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- From: aaa@hpuerca.atl.hp.com (Simon Fowler)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
- Subject: Re: Justifying more memory
- Message-ID: <BuL8vz.6t5@atl.hp.com>
- Date: 14 Sep 92 21:55:10 GMT
- References: <23265@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM>
- Sender: news@atl.hp.com ( News admin)
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Atlanta GA
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- In article <23265@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM>, mobej@thaad-1g%hac2arpa.hac.com (Mario Obejas) writes:
- > I will be starting a new project shortly where the applications will be
- > developed and targeted for HP 720s. The lang is straight K&R C and they intend
- > on using Vue with Softbench installed.
- >
- > The units currently have 16MB RAM, the work group leader wnats to expand to a
- > minimum 32MB but the management wants more justification than "HP recommends a
- > minimum 16 with 32 optimal". So she has asked me to try and find a way to
- > justify 32MB to the management.
- >
- > OK. What she tells me is that I can pretty much count on all the HP nodes being
- > used by a single user at a time. She's not sure what other applications/tools
- > will be run concurrently other than Vuewm, Softbench, and user utilities but
- > there are no others planned at this time.
-
- The Softbench Installation manual says that 32 Meg is the minimum if you are running
- Softbench on a system with VUE.
-
- simon "speaking for myself"
-