[Trlog] CQ160 and version 6.93

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 ramdrive is not a disk cache- it is a virtual disk residing in memory. The W98 setup disks use a 2MB ramdrive to have enough space to uncompress files from the startup floppy.

Tor
N4OGW 
 -------------- Original message from "Mike Wetzel" <mjwetzel at comcast.net>: --------------


> I am running "smartdrive" but no disk cache.  "Ramdrive" is presently
> commented out in my config.sys.
> 
> 
> Using Win98 but not using the GUI to run TR in DOS.
> 
> Here is my config.sys file:
> 
> DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
> DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
> rem device=c:\dos\ramdrive.sys 2048 512 64 /a
> rem device=c:\windows\ramdrive.sys 2048 512 64 /a
> BUFFERS = 40,0
> DOS=UMB
> rem LASTDRIVE=E
> rem FCBS=4,0
> DOS=HIGH
> STACKS = 18,512
> FILES = 40
> rem SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS\ /E:1024 /p
> 
> mem:
> 			Total		Used		Free
> Conventional 	640K 		19K		621K
> Upper			123K		74K		49K
> Reserved		384K		384K		0K
> Extended (XMS)	39,813K	2,333K	37,488K
> 
> 
> Total under 1M	763K		93K		670K
> 
> Largest free upper memory block	36K
> 
> MS-DOS is resident in upper memory area.
> 
> Ramdrive.exe is in the Windows dir.
> 
> I took out the rem on  " rem device=c:\windows\ramdrive.sys 2048 512 64 /a"
> but did not see any improvement.  Guessing  somehow it's not set up correct.
> 
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mike W9RE
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tree [mailto:tree at kkn.net] 
> Sent: February 28, 2009 4:16 PM
> To: Mike Wetzel
> Cc: 'TRLog Reflector'
> Subject: Re: [Trlog] CQ160 and version 6.93
> 
> On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 04:15:06PM -0500, Mike Wetzel wrote:
> 
> > Using 6.93 my computer really seems to be a lot slower.  After I hit the
> > return to log the call things stand still for a second or so and I am not
> > able to see if the section is there before I type it in.  Anyone else
> seeing
> > this slowness or is it just me?
> 
> Are you using a disk cache?
> 
> Tree
> 
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