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- From: thurm@shorty.cs.wisc.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Date: 17 Jul 92 23:53 MDT
- Subject: Re: Destiny overview document
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- In article <1992Jul15.160130.6823@wobble.uucp> dlu@wobble.uucp (Doug Urner) writes:
- >terry@npd.Novell.COM (Terry Lambert) writes:
- >
- >>In article <id.B1GR.0P9@ferranti.com> Peter da Silva writes:
- >
- >>>In addition, having a system that will run in 4MB means you're going
- >>>to get better performance with more RAM.
- >
- >>I have to take exception here! DOS runs in 640K... does this mean it
- >>will run better in 512M? I don't think so... 8-) 8-).
- >
- >Ah, but what Peter said was more like a DOS program that runs in 512K
- >will get better performance with 640K. I don't think so either, but
- >it is at least possible. On Unix perhaps even likely (assuming
- >g/512/4096/g and g/640/8192/g :-).
- >--
- You guys are missing the point of the statement. They are saying
- that running DOS ON TOP OF UNIX works better if UNIX is given more
- RAM. Try running MERGE/386 from Locus on any system (like SCO or
- Microport) w/ less than a couple of meg. free & you'll harken
- back to the good ol' days of 8086s!
-
- 'Nuff of this!
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