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Article #60Re: DOOM - READ - RAMDRIVE.SYS
From: r... robert logan
Date: Sat, 08 Jan 1994 00:34
Date: Sat, 08 Jan 1994 00:34
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Chris "Strunoph" Norman (cbno...@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca) wrote: : In article <CJ8FG...@news.cis.umn.edu>, : Doug Marien <sl...@landshark.micro.umn.edu> wrote: : >Have you ever wanted to speed up DOOM??? Then try this: : > : >If you have enough memory, like 16meg or more, load RAMDRIVE.SYS : >in your CONFIG.SYS file with the options: : > : >device=c:\dos\ramdrive.sys 12288 512 1024 : > : A far more intelligent option is to install a disk cache. Hopefully Chris means a software cache. A hardware cache is a far less intelligent solution. With the money you spend on a disk cache you could buy more ram and configure as you like. bert -- Where's your other hand. | Between two pillows. | r...@dmu.ac.uk Those aren't pillows! |
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