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From: mazu@terre.DMI.USherb.CA (Marc Mazuhelli)
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Subject: Re: New Macintosh Strategy
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Date: 2 Nov 90 15:53:14 GMT
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In article <1990Oct31.185243.29169@d.cs.okstate.edu> minich@d.cs.okstate.edu (Robert Minich) writes:
>There will be a big file somewhere and the size of RAM + swap file =
>total available memory. So even if you have a 2MB free on disk, if you
>run out of VM you'll have to reboot to allocate more. Likewise, if you
>want a maximum of say 10MB with 5MB RAM, you'll have a 5MB swap file on
>your disk whether you're actually making use of it or just running the
>finder. <sigh>

I was under the impression that if you wanted 10Megs of virtual memory
with 5 Megs of real memory, you would need to allocate a *10* Meg file
on your disk (i.e. the total amount of virtual memory you want).
Is this true?  if so, it's even worst!!
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{  Marc Mazuhelli                   |  professeur                  }
{  internet: mazu@dmi.USherb.CA     |  Departement de math-info.   }
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