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- From: matija@avalon.physik.unizh.ch (Matija Milostnik)
- Subject: Re: '030EC - Uses for MMU on Amigas?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.075415.4146@ifi.unizh.ch>
- Summary: MMu not only for Enforcer
- Keywords: 68030EC, 68030, MMU
- Sender: news@ifi.unizh.ch (USENET News Admin)
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- Organization: Informatik Club d. Universitaet, Zuerich
- References: <7445@stan.xx.swin.oz.au> <37195@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 07:54:15 GMT
- Lines: 21
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- >In article <37195@cbmvax.commodore.com> grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins) writes:
- >>In article <7445@stan.xx.swin.oz.au> h8eg083@stan.xx.swin.oz.au (Darren Gower) writes:
- >> Further, just how much use is the MMU in an AmigaDOS environment? I know
- >> enforcer uses it (and I do a fair amount of 'C' programming), but is it
- >> worth forking out approx. $400 more to get it just for that? Are there any
- >> other uses?
- >
- >Proably not (worth it).
-
- So virtual memory as given with e.g. GigaMem is not worth it....:-)
-
- There are far more uses of the MMU, as only for Enforcer.
-
- Bye
- Matija
- >George Robbins - now working for, work: to be avoided at all costs...
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- Best regards from Matija Milostinik : matija@avalon.ifi.unizh.ch
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