Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!uunet!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!dali.cs.montana.edu!milton!hayes.ims.alaska.edu!acad3.alaska.edu!ifjrs From: ifjrs@acad3.alaska.edu (STANNARD JOHN R) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: How low can you go? Message-ID: <1991Feb28.214556.20283@ims.alaska.edu> Date: 28 Feb 91 21:45:56 GMT References: <1372@toaster.SFSU.EDU> <1991Feb28.043153.8516@utstat.uucp> Sender: usenet@ims.alaska.edu (J Random USENET) Reply-To: ifjrs@acad3.alaska.edu Distribution: na Organization: University of Alaska Fairbanks Lines: 31 News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4 Nntp-Posting-Host: acad3.alaska.edu In article <1991Feb28.043153.8516@utstat.uucp>, philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough) writes... >In article <1372@toaster.SFSU.EDU> eps@cs.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) writes: > >[quotes re minimum memory for a "printer server"] > >>Beware of false economy: anything less than 16MB is a *big* >>mistake in any NeXT. > >Why is 12megs a big mistake on a monochrome cube which is used by one >user? > >Philip McDunnough >philip@utstat.toronto.edu I am a single Cube user; I have a NeXT Laser Printer; I have only 8 megs memory. So far, I've experienced no particular problems or excessive waits to do anything. The only excessive waiting I've had to do is to receive my '040 & 2.0. On the other hand, I'm not using the Cube as a printer server. John -- John Stannard ifjrs@acad3.fai.alaska.edu BITNET: IFJRS@ALASKA KL7JL@KL7JL.AK.USA.NA kl7jl.ampr.org [44.22.0.1] "God is the Answer!" "Oh?? ... er, ... What was the Question?" --