Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga.misc:2137 comp.sys.amiga.programmer:1974 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!samsung!munnari.oz.au!comp.vuw.ac.nz!actrix!kennels!sbeagle From: sbeagle@kennels.actrix.gen.nz (Sleeping Beagle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Re: Virtual memory for Amiga! Keywords: Virtual memory Message-ID: Date: 30 Mar 91 13:29:09 GMT References: Organization: Orb Systems Unlimited, NZ Lines: 26 stefanb@kaa.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Stefan Becker) writes: > peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) writes: > >as FAST RAM. The extremely high data transfer rate of EVOLUTION > >(beyond 2 MB/s) and most current page exchange algorithms (similar > >to UNIX) open new possibilities of use. > > Virtual RAM? Paging? That does remind me of the 4th grade project of > Mr. Valentin Pop. (Sorry can't remember your name :-) from C=. > > What was his experience? 98% of the Amiga programs didn't run, because > they expect REAL memory. > > Facit: You gain NOTHING. Nice marketing idea, though :-) Why shouldn't virtual RAM work on the Amiga? It works on the PC and Macintosh.... Is there any real reason, or is it just that no one got around to working out the bugs... -- Sleeping Beagle (aka Thomas Farmer) sbeagle@kennels.actrix.gen.nz The Kennels Ph. +64-4-796306 (voice) 25 Awarua St, Ngaio, Wellington, New Zealand. "You ain't nothin' but a Hound Dog."