Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rutgers!sri-spam!ames!sdcsvax!ucbvax!jade!violet.berkeley.edu!ephram From: ephram@violet.berkeley.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: whats faster fcb's or handles? Message-ID: <4351@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: Tue, 14-Jul-87 03:26:39 EDT Article-I.D.: jade.4351 Posted: Tue Jul 14 03:26:39 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Jul-87 04:54:35 EDT Sender: usenet@jade.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: ephram@violet.berkeley.edu () Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 13 Keywords: files speed I am writing an application on an AT (TRUE BLUE) and I need fast file access. RAM disk is out theres too much megabyteage (sp?) to fit on one. I currently am compiling with MSC 4.0 and the file access seems to be slow. I know from codeview that it is using the file handle method of access. Is the FCB method any faster? How can I speed the process up? Can I double buffer or will all of the read's wait till the data has been transferred? Thanx for any response I might get. ephram@violet.berkeley.edu