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From: qpit@werple.apana.org.au (Peter Cupit)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: External Cache diagnostics
Date: 25 Jul 1993 10:52:21 +1000
Organization: werple public-access unix, Melbourne
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niemidc@oasis.gtefsd.com (David C. Niemi) writes:


>I have had some problems with the 256KB external cache in my 486 DX/33.
>I think it is working now, but I'd like to verify that 256 KB of cache
>is indeed active.

>Has anyone heard of any utilities, UNIX or DOS or otherwise, that look
>at and/or test the external cache?

There was a diagnostic with one version of pkzip (probably the one before
2.04g, I'm not sure).  I don't think I kept a copy however.
Peter Cupit.
qpit@werple.apana.org.au


>Thanks.
>---
>David C. Niemi: David.Niemi@oasis.gtegsc.com

>If war were a game that a man or a child could think of winning
>what sort of rule could overthrow a fool and leave the land without stain?


-- 
Peter David Cupit.
qpit@werple.apana.org.au