Posted by Tom61 on October 20, 1999 at 16:29:17:
In Reply to: Re: Questions about your system posted by Joe on October 20, 1999 at 14:42:24:
: : How much RAM?
: 128MB. Those of us with this much RAM shouldn't have to worry about running out. But it would be nice to know that we were using it efficently - i.e. speed. (I remember all those old EMM386 memory managers, loadhigh statements, etc. but I couldn't tell anyone how to use them properly.)
: : Do you play a few games much more than others?
: Prefer early-mid 80's, but some also some of the larger NeoGeo games. All games take a tad longer to load due to more HD activity in DOS. (Or is the extra disk trashing just my imagination?)
I'd put MAME and its directories, DMPI.EXE, the frontend you use, and the the games use most (i.e. if there's a certian game you play about every time) in a ram drive at boot up. I'd make it at least 12MB with the amount of ram you have. When ever you switch between your most used games, it won't have to hit the harddrive, and will load nearly instantly.
I'll post how to create a ram drive later.