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From: dege@cs.umn.edu (Dege Jeffrey Charles)
Subject: Re: Virtual memory for Amiga!
Message-ID: <1991Apr1.041901.24943@cs.umn.edu>
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.
References: <stefanb.670080198@kaa> <wDskZ1w164w@kennels.actrix.gen.nz> <holgerl.0613@amiux.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 91 04:19:01 GMT
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In <holgerl.0613@amiux.UUCP> holgerl@amiux.UUCP (Holger Lubitz) writes:

>In article <wDskZ1w164w@kennels.actrix.gen.nz> sbeagle@kennels.actrix.gen.nz (Sleeping Beagle) writes:

>>Why shouldn't virtual RAM work on the Amiga? It works on the PC
>>and Macintosh....

>Neither the PC nor the Macintosh multitask like the Amiga does.
>Banking the virtual memory works just fine on a PC, since there is only
>one program running in the machine, and the processor has no need to wildly
>jump back and forth while switching between tasks.

>But did you ever see Windows 3.0 on a 386 with not so much memory (the
>one I used had "only" 2 MB) trying to get two programs running ? The harddisk
>runs and runs and runs and runs all the time, and system performance degrades
>noticeably.
 
   In a simple test of Windows 3.0 on a 2 Meg 386sx, a make under Windows
took 1Hr and 38 minutes, while the same make under DOS took 4 minutes and
change.  Most of this seemd to be due to heavy disk swapping.
 
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