests show that SMARTDRV ( and other cacheing programs )
can actually slow things down sometimes. VFW is a good example. It seems to run
much better with SMARTDRV disabled. THis comment only applies if you have a 
modern CDROM drive which has hardware cacheing.
Barry


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