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- From: mart4372@mach1.wlu.ca (Reg Martin)
- Subject: Re: Theese Specs are crud!
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- Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 02:25:49 GMT
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- Jeremy (jeremyn@nj5.injersey.com) wrote:
- : Michael McClay (MikeMcC@barlib.dnet.co.uk) wrote:
- : > new version of the O.S. will not have Virtual memory because of the
- : > BLOODY EC030.
- :
- : > WAKE UP!! Amiga Tech EVERY current day computer under the sun has
- : > virtual memory, so get with it and chang that to a full 030, EC
- : > proccessors are a sickness that NEEDS stopping, it's not too late to
- : > change your mind
-
- I agree 100%
-
- : Um, I've got 18 megs of RAM in my A500, and I've never come close to
- : running out. I certainly don't see the need to slow things to a crawl
- : with virtual memory. If the EC030 makes the machine more affordable, I
- : say go for it, as long as there's a possibility of a processor upgrade.
-
- I'm getting tired of seeing people say "I don't need it, so I don't
- see why anybody else would". I also have 18 Megs of RAM in my 4000,
- (if you count those 2 Megs of Chip RAM which I avoid since they're
- so bloody slow), and I run out of RAM quite frequently when using
- things like ADPro. It pisses me off that I can't resort to VM in
- situations like this because C= was too goofy to use a real 030 in
- the 4000/030. Besides, not everybody has 18 Megs, and if they want
- to use VM they ought to have that privelege. The idea that VM
- capability will "slow things down to a crawl" is a myth. Obviously
- when you run out of real RAM and your VM kicks in, things are going
- to slow down. Isn't a temporary slow down a little bit better than
- a big ugly "Out of Memory" box?
-
- Reg Martin
-