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- From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: New Press Release!
- Date: 25 Mar 1996 14:00:06 +0100
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- References: <4iofm6$e4j@serpens.rhein.de> <DoLC38.2G4@info.uucp> <4ir19b$mml@serpens.rhein.de> <oj6wx4dne22.fsf@hpsrk.fc.hp.com> <4ivdqe$62a@serpens.rhein.de> <jdjzq963eyr.fsf@hyppynaru.cs.hut.fi>
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- oahvenla@hyppynaru.cs.hut.fi (Osma Ahvenlampi) writes:
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- >In article <4ivdqe$62a@serpens.rhein.de> mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst) writes:
- >>Err, yes. If you use more RAM than you have you start thrashing.
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- >No. You start trashing when you use significantly more RAM than you
- >have, and the memory access pattern is bad. Swapping != trashing.
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- Read my answer to Mike Meyer.
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- >Virtual memory is, unconditionally, a good thing.
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- - Paying for something that is not needed is a bad thing.
- - People that need virtual memory tend to need fast CPUs too
- - A fast CPU is too expensive for an entry level machine
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- Conclusion: an entry level machine can live with a CPU
- that doesn't allow to use virtual memory.
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- Michael van Elst
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