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From: thomas@duteca (Thomas Okken)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: More about System 7.0 and virtual memory
Message-ID: <1290@duteca.UUCP>
Date: 24 Apr 91 00:50:55 GMT
References: <1991Apr12.103710.3900@allgfx.agi.oz>
Organization: Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
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From article <1991Apr12.103710.3900@allgfx.agi.oz>, by tkav@allgfx.agi.oz (Tony Kavadias):
> WOW!  No more fragmentation worries!  There it was, an 8 MB Mac (I had 5MB of
> real memory).  I didn't believe it for a moment - I ran Norton again to check,
> and yes, I could see the virtual memory file, split up into little pieces.
> You don't need to run Norton to defragment your hard disk every time you turn
> virtual memory on, like previous virtual memory software for System 6.0.x.

Actually, this isn't quite true: I'm using Virtual 2.0.4 on a Mac II, and it
will automagically move data around on the hard disk to create enough
contiguous free space. Which is what you want anyway: a fragmented swap file
can only slow things down, now matter how little, and any unnecessary
slowdown is too much, IMHO.

 - Thomas (thomas@duteca.et.tudelft.nl)