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From: R742MS5U@VB.CC.CMU.EDU (Marc Shannon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: RE: VMS V5.0 Memory Requirements
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Date: 1 Aug 88 19:42:49 GMT
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I recently finished (is anyone ever really finished???) installing VMS V5.0
on a MicroVAX-I with 4Mb (count 'em -- 1Mb per board!) and did not notice
a large increase in memory usage.  In fact, I think that the "pages reserved
to VMS" went down.

I did notice, as advertised, that on "smaller CPUs" (does a uVAX-I count?)
VMS will run slightly slower than earlier versions (I was running V4.7A before
the upgrade), but it is still bearable (is a uVAX-I ever bearable? :-) ).

All in all, the upgrade went fairly smoothly and I've got PMDF and Jnet
happily networking me towards the finish line.  Now if I can get TCP/IP
to work (CMU's, of course) with incoming telnet sessions, I'll be set for
the fall!

--Marc Shannon
  CMU Computer Club
  R742MS5U@VB.CC.CMU.EDU (CMCCVB)
  SYNFUL@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU (DRYCAS)