Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.PCS 1/10/84; site ahuta.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ahuta!45223wc From: 45223wc@ahuta.UUCP (w.cambre) Newsgroups: net.puzzle Subject: Re: Out of Virtual Memory? Message-ID: <581@ahuta.UUCP> Date: Mon, 8-Apr-85 09:58:17 EST Article-I.D.: ahuta.581 Posted: Mon Apr 8 09:58:17 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 9-Apr-85 02:13:51 EST References: <1515@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 7 REFERENCES: <1515@decwrl.UUCP> In theory, no you can't run out of virtual memory. But computer systems limit how much of it you can address. For example IBM's MVS pre-XA uses 24 bit addressing so you can only use up to 16Mb of virtual memory. Which by the way, is not enough for some of our users. That's why we are going to MVS/XA and 31 bit addressing.