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From: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: NeXT/Amiga Flamage: Get a life.
Message-ID: <1991Apr9.130348.23235@sugar.hackercorp.com>
Date: 9 Apr 91 13:03:48 GMT
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In article <m23G3+nj1@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes:
> As for virtual memory, are you saying that you hope the Amiga never
> gets it?

Not as standard. As an add-on tool that I can apply when I want and can turn
off when I need to, yes.

> Is it better to just run out of memory?

No, but it's a trade-off. Virtual memory hurts real-time response badly.
-- 
Peter da Silva.   `-_-'
<peter@sugar.hackercorp.com>.