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From: jdickson@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Jeff Dickson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Virtual memory for Amiga!
Keywords: Virtual memory
Message-ID: <1991Apr1.222906.12714@jato.jpl.nasa.gov>
Date: 1 Apr 91 22:29:06 GMT
References: <stefanb.670080198@kaa> <wDskZ1w164w@kennels.actrix.gen.nz>
Reply-To: jdickson@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Jeff Dickson)
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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>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
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	Virtual memory is not possible on any Amiga that does not have an
MMU. Without one, there is no way to "catch" references to memory that is
swapped out.

			-jeff