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- From: monster@mbear.apana.org.au (Martin Ozolins)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: CBM mention on 12/11/92 Computer Chronicles
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- Date: 2 Jan 93 09:01:04 PST
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- In article <1hv80bINNjkt@uwm.edu> bloc1469@ee.ee.uwm.edu (Gregory R Block) writes:
- > In article <1992Dec31.154916.16022@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> jerry@msi.com (Jerry Shekhel) writes:
- > >Don't you think that for some people, VM, MP, DIG, etc., may be worth a few
- > >extra CPU cycles? If real-time response is always the most important thing,
- > >why do all these other OS's bother with all these other things?
- >
- > With VM, it isn't the CPU cycles that drop your performance like a
- > rock...
- >
- > And how many real-time OSes _HAVE_ VM? Think about it. Sure, you'll
- > see lots of bloated pigs with it, but...
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- Checked any Mainframe Operating Systems ?
- EXEC-8 ( UniSYS ) and the one that runs on IBM Mainframes both have VM and are
- both Realtime Systems.
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- And yes, when using the VM the performance drops by a massive amount even on
- Mainframes, so imagine how slow things are on PCs using VM.
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- More Memory is far better than VM but sometimes there is no choice
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