Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site dsd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hpda!fortune!dsd!riner From: riner@dsd.UUCP (john riner) Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm Subject: Re: Commodore's Lorraine Message-ID: <413@dsd.UUCP> Date: Wed, 27-Feb-85 18:04:48 EST Article-I.D.: dsd.413 Posted: Wed Feb 27 18:04:48 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Mar-85 03:34:12 EST References: <773@topaz.ARPA> Organization: AMPEX DSD, Redwood City, CA. Lines: 19 I still can't see why anyone would need 7 megs or more of RAM space. We have a Workstation with 2 Megs and it can run 16 concurrent shells (each has its own window on the screen) and you can't keep track of that many. We have a PDP 11/44 with 2 Megs of memory which serves 64 users and 900 Megs of disc drive so I can't see the need for 7 Megs in a multiuser system either. As for RAMdisk use. This is a possibility but I would think that is a bit of overkill. For all the talk of Commodore beating the price of Apples and IBMs They can surely do that with an excellent competitive product which has features useful to the majority of users and include the exotic in a machine that is slightly more expensive. -- John Riner UUCP: !fortune!dsd!riner AMPEX Corp Redwood City, CA. Nobody knows what I am talking about, so these must be my opinions and not theirs.