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- From: trulsson@student.docs.uu.se (Erik Trulsson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: Virtual memory with No MMU?
- Date: 7 Mar 1996 16:40:20 GMT
- Organization: Uppsala Universitet
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- D.J.Davies (DJDavies@exeter.ac.uk) wrote:
- > Can this be done ? I could do with more memory. I have a
- > Blizzard a1230 IV 030/50?
- >
- Virtual memory without an MMU isn't possible, but since the
- Blizzard 1230-IV AFAIK comes with a fullblown '030 this means that
- you *have* an MMU and therefore can use programs like VMM or GigaMem.
- (What your card probably lacks is an *FPU* - a math coprocessor, that
- inb no way is needed for virtual memory)
-