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From: zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: 16-bit memory, caches, and UNIX V/386
Message-ID: <9639@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us>
Date: 16 Aug 89 13:07:30 GMT
References: <13274@megaron.arizona.edu>
Reply-To: zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff)
Organization: Branch Technology Ann Arbor, MI
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>Could the use of 16-bit extended memory be a problem running
>Sys V/386, aside from the speed penalty (which ought to be mitigated
>by a caching motherboard)?

It should not be a problem.

Does anyone have a benchmark as to what 16 bit memory does to performance
if you have a caching motherboard?  I'm quite interested since it's the
only way I can add memory.


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