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From: yyjen@gate.sinica.edu.tw (24@Yun-Yung Jen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Does NetBSD support > 16 MB in VL-bus or ISA bus now?
Date: 31 Jan 1994 01:39:49 GMT
Organization: Computing Center, Academia Sinica
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	Does NetBSD support > 16 MB RAM on VL-bus or ISA bus machines now ?
Because of 24-bit DMA of ISA, does NetBSD use RAM more than 16 MB as a BIG 
CACHE or as a SWAP AERA for virtural memory as Linux or OS/2 2.1 does ? If
no, is there any plan to add these functions in future ? 

Yun-yung Jen

yyjen@gate.sinica.edu.tw