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DraconisRex · 02-27-2003, 05:56 PM

512 will work. I have an old DOS trick, one I don't use anymore. You can get more memory and set up a virtual disk in your memory that gets initialized during boot. You use that as your swap-file disk. So while others are accessing their swap file at hardware speed, you're going at memory speed.

The performance increase is incredible. But it may not be worth it.

02-27-2003, 05:56 PM	#20
DraconisRex Avatar Join Date: January 4, 2002 Location: On my rear-end. Posts: 563	512 will work. I have an old DOS trick, one I don't use anymore. You can get more memory and set up a virtual disk in your memory that gets initialized during boot. You use that as your swap-file disk. So while others are accessing their swap file at hardware speed, you're going at memory speed. The performance increase is incredible. But it may not be worth it. __________________ Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?<br /><br />Vah! Denuone Latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur.<br /><br />Di! Ecce hora! Uxor mea me necabit!