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From: dan@ccnysci.UUCP (Dan Schlitt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Implications of large memory systems
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Date: 30 Mar 89 18:53:43 GMT
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In article <68@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> barnett@crdgw1.crd.ge.com (Bruce Barnett) writes:
:Another thing to consider about 1 GByte Memory workstations, is that
:when the systems have more potential, the creative researcher finds
:a way to use that power. They thought 64K was enough. Then 256K was
:enough....
:
At the first usenix conference I attended there were questions from
the audience about how more than 1 Mbyte could be best put to use on a
unix system.  They got answers like "use it as a fast disk" :-)  Make
the memory available and people will find lots of good ways to use it.
And not always the ones that you think of beforehand.

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