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From: eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: how does adding extra memory affect performance?
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Date: 1 Jun 90 01:33:00 GMT
References: <93@isl.stanford.edu> <DML.90May31135850@mozart.esl.com>
Reply-To: eps@cs.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
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In article <DML.90May31135850@mozart.esl.com> dml@esl.com writes:
>I've never experienced a cofiguration with >16MB

I have.  It's painfully obvious how much having enough memory
impacts performance, especially when dealing with Mathematica or
Common Lisp.  A 25MHz 68030 goes a long way when it doesn't have
to service page faults.  The 68040 upgrade + 40MB RAM + 330MB
"swap disk" should be a good configuration for a serious client
workstation.  (And it could record or play a whole 3 minutes of
digital audio!)

Anything less than 16MB is just plain stupid.

					-=EPS=-