Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ntvax!doug From: doug@dept.csci.unt.edu (Douglas Scott) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: how does adding extra memory affect performance? Summary: Is 40 Mb. Possible? Keywords: memory Message-ID: <1990Jun1.152136.8410@dept.csci.unt.edu> Date: 1 Jun 90 15:21:36 GMT References: <93@isl.stanford.edu> <683@toaster.SFSU.EDU> Reply-To: doug@dept.csci.unt.edu (Douglas Scott) Distribution: usa Organization: CEMI, University of North Texas Lines: 14 In article <683@toaster.SFSU.EDU> eps@cs.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) writes: > >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... ^^^^^^^^ Whoa! How would you manage this? As far as I have heard, 16 Mb is still the limit for the machine. You know something I dont? -- ___________________________________________________________________________ Douglas Scott doug@dept.csci.unt.edu