Re: Another New Hardware Thought

[mdj <mdj.mdj@gmail.com>]

On May 3, 12:29 am, "Steve ][" <s...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I always (as of 20 minutes ago) thought that the most-needed IIGS
> hardware was a cheap accellerator, then a memory card, then storage.
> But what about a "MMU add-on"? I have no idea how impossible this
> would be, but I was thinking of something that would go into Slot 3
> that would provide the needed functionality so the IIGS could run a
> Linux-like OS or etc. Hey, while I'm dreaming, what about an
> accellerator that had a MMU on-board?

A curious idea, but you really need an OS to support it.

MMU's really only become useful when you're running more code than
you've got RAM, facilitating virtual memory. There aren't really any
practical applications that such small machines can run that require
that amount of addressable space.

Matt