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From: ross@dsd.UUCP (Evan Ross)
Newsgroups: net.arch,net.micro.16k,net.micro.68k
Subject: Re: 24 bit vs. 32 bit address space
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Date: Tue, 26-Feb-85 16:18:43 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 26 16:18:43 1985
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> 
> ...in Vax-like VM systems, where your address space must be
> divided into relatively few contiguous segments...

Forgive me if I'm wrong, but the VMS services $cretva and $deltva
allow you to create (delete) virtual pages anywhere in your address space,
not just at the boundries of the control and program regions.

-- 
			Evan Ross   decwrl!amd!fortune!dsd!ross

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