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From: boyne@hplvli.HP.COM (Art Boyne)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Re: 386/486 Virtual Memory Question...
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Date: 13 Jun 89 14:58:04 GMT
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munck@linus.UUCP (Robert Munck) writes:
> (Consequences: files are 4Mbytes max and a program can
> have no more than 1023 of them in use at once; not serious limits.)

Actually, for some of use who do simulations, the 4 Mbyte file limit
is a serious limitation.  I have seen a simulation whose output file
was 100 Mbyte (it took 3 days to run on a minicomputer).  I have also
seen CAD/CAM design files that frequently go 6-8 Mbyte each.

Art Boyne, boyne@hplvla.hp.com