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From: jmc@inset.UUCP (John Collins)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: SysIII swapping strangeness
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Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 01:51:13 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 23 01:51:13 1985
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In article <167@plx.UUCP> jk@plx.UUCP (John Kullmann) writes:
>1) Is this 2 second business left over from the pdp11
>	where the address spaces were smaller?  Should
>	I/do people change this?

Yes it is a leftover from pdp11 days.
I have played around with a program called "tune" which adjusts both
these 2 constants and can make response time *VASTLY* better (although
it depends what you are doing).

>2) Shouldn't the swapper be changed to at least let the
>	poor sucker get a few ticks before letting him
>	go back out?

Yes

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