RSS - cache on/off utility - is it permanent?

[g8tzl2004]

With older RSS which is not Pentium compatibile, it is sometimes necessary to switch off the cache in order to slow down the computer.

I have a Thinkpad 486 laptop which does not have the facility to disable the internal cache in BIOS. Instead I have to use a simple DOS utility called ICDICE.

All you need to do is run "ICD" to disable the cache and "ICE" to enable it.

I have a simple question - when you disable the cache, do you need to remember to enable it again OR is the cache automatically re-enabled when you reboot the laptop?

[wavetar]

It probably differs among different computer models. It would be easy enough to test though, with a radio that requires the cache to be off...just make sure it's off, verify the radio can read/write, then reboot & try programming again without running the cache program.

[g8tzl2004]

Only problem is that I might be able to read OK with the cache on but then I might corrupt the codeplug if I write to the radio with the cache still on??

I guess I will just run the cache off program each time I run the RSS !!! (if I remember)...but its only old custom RSS for "special" man down radios that require the cache to be off...pity my 286 screen backlight has blown!!

[kcbooboo]

If there's a setting in the BIOS, that will usually survive across a reboot. If not, it probably resets itself to ON every time the machine is booted

If you're turning the cache off with a DOS program, you should put that at the end of your AUTOEXEC.BAT so it happens each time the machine boots up.

Bob M.

[g8tzl2004]

Thanks Bob.

There is no BIOS setting as I'm using an IBM 486 Thinkpad laptop rather than a desktop.

However, the ICDICE software seems to work OK and its free to download.

I just need to remember how to do the AUTOEXEC.BAT thing !!!