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From: atbowler@watmath.UUCP (Alan T. Bowler [SDG])
Newsgroups: net.arch
Subject: Re: 128Mb - I give up!
Message-ID: <328@watmath.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 5-Dec-85 21:27:11 EST
Article-I.D.: watmath.328
Posted: Thu Dec  5 21:27:11 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 6-Dec-85 06:48:40 EST
References: <285@frog.UUCP> <34249@lanl.ARPA>
Reply-To: atbowler@watmath.UUCP (Alan T. Bowler [SDG])
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Summary: 

In article <34249@lanl.ARPA> jlg@a.UUCP (Jim Giles) writes:
>The claim that I read was that 256MW (that's WORDS - as in 64 bits, not
>those little 8 bit things) would eliminate the need for paging.

This assumption was made for at least 1 operating system arround
already.  CP-6 doesn't page or swap and it gives nice fast responce
to a respectably large number of users.  However, I have heard complaints
that the 64 Megaword (36 bits) hardware limit was too restrictive,
and that people were running into it.  I haven't heard if those people were
happy with the newer hardware restriction of 256 megawords (on
more expensive bigger machines of course).