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From: goog@a.cs.okstate.edu (GOOG ??)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: VMS 5.0 Memory Requirements?
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Date: 3 Aug 88 17:53:36 GMT
References: <8808031223.AA26697@ucbvax.berkeley.edu>
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Organization: Department of Computing and Information Sciences, Oklahoma State University
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In article <8808031223.AA26697@ucbvax.berkeley.edu> EPRF@SNYCENVM.BITNET (Peter Flass) writes:
>
>I just came across the following in "Rumor Roundup" in this week's
>_Digital_Review_, anyone care to comment?
>
>  "...a friend of mine who owns a VAX-11/730 called to say he's not
>   happy about the hidden costs associated with installing VMS
>   version 5.0.  According to my friend VMS V4.6 took up about
>   15 percent of his system's memory, while he figures version 5.0
>   may take up as much as 40 percent of his system's memory.
>     Now my pal says the VAX-11/730 has only 5MB of memory..."
>

Well I just showed mem on my VAX 11/750 with 5 Mb and it states that:
2304 pages are permanantly allocated to VMS.  Out of 10240 pages that is
more like 21 percent or so.  I think that they were a little off in the
Rumor Roundup.


Steve Koinm				Internet:  goog@a.cs.okstate.edu  
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