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From: phssra@emory.uucp (Scott R. Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: LSC 3.0 memory...it's not their fault!
Message-ID: <3056@emory.uucp>
Date: 12 Jul 88 04:12:08 GMT
References: <242@hodge.UUCP> <59085@sun.uucp>
Reply-To: phssra@emory.UUCP (Scott Robert Anderson)
Organization: Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta
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In article <59085@sun.uucp> landman@sun.UUCP (Howard A. Landman) writes:
>In article <242@hodge.UUCP> adail@pnet06.cts.com (Alan Dail) writes:
>>One thing I think you are overlooking in complaining about the fact that
>>the Mac OS doesn't support virtural memory yet is that any system I know
>>of that supports virtural memory seem to require 2-4 MB just for the OS.
>
>Certainly, Sun 2s were available in 2 MB configurations, and could run
>reasonably large programs.

The Sun-1s came with 1MB standard.  Running SunWindows was painful, but
otherwise it worked fine (if your programs weren't monsters).  As I recall the
kernel could be as small as 400K.  This might still be true, but it's been a
while since I adminstered one, so I don't know for sure.  The large amounts
of memory currently seen on Suns are the result of lower memory prices and the
realization that SunView runs much, much better if you never have to swap :-).

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