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From: ttl@astroatc.UUCP (Tony Laundrie)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: 64 bits - LOTS of memory ain't necessary wonderful
Message-ID: <3365@astroatc.UUCP>
Date: 17 Aug 90 15:57:42 GMT
References: <9660@ganymede.inmos.co.uk> <12502@encore.Encore.COM> <26102@bellcore.bellcore.com>
Reply-To: ttl@astroatc.UUCP (Tony Laundrie)
Organization: Astronautics Technology Cntr, Madison, WI
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In article <26102@bellcore.com> mo@bellcore.com (Michael O'Dell) writes:
>
>And after you dirty-up 16 GB of memory and type 
>	sync
>how long does it take???  

Naw, you battery back-up the DRAM and never flush anything to disk, except for
occasional maintenance dumps.  :-)