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- From: jerry@msi.com (Jerry Shekhel)
- Subject: Re: Don't let the Amiga Die (Part II)!!!
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- Organization: Molecular Simulations, Inc.
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 17:33:09 GMT
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- Ray (rjc@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu) wrote:
- : >
- : >Right. You think a 512KB Amiga (with no virtual memory, of course), could
- : >ever run something like Word? FrameMaker? Quicken? Improv? Paradox?
- : >Falcon 3? Ultima Underworld? Think again, denizen.
- :
- : Ever heard of overlays Jerry? Did you know that a very popular computer
- : used to run applications of this calibre using only 140k more ram than
- : the Amiga?
- :
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- Overlays are cute (if slow) for squeezing lots of code into a small space,
- but what about data? What happens when the image I import into FrameMaker
- takes up more than 512K? There is a reason why overlays never replaced
- virtual memory, you know.
-
- And BTW, the PC can't run any of the above-mentioned apps with just 640K.
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- | JERRY J. SHEKHEL | Molecular Simulations Inc. | Time just fades the pages |
- | Drummers do it... | Burlington, MA USA | in my book of memories. |
- | ... In rhythm! | jerry@msi.com | -- Guns N' Roses |
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