Re: 701 and win95

[epbrown@enteract.com (epbrown)]

	Hey, Gene, welcome to the list!
	I just discovered this as well, and have set my swap file to 60MB, too.
I'm downloading a benchmarking program from Winmag's site as I post this, so
as soon as I defrag and run it, I'll have some definite figures on my
perormance.  Anyone who hasn't optimized his swap file care to be the control
group for the 701?
	epbrown
On Sun, 11 Aug 1996 18:51:40 +0000, you wrote:

"> From:          Randy Whittle <whittle@usc.edu>
"> >The extra memory seems to reduce how often the swapfile grows, but
"> >not how much.  Worse yet, it would often run out of swapspace and
"> >crash.  Eventually I got fed up and fixed the swapfile size at 8MB.
"> >It still crashes, but not as often.
"> 
">         You set a limit to how big the swapfile gets though.  Windows still
"> controls the size, but limited by what you set it at.  Have you tried that
"> and if so, does that help you any?
"
"A recommendations that I've followed was setting my swap file as a 
""permanent" and fixed size of 2.5 x RAM; I have 24MB of RAM so my 
"swapfile is fixed at 60MB.  Once you defrag the partition with the 
"fixed-size swapfile, the swapfile isn't supposed to defrag.
"
"When I did this I noticed my overall disk performance increase over 
"Windows95's automatic settings.
"--
"  Gene <blue@enteract.com>
"       http://www.enteract.com/~blue
"
""While the past affords us the opportunity to learn 
"many useful lessons that can be applied in the 
"present, we can also gain insight for today by 
"giving some thoughtful consideration as to what 
"lies ahead for us in the future." 
"

epbrown@enteract.com
http://www.enteract.com/~epbrown
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