Hurricane is a utility that speeds up Windows 3.1 and 95 on hardware
of the time. It enhances memory management, expands the GDI heaps,
improves disk caching, manages the lower 1MB memory, and accelerates
XMS access. Depending on the system, programs can launch faster and
more programs may run at the same time.
competed against similar tools such as Connectix RAM Doubler,
SoftRam, and MagnaRam. Some of these products produced little or even
no benefit. However, by most accounts, Hurricane 98 was one of the
few that delivered on its promises.