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From: al158305@mtecv2.mty.itesm.mx (Gustavo Cordova Avila)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: MMU games with Motorola chips
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Date: 15 Sep 90 03:00:19 GMT
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mrush@csuchico.edu (Matt "C P." Rush) writes:


>	On a more Amiga-oriented note:  There's been talk that we may get
>Virtual Memory in later versions of the OS; will it be possible to have
>Virtual CHIP Memory?

   I really don't think so, the principal behind virtual mem is that
when the cpu tries to execute or access any memory that isn't actually
in the main core (er, memory) at the moment, the mmu generates an
exception that is trapped by the OS, which re-loads the stuff from 
disk. Now, I do think that video access is MUCH too fast to be able 
to be swapped in and out from memory/disk, don't you think? :)

Gustavo Cordova
sig: REAL computers have keyboard garages! :)