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- From: barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N Barrett)
- Subject: Re: Virtual Memory for the Amiga?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.135314.6608@news.iastate.edu>
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
- References: <1992Jul26.224229.26193@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de> <1992Jul27.024218.17053@news.iastate.edu> <1992Jul27.093108.757@ifi.unizh.ch>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 13:53:14 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul27.093108.757@ifi.unizh.ch> blatter@ifi.unizh.ch (Martin A. Blatter) writes:
- >In article <1992Jul27.024218.17053@news.iastate.edu> barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N Barrett) writes:
- >> Rumors about this German-written virtual memory system have been filtering
- >>around the net for over a year, but nothing solid ever seems to come about
- >>from it.
- >
- >It's not a German-written program, the authors are Swiss, however
- >its is being distributed by a German company ;-)
- >The program is available in Europe since July 20th and will be
- >available in the U.S. real soon now.
- >
- >>really does exist and works as advertized, why doesn't the company at least
- >>develop a crippleware demo of the vmem system that can be freely distributed,
- >>as proof that it really exists?
- >
- >Most limitations of a demo version could be removed by software pirates.
- >It's not easy to create a usable demo version of a virtual memory
- >system...
- >
- >>Until the company behind this product does
- >>something to show that this thing is not vaporware, I will remain solidly
- >>skeptical.
- >
- >Take my word: The program exists and is available in every good computer
- >shop in Germany, and it *works* (I'm using it right now on my A3000)
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- Like I said, I'll believe it when I see it...
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- >
- >--
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- >Martin A. Blatter blatter@amiga.physik.unizh.ch
- >Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature.
- > -- Rich Kulawiec
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- | Marc Barrett -MB- | email: barrett@iastate.edu
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