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From: rlp@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Bob Powell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Will the Next sell?
Summary: Is there *ever* enough?
Keywords: no RAM ever too much
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Date: 28 Nov 89 07:25:25 GMT
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In article <21599@brunix.UUCP> rca@cslab5g.UUCP (Ronald C.F. Antony) writes:
>If you need more ram, take 4Mbyte SIMM's they are costly, but
>if you need ram, then you have to pay...
>Anyway, you can then plug up to 64MB RAM on the mainboard.
>Is this enough?

No, esp. not if a multiprocessor system comes out for the machine.
For some things, there is *never* too much RAM, **never**.
I've seen some impressive stuff done in <64K, but that was back in
the days of 8 bit processors, $1000 for a 5 Meg hard drive, and
300 baud modems.  How much RAM will the 24/32 bit color cube require
just to wake itself up (assuming the 24/32 bit color system hits
the market anywhere near the rumored "early next year"...NeXT has
been good about it so far, but the vaporware demons lurk in the
most innocent of corporations.  Gottdam I hate vaporware...)?

Bob