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From: kenh@eclectic.COM (Ken Hancock)
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Subject: Re: System 7.0 and RAM
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Date: 19 Apr 91 18:08:07 GMT
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In article <1991Apr12.201532.18426@visix.com> amanda@visix.com (Amanda Walker) writes:
>In article <1991Apr11.193950.7332@cbnewsk.att.com> ech@cbnewsk.att.com
>(ned.horvath) writes:
>This rule of thumb seems about right for System 7.0, as well.  10M virtual
>running in 5MB physical works very nicely.  More than that begins to bog
>down some.  I'd also recommend running at least 4MB physical, or you're
>going to be spending all your time swapping your system heap back in...

Except, of course, that the system heap is NEVER swapped out under
System 7.0.  On my 8 meg IIci, 2.6 megs is already held in memory
as the system heap.

Ken


as part of the System heap.  *bleh*`
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