Re: Virtual Memory on a //GS???????????????????

[richard@fiu.edu (Albert Chin-A-Young)]

In article <9401261321.AA18392@clarknet.clark.net>,
 <ncp@gnh-starport.UUCP> wrote:
}The way other OSs do virtual memory would be to slow for the GS to do, and I
}know that the Mac relies on extra hardware to do it's virtual memory.  It
}would be nice, and maybe someone would make it available on the application
}level, but don't expect to see this on the GS, ever.  If the GS could do it,
}thoguh, you could conceivably see an extra 14 megs max. off of your hard
}drive.  I would rather see someone try to expand the eight meg limit to 16
}thorugh hardware somehow (fat chance, I know). :)

Well, with Ken Poppleton's DSP and a slight modification to the interface
board, we can have virtual memory (which implies we can get memory
protection too).

}NCP                        ncp@gnh-starport.clark.net

albert