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From: mdm@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Michael McDaniel)
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Subject: Re: LARGE System 7 memory usage
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Date: 26 Jun 91 00:10:36 GMT
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The central problem here is probably *not* the lack of 32-bit addressing.  With
virtual memory, the system will gobble up as much physical RAM as you have - it
uses it for swap space.  An si can't have 12 MB of ram anyway unless virtual
memory is on, valid ram configurations are 1, 2, 5, 9, and 17 MB.  I'll bet
it's VM.

Michael

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Michael McDaniel                                       mdm@dartmouth.edu
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