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From: defaria@hpclapd.HP.COM (Andy DeFaria)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: VUE and OpenLook Apps
Message-ID: <1340155@hpclapd.HP.COM>
Date: 26 Oct 90 17:07:13 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard Calif. Language Lab
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>/ hpclapd:comp.sys.hp / John.Hine@comp.vuw.ac.nz (John Hine) /  9:29 pm  Oct 24, 1990 /
>
>In article <31480001@hpcuha.cup.hp.com>, campbelr@hpcuha.cup.hp.com (Bob
>Campbell) writes:
>|> Not actually, but both use the same message server technology. 
>|> Basically,
>|> Softbench and VUE are both going to use more than your 8 meg.  I am
>|> not
>|> sure what the official word is, but personally would only recommend
>|> that
>|> either is used with at least 16 Mbytes of RAM and ~30-40 Mbytes of
>|> swap.
>|> 
>
>Ouch!  I thought VUE was going to make using Unix/X easy for the novice,
>but I can't see a 16Mb workstation (or an X-terminal and 16Mb elsewhere)
>for my secretary.  I can see why HP would want to give the software away
>(or at handling cost anyway).

Bob wrote that  using Softbench AND  VUE would require  more than 8 meg.  I
don't think your  secretary will  be using  Softbench.  I'm not sure but  I
think that VUE will run with 8 meg, albeit slower, but  after all  how much
number-crunching and heavy editting of large files, compiles, links, etc to
you expect a secretary to do?  I do believe that VUE and 8 meg will do just
fine given the demand that a secretary would ask  of a workstation.  Now an
engineer might put   more stress on   the workstation,   use  Softbench and
require the extra 8 meg.

Andrew "I'm not sure cause I've got 16 meg" DeFaria