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From: asg@pyuxf.UUCP (alan geller)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Memory utilization & inter-process
Summary: VOS no longer does
Message-ID: <560@pyuxf.UUCP>
Date: 30 Aug 89 20:53:38 GMT
References: <3332@blake.acs.washington.edu> <261500008@S34.Prime.COM> <7764@cbmvax.UUCP>
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
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In article <7764@cbmvax.UUCP>, jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup) writes:
> > In article <261500008@S34.Prime.COM> BEAR@S34.Prime.COM writes:
> > >... Unfortunately, I can't think of an available OS that uses a WS
> > >scheduler off the top of my head (that doesn't mean they don't exist!). Good
> > >luck.
> 	Stratus VOS also using working sets.

Well, it used to, but the last few releases (i.e., for about two years now),
it hasn't.  Of course, there are still references to working sets in the 
documentation, and in the system meters, and so forth, but since about 5.0,
VOS has used a system page pool.

Alan Geller
Bellcore (I use Stratus/(IBM System88) computers on the job, but I
		don't work for them, nor own stock, etc.).

(Finally, a comp.arch discussion I can take meaningful part in!!)