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From: chris@iesd.auc.dk (Christian J. Callsen)
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Subject: Re: /dev/drum???
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Date: 9 Nov 90 08:41:56 GMT
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In-reply-to: geoff@ITcorp.com's message of 8 Nov 90 09:07:19 GMT

>   Well, drums used to be popular for swapping, since they were too small
>   for useful file storage but very fast.  So instead of /dev/swap, you
>   had /dev/drum.  System V now has /dev/swap, but BSD still uses
>   /dev/drum.  Since Next is BSD-derived and many applications have
>   /dev/drum wired in, this device provides access to the swap file.
>   -- 
> Geoff Kuenning   geoff@ITcorp.com   uunet!desint!geoff

Excuse me for asking, but which applications needs access
to **the swap area** ?

-Chris 8^>

-Disclaimer: No, I'm *not* a NeXT owner - yet...