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- From: dmiller@beta.tricity.wsu.edu (David L. Miller)
- Subject: Re: AGA USELESS - Thanks To Flicker In Higher Modes!!!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec17.213418.5012@serval.net.wsu.edu>
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- Organization: Washington State University Tri-Cities
- References: <1992Dec17.003904.9649@ac.dal.ca>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 21:34:18 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec17.003904.9649@ac.dal.ca>, henigma@ac.dal.ca writes:
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- |> Commodore could learn a few lessons from Mac's SYSTEM 7.0, like memory
- |> protection and allocation, forget that both computers have virtual memory as
- |> a part of there operating systems!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- |>
- Well sort of, maybe. I wouldn't be bragging about the "virtual memory" on either
- machine! Neither one is really worth the minimal gain (IMHO). Now, if C= came
- out with fast, robust, VM for the Amiga, that would be great. But, it will not be
- practical except on A3000+ class machines. Without at least an '030 and a big cache,
- you can forget about *real* VM.
-
- |>
- |> I could also blast them for Marketing, but that would take a further
- |> 600 lines to write, so I won't bother!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- |> See Ya
- We already know all about C= *un*Marketing...
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