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From: barry@pico.math.ucla.edu (Barry Merriman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: 16mb minimum for next machines
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Date: 23 Apr 91 05:50:03 GMT
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In article <3381@kluge.fiu.edu> acmfiu@serss0.fiu.edu (ACMFIU) writes:

>to say that a "personal" workstation such as the next
>needs 16mb to run under is quite pathetic. just what types of memory
>gobbing programs are you people running on this thing. and
>whatever application it is, i can't see how it's making good use
>of the memory it has available.

Well, you see, its like this: we've got a REAL operating system,
and a REAL GUI. That pretty much explains it.

>
>please keep in mind i come from a world where 128k is a lot of
>memory.

Maybe you should stay in that world :-)

But seriously: since RAM is $40/MB these days, why do you think
its so important to use only $5 worth of RAM?



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Barry Merriman
UCLA Dept. of Math
UCLA Inst. for Fusion and Plasma Research
barry@math.ucla.edu (Internet)