Path: utzoo!yunexus!ists!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!purdue!bu-cs!encore!maxzilla.encore.com From: goldman@maxzilla.encore.com (Steve Goldman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.encore Subject: Re: Umax4.3 & NFS (& shared memory size) Message-ID: <10387@encore.Encore.COM> Date: 17 Nov 89 14:26:23 GMT Article-I.D.: encore.10387 References: <1761@minyos.xx.rmit.oz> Sender: news@Encore.COM Lines: 20 From article <1761@minyos.xx.rmit.oz>, by rcodi@chudich.co.rmit.oz (Ian Donaldson): > como@max.bnl.gov (Andrew T. Como) writes: >> Has anyone heard when the release of Umax4.3 is going to >>be out. It was due in October and I have heard nothing yet. > > Does anybody know if it supports more than 64k of shared memory? > > (Umax 4.2 had this limitation and it was the *only* reason we went > to Umax V; regretting it ever since) > > Ian D Huh? I don't know of any such limitation on Umax4.2. I've run programs on Umax4.2 that used many megabytes of shared memory as far back as early 1986. There must be more to this story... Steve Goldman, Encore Computer Corp (919) 481-3730 901 Kildaire Farm rd., bldg D Cary, NC 27511 USA arpa: goldman@encore.com uucp: {bu-cs,decvax,gould}!encore!goldman