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From: brsmith@cs.umn.edu (Brian R. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga 2500UX ??
Message-ID: <1991Mar6.033824.10225@cs.umn.edu>
Date: 6 Mar 91 03:38:24 GMT
References: <1991Mar5.054615.26136@kessner.denver.co.us> <1231@amix.commodore.com>
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In <1231@amix.commodore.com> skrenta@amix.commodore.com (Rich Skrenta) writes:

>david@kessner.denver.co.us (David Kessner) writes:

>> Hmmm.  We have used several A3000's running UNIX.  It seems that 8 meg FAST
>> RAM and 1 meg CHIP is JUST BARELY ENOUGH...  With 4 meg FAST, and 2 CHIP it
>> is swapping several meg of virtual memory (once Openlook is brought up).

>I think at least 8 meg of ram is a requirement to run X on any platform.

Hardly a "requirement".  I've managed to get by on a 4 meg diskless
sun 2.  But, the more memory you have, the more you can run without
becoming conscious of swapping...

Just nitpicking, of course.
--
Brian
brsmith@cs.umn.edu